Illness, Injury & Treatments

Magazine articles on illnesses, injuries, currently available treatments, drugs, and homeopathy.

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Outside April 2005 Tim Zimmermann	Miles to Go Before I Sleep Dr. Claudio Stampi teaches endurance sailors how to perform better on minimal sleep. The secret, he says, is learning how to power-nap.
Scientific American April 2005 JR Minkel	Leafy Letdown Recent studies indicate that eating vegetables seems to do little in warding off cancer. Breast cancer is included in this finding.
BusinessWeek April 18, 2005	Making Those Pills Safe For Kids Few medicines get tested on children. Dr. Donald Mattison is pushing to change that.
American Family Physician April 1, 2005 Kirkham, Harris & Grzybowski	Evidence-Based Prenatal Care: Part I. General Prenatal Care and Counseling Issues Women should be counseled about the risks associated with pregnancy as well as the benefits of regular prenatal care.
American Family Physician April 1, 2005	Pregnancy: Keeping Yourself and Your Baby Healthy Questions and answers about lifestyle changes during pregnancy.
Wired April 2005 Douglas McGray	The Bitter Pill Buprenorphine could end heroin addiction, curb disease, and cut crime. But bureaucrats, doctors, and much of the treatment industry are just saying no. A case study in why the best technology doesn't always win.
BusinessWeek April 11, 2005 Catherine Arnst	Can Alcoholism Be Treated? Research shows how stubborn addictions are -- and how medications may help. Drug companies have good reason to be pay attention.
Smithsonian April 2005 Jeffrey Kluger	Conquering Polio Fifty years ago, a scientific panel declared Jonas Salk's polio vaccine a smashing success. Here is an excerpt from "Splendid Solution: Jonas Salk and the Conquest of Polio," which takes readers behind the headlines.
American Family Physician March 15, 2005 Swartz & Longwell	Treatment of Vertigo As patients age, vertigo becomes an increasingly common presenting complaint. Most cases of vertigo can be diagnosed clinically and managed in the primary care setting.
American Family Physician March 15, 2005	Vertigo-A Type of Dizziness A patient hand-out on the condition, its causes and possible treatments.
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