Illness, Injury & Treatments

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

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Salon.com August 2, 2000 Arthur Allen	A recipe for disaster While nobody knows the origin of autism, many researchers worry that linking it to childhood vaccines could be a very dangerous theory.
Salon.com August 2, 2000 Lesli Mitchell	Secrets and lies Is the astonishing rise in autism a medical mystery or a pharmaceutical shame?
Salon.com August 2, 2000 Cynthia Kuhn & Wilkie Wilson	Erotic inhaling I sniff amyl nitrite every day to enhance my orgasms. Is this unhealthy?
Salon.com April 13, 2000 Arthur Allen	Inoculated into oblivion When families hit the Capitol last week, they demanded answers about the source of their children's autism.
Salon.com October 26, 1999 Jon Bowen	Disease parties Some parents in Britain are deliberately exposing their children to kids with contagious illnesses.
Salon.com April 13, 1999 Arthur Allen	Heal thyself.com Heal thyself.com: As wired patients go online for medical help, the question is: Can a little knowledge be a dangerous thing?
Managed Care July 2000 Bob Carlson	What Legislature? Health Care Issues Increasingly Going Straight to Voters Residents of Massachusetts and Washington State may have a chance to opt for universal health care, in the form of physician-led ballot initiatives, this November.
Managed Care July 2000 Michael S. Victoroff, M.D.	HMOs Best Stay Mum Regarding Hospice Care At a recent seminar on end-of-life care, someone asked me, "What can health plans do, to help increase the utilization of hospice services?" Managed care organizations face an ironic dilemma on this issue.
Salon.com July 31, 2000 Dante Ramos	Public health vs. private medicine Laurie Garrett, author of "Betrayal of Trust," talks about the policy battle in America that allows disease to spread and people to die.
Salon.com July 28, 2000 Kate Scanell	Contributing to genocide By giving HIV deniers a global platform, South African President Mbeki has put countless lives at risk.
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