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Medicine
December 27, 2013
Adrian Marston
It's Time to Ditch the Word "Cancer"
A label that misleads patients and helps quacks
November 18, 2013
Deepak Chopra, Jerry A. Coyne
Deepak Chopra Responds to Pseudoscience Allegations. Jerry Coyne Fires Back.
November 13, 2013
Bill Gifford
Suzanne Somers Is a Dangerous Medical Hack
The Obamacare critic's unscientific hormone claptrap
November 11, 2013
Julia Ioffe
I've Got Whooping Cough. Thanks a Lot, Jenny McCarthy.
October 20, 2013
Jerome Groopman
The Quackish Cult of Alternative Medicine
Dr. Paul Offit's battle against charlatanism
September 17, 2013
Annie Sparrow
Assad's Assault on Medical Providers
July 25, 2013
Ilan Greenberg
Held Hostage by a Hospital
The Mayo Clinic is making Rochester, Minn., double in size—and billing residents for it
July 24, 2013
Judith Shulevitz
Weight Loss is Not the Answer: What Michelle Obama Doesn't Get About Obesity
July 15, 2013
Mark Oppenheimer
The New Puritans
When did liberals become so uptight?
June 20, 2013
Nora Caplan-Bricker
The AMA Says Gay Men Should Be Able to Give Blood—But the FDA Isn't Listening
June 14, 2013
Jeff Guo
Did Ritalin Make Kids in Quebec Dumber?
June 13, 2013
Colleen Kimmett
The Painful Politics of Painkillers
Opioids are deadlier than ever, but research into cannabis is still taboo
April 22, 2013
Michael Kinsley
Brilliant: The Problem with the Problem with Health Care Costs
February 26, 2013
Kent Sepkowitz
The Sequester's Dumbest Cut
Childhood vaccinations don't just save lives; they save money too
February 13, 2013
Marc Tracy
What We Mean When We Say “Carpenters”
January 31, 2013
Jonathan Cohn
Flu Shots in the Firehouse
How to Survive Our Doctor Shortage
November 29, 2012
Leslie Jamison
Fever Dreams—Investigating the Memoir
May 24, 2012
Howard Markel
Deadly Locations
May 15, 2012
Sally Satel
Are You Dead Yet?
March 29, 2012
Howard Markel
The Very Deadliest Habit

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