BY THE NUMBERS
We know a massage feels good, but it can have a host of therapeutic advantages, too.
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SPECIAL EDUCATION
Trig's Promise
Advocates for the mentally disabled on Palin's pledge
Advocates for the mentally disabled on...
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September 5, 2008
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VACCINES
Spot On
Why the chickenpox vaccine needs a boost
Why the chickenpox vaccine needs a...
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September 2, 2008
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HEALTH CARE
Is Medicare Healthy?
What you, and the next president, need to know
What you, and the next president,...
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Sept. 8, 2008 issue
CULTURE
Anorexics can be male, old, Latino, black or pregnant. A new book undercuts old stereotypes.
CAMPAIGN 2008
A cynic's view of Palin's family fanfare.
SEXUALITY
What exactly is sex addiction, and how are those who suffer from the disorder, like actor David Duchovny, treated?
HEALTH CARE
Trouble looms and there are no simple solutions. What you—and the next president—need to know.
BUSINESS
With food packaging decreasing in size, but not in price, a consumer-affairs blogger offers advice for shopping smart.
HEALTH
How gloomy economic news may be affecting us physically—and what you can do to make your health more recession-resistant.
MUSIC
Three years ago, Andrew McMahon was diagnosed with leukemia. On 'The Glass Passenger,' he sings about his experience.
HEALTH CARE
What the massive turnout for a free medical and dental clinic in southwest Virginia reveals about the widening gap between health-care haves and have-nots in the United States.
SCIENCE
DNA discoveries are revealing why even the best parenting doesn't have the effects experts promise, from breast-feeding to letting kids learn from mistakes.
BY THE NUMBERS
A roadmap for when you see signs that your elderly parent isn't capable of driving safely.
MEDICINE
Researchers get closer to a more effective HIV treatment—and possibly a vaccine
HEALTH
Despite the stigma, electroshock therapy is making a quiet comeback.
HEALTH CARE
What the massive turnout for a free medical and dental clinic in southwest Virginia reveals about the widening gap between health-care haves and have-nots in the United States
PROJECT GREEN
What you can't see could make you sick. How to get rid of it.
PROJECT GREEN
A warmer planet could mean we'll suffer more (and stronger) allergies.
HEALTH
As Congress moves to ban phthalates from toys, parents try to make sense of conflicting research.
JUSTICE
How police can better handle emotionally disturbed citizens.
CULTURE
Dr. Drew on New York's ban on cigarettes for addicts
HEALTH
Can cholesterol-lowering drugs reduce the risk of dementia?
PROSTITUTION
As San Francisco prepares to vote on a bid to legalize prostitution, a closer look at a program designed to focus on buyers, rather than sellers, in the sex trade.
READER FEEDBACK
Does media portrayal of teen mothers help destigmatize the issue for the unfortunate who end up pregnant? Or does it somehow legitimize premarital sex? Readers weigh in.
HEALTH
RELIGION
HEALTH
Florida's tomato growers on what it was like to defend maligned produce during the recent salmonella outbreak and how they'll get tomatoes back on menus now that it's off the FDA's list of potential culprits.
HEALTH MATTERS
Women were the villains when it came to STDs, as brought to you by the U.S. Public Health Service in the 1940s.
HEALTH CARE
What the massive turnout for a free medical and dental clinic in southwest Virginia reveals about the widening gap between health-care haves and have-nots in the United States.
BY THE NUMBERS
We know a massage feels good, but it can have a host of therapeutic advantages, too.
MY TURN
Since being diagnosed as HIV-positive in 1990, I've managed to reinvent myself at least three times.
CELEBRITY HEALTH WATCH
A representative claims the sores on the troubled singer's face are the result of a surprisingly common skin infection.
'Dirty Dancing' star Patrick Swayze faces a difficult battle with pancreatic cancer.
As the leading GOP presidential candidate, McCain has put the potentially deadly disease in the spotlight.
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