Nation Topics - Health and Disease | The Nation

A scourge of health problems has nail salon workers wondering about the industry's safety standards.

The perennial temptation to blame disease on sin or some grave moral failing just took another hit.

Congressional hearings about head injuries in the NFL raise questions about the consequences for old-timers and present-day players.

Atul Gawande offers up a banal self-help manual for aspiring MDs, while Pauline Chen prescribes a dose of compassion.

What has been America's most nurturing contribution to the culture of
this planet so far? Many would say Jazz. I, who love jazz, will say this
instead: Alcoholics Anonymous.

A new "ethnic correctness" is taking hold among minorities that might reverse a rising trend among Asians and others to undergo plastic surgery to look more westernized.

Wounded soldiers returning from Iraq are increasingly being wrongly diagnosed by the military, which prevents them from collecting benefits.

A medical breakthrough has provoked opposition from conservatives, consumer advocates and antivaccine groups.

The shoddy construction of FEMA's trailers has led to an epidemic of respiratory illness among Katrina refugees.

A new biography of Timothy Leary reveals the mixed-up sociopath behind the "turn on, tune in, drop out" mantra.