Science and Health

Eating Ourselves to Death Eating Ourselves to Death

The toxic food industry is fueling a preventable epidemic of diabetes. Most vulnerable are poor children, barraged with ads urging them to eat the sugar and grease-laden food that ...

Jan 23, 2006 / Feature / Nicholas von Hoffman

Unequipped to Cure Unequipped to Cure

Vaccine production in the United States is in an alarming condition--with drug-makers wedded to outmoded techniques and government more focused on terror than pandemics.

Jan 14, 2006 / Feature / Dr. Marc Siegel

Part D From Outer Space Part D From Outer Space

The Bush Administration's ill-advised new prescription drug program could destroy Medicare as a benefit for all Americans.

Jan 11, 2006 / Feature / Trudy Lieberman

Is Fear the Best Way to Fight AIDS? Is Fear the Best Way to Fight AIDS?

Thanks to the fear tactics advocated by the Bush Administration and abetted by many health activists, gay and bisexual men have been engaged in a one-sided conversation about safe ...

Jan 6, 2006 / Editorial / Kai Wright

Hunger Is Not a Place Hunger Is Not a Place

It's not true that only the rich can help the poor. We must work to empower nations like Bangladesh that are addressing the problem of hunger by creating networks of schools, healt...

Jan 5, 2006 / Editorial / Frances Moore Lappé

Brave Neuro World Brave Neuro World

As neurotechnology expands our abilities to rejuvenate aging brains, rebound from trauma and enhance moods or sexual prowess, we need a consistent set of neuroethics about how that...

Dec 20, 2005 / Feature / Kathryn Schulz

The Silence of the Doctors The Silence of the Doctors

The overlooked players in the torture scandal are the medical personnel who supervise--and often participate in--acts of torture. Military medical professionals have reportedly tai...

Dec 8, 2005 / Feature / Jonathan H. Marks

AIDS Movement Seizes Control AIDS Movement Seizes Control

Despite its controversy, World AIDS Day has demonstrated how vast and global the AIDS movement has gone. While the extent of AIDS advocacy was not as far-reaching then, in 1987 a b...

Dec 2, 2005 / Feature / Mark Gevisser

Eggs vs Ethics in Stem Cell Debate Eggs vs Ethics in Stem Cell Debate

Reports of ethical breaches in the harvesting of human eggs for stem cell research in Korea has focused attention on the need to protect the health and welfare of women who might...

Nov 29, 2005 / Feature / Marcy Darnovsky and Emily Galpern

Mismanaged Care Mismanaged Care

Tennessee once had a visionary health care plan for that left only 14 percent of residents uninsured. But with federal cuts and a governor's misguided attempt to privatize Medicaid...

Nov 22, 2005 / Feature / Trudy Lieberman

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