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My Own Private Screening
What watching ESPN could teach us about mammograms.  
Darshak Sanghavi   Nov 18, 2009   Prescriptions  
Do We Have a Winner?
How to reform the broken medical malpractice system.  
Darshak Sanghavi   Nov 09, 2009   Prescriptions  
Talk to the Invisible Hand
The promises and perils of treating patients more like consumers.  
Darshak Sanghavi   Sep 28, 2009   Prescriptions  
The Fix Is In
The hidden public-private cartel that sets health care prices.  
Darshak Sanghavi   Sep 02, 2009   Prescriptions  
Color Bind
How to fix racial disparities in medical care.  
Darshak Sanghavi   Aug 14, 2009   Prescriptions  
Nobody's Normal Anymore
Should we blame overdiagnosis for rising health costs?  
Darshak Sanghavi   Jul 22, 2009   Prescriptions  
Bringing Down the House
The sobering lessons of health reform in Massachusetts.  
Darshak Sanghavi   Jun 23, 2009   Prescriptions  
Sweet Justice
Why Judge Sotomayor's diabetes shouldn't be ignored.  
Darshak Sanghavi   May 29, 2009   Medical Examiner  
When the Lights Go Out
What can reality TV teach us about clinical drug trials?  
Darshak Sanghavi   May 13, 2009   Medical Examiner  
Drug Dealing
Who should decide when a medication is safe?  
Darshak Sanghavi   Mar 11, 2009   Medical Examiner  
Pregnant Pause
Who should pay for in vitro fertilization?  
Darshak Sanghavi   Feb 13, 2009   Medical Examiner  
Dying To Play
Why don't we prevent more sudden deaths in athletes?  
Darshak Sanghavi   Feb 03, 2009   Medical Examiner  
Womb Raider
Do future health problems begin during gestation?  
Darshak Sanghavi   Oct 10, 2008   Medical Examiner  
Quicker Liquor
Should we lower the legal drinking age?  
Darshak Sanghavi   Aug 26, 2008   Medical Examiner  
Old Drugs, New Tricks
Why big health advances rarely involve new medicines.  
Darshak Sanghavi   Jun 10, 2008   Medical Examiner  
Natural Disasters
Why do we focus on the least important causes of cancer?  
Darshak Sanghavi   Apr 15, 2008   Medical Examiner  
Training Daze
Why do doctors fixate on diagnosis, not treatment?  
Darshak Sanghavi   Mar 12, 2008   Medical Examiner  
Pill Popping
Debunking the power of the placebo effect.  
Darshak Sanghavi   Oct 23, 2007   Medical Examiner  
Getting the Lead Out
If only it were as easy as recalling the Mattel toys.  
Darshak Sanghavi   Aug 21, 2007   Medical Examiner  
Wrong Number
Is it cost effective to treat the world's poor?  
Darshak Sanghavi   Jul 17, 2007   Medical Examiner  
Plumber's Butt?
The right and wrong way to think about heart attacks.  
Darshak Sanghavi   May 08, 2007   Medical Examiner  
How Doctors Think
The problem with giving doctors score cards.  
Jerome Groopman and Darshak Sanghavi   Apr 10, 2007   Book Club, The  
Baby Gap
The surprising truth about America's infant-mortality rate.  
Darshak Sanghavi   Mar 16, 2007   Medical Examiner  
Screen Alert
How an ounce of Rx prevention can cause a pound of hurt.  
Darshak Sanghavi   Nov 28, 2006   Medical Examiner  
Treat Me?
The crucial health stat you've never heard of.  
Darshak Sanghavi   Sep 26, 2006   Medical Examiner  

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