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Medical Examiner
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Lipitor Rage
If statins carried a rare but serious side effect, would we ever find out?
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A Womb Without a View
Major birth defects come as a surprise for most parents, but they don’t have to.
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The Doctor and the Pomegranate
Antioxidants don't work, but no one wants to hear it.
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Café or Nay?
Some studies say coffee is good for you; others say it's bad. The scientists are just as confused as we are.
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Yuan a Kidney?
China's proposals to pay organ donors flout the status quo. That's a good thing.
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We Eat Crap. It Makes Us Sick.
Our inability to talk about it is driving the hysteria around Europe's E. coli outbreak.
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Gym Rat Control
Why is the Planet Fitness chain of health clubs trying to alienate people who love to work out?
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Black Salt
Should the government single out African-Americans for low-sodium diets?
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A Giant Pain in the Wallet
How drug companies are making crucial, common drugs up to 100 times more expensive.
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It May Be Fake, but Trust Me—It'll Work
When is it kosher for doctors to prescribe placebos?
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Bring Back the Poison Squad
A hundred years ago, our food-safety regulators were willing to eat formaldehyde on our behalf. What are they doing now?
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The Real Problem With Vaccines
Our system for compensating injured children is hurting—and this week's Supreme Court ruling doesn't help.
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Cutting Human Lives
What should we make of Arizona's new law for rationing organ transplants?
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