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It's Nurse vs. Doctor on the New York Times Op-Ed Page
The pitfalls of airing personal grievances publicly, as Theresa Brown did against a University of Pittsburgh Medical Center physician this week
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Bogus Balms Bureau: Business Group Props Up STD Scams
The feds have busted 12 shady STD treatment companies—and the Better Business Bureau might be collateral damage
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Tornado Town: Tuscaloosa, Alabama
In a season of intense storms, a mile-wide twister has just consumed much of one Southern town
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Nuclear 2.0: Japan Shouldn't Stop Us From Embracing It
The latest generation of reactors brings the risk of meltdowns close to zero. A case for rethinking nuclear power.
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Kentucky's New Eye Surgeons: No Medical Degree Required
Optometrists, ophthalmologists—same thing, right? Kentucky joined the company of Oklahoma as the second state to conflate the two types of eye doctors.
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Wisconsin's Real Doctors and Their Fake Sick Notes for Protesters
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Lisa Nowak: Space Oddity
Four years ago, astronaut Lisa Nowak attacked her rival. This week, a 20/20 story about the case reminds us that personality disorders go deeper than any one assault.
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Giffords's Superspecialized Brain Doctor: Adding Insight to Injury
As the representative integrates back into the world, Dr. Sherer will help her and her family solve practical problems as life goes on
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The Medical-Industrial Complex
Donations from the medical device industry are providing key funds to many orthopedic surgery programs. But are patients ending up with back, knee, and hip surgeries they don't need?