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A Professor Investigates Africa’s Most Dreaded Disease: Malarianew

At first glance, UVM assistant professor Arne Bomblies seems like an unlikely person to be conducting research on malaria, an illness that kills more than a million people worldwide each year, most of them African children, at a rate of one every 30 seconds.
Seven Days  |  Ken Picard  |  01-22-2010  |  Science

Did an Army-Issue Antimalarial Drug Drive a Solider to Suicide?new

Criticism of the military's use of Lariam has continued to build since John Torres' death. "If it predisposes you to paranoia, anger, psychosis, is it appropriate to expose a company of people with automatic weapons?" army doctor Remington Nevin wonders.
Chicago Reader  |  Kari Lydersen  |  09-28-2009  |  War

Playing Doctor: A Physician Practices Based on Questionable Claimsnew

Lying on a résumé isn't a crime -- except when a doctor does it. Luckily for Edward Patrick, who may have never done the residency he claims, the Ohio Medical Board is forgiving.
Cleveland Scene  |  Thomas Francis  |  11-02-2004  |  Science

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