AltWeeklies Wire
How Jackson Hospital's Mental Health Unit Fails Miaminew
Many tragedies have plagued the deeply troubled unit of the nation's third-largest public hospital. After an exhaustive review, New Times has uncovered the following: rushed patient releases, inadequate supervision, undocumented use of restraints, and possible civil rights violations.
Miami New Times |
Natalie O'Neill |
06-22-2009 |
Science
At the Miami-Dade Medical Examiner's Office, Sandra Boyd IDs the Deadnew
Hundreds of bodies need names. The contessa of the dead finds them.
Miami New Times |
Chuck Strouse |
02-02-2009 |
Science
Tags: coroners, Sandra Boyd
The Perfect Shark Repellent?new
The world's first shark-repelling sunblock promises to give you an even tan as it fends off all of those great primordial predators stalking our beaches.
Miami New Times |
Jamie Laughlin |
08-20-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
In the Bagnew
An abortion gone bad opens up an unseemly world of low-end medicine.
Miami New Times |
Joanne Greene |
10-31-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
A Fish Farmer's Talenew
Could Dan Benetti's fish be the next salmon?
Miami New Times |
Josh Schonwald |
01-24-2006 |
Science
Tags: fish farming, university research
Damnation By Decibelnew
From hear to eternity, Miami is hell on your aural health.
Miami New Times |
Rob Jordan |
01-10-2006 |
Science
Cuban Exile Takes Top Billing in Intelligent Design Debatenew
Guillermo Gonzalez, who teaches astronomy at the University of Iowa, argues that a supreme being designed our planet to support both human life and scientific inquiry.
Miami New Times |
Mariah Blake |
11-07-2005 |
Science
How Cocaine Made Miami: The Drug Dealersnew
A former big-time drug trafficker and a young contemporary dealer describe Miami's cocaine trade, which has racked up a toll of arrests and murders. Second in a two-part series
Miami New Times |
Carlos Suarez De Jesus, Kris Conesa, Rebecca Wakefield and Francisco Alvarado |
10-18-2005 |
Science
How Cocaine Made Miaminew
By 1980, Miami had become the cocaine capital of the United States. The drug's lasting legacies are evident 25 years later: a thriving international banking industry, an entrenched drug culture and the durable myths of Miami Vice. First in a two-part series
Miami New Times |
Brett Sokol, Rebecca Wakefield, Forrest Norman and Sean Rowe |
10-11-2005 |
Science
Crown of Thornsnew
A photographer documents her battle with a compulsive hair-pulling disorder, turning obsession into art.
Miami New Times |
Julienne Gage |
07-25-2005 |
Science
Inventor Claims to Make Water Out of Thin Airnew
In January, Air Water Corporation CEO Michael Zwebner announced the company would ship twenty Air Water machines to Sri Lanka for deployment in areas stricken by the recent tsunami. Critics say the machines require too much energy.
Miami New Times |
Kirk Nielsen |
02-15-2005 |
Science
Rockers Form Virtual Neighborhood on MySpacenew
It seemed like only yesterday that Friendster was the destination for young, hip Americans to build their own personalized Websites and participate in a worldwide online network. But that was two years ago. These days everyone is heading over to MySpace.
Miami New Times |
Mosi Reeves |
11-08-2004 |
Science
SPIRIT Database in Dade County Is Open for Hackingnew
The county’s court system has spent $36 million on a revolutionary new database, but when programmers warned it was vulnerable, they’re the ones who got deleted.
Miami New Times |
Kirk Nielsen |
11-08-2004 |
Science
Wealthy Widows Left Money to Their Primary Care Physiciannew
Three childless widows in Florida remembered their doctor, Aloysius "Al" Brady, generously in their wills. Relatives of one of the women say he used the doctor/patient relationship to take advantage of her.
Miami New Times |
Tristram Korten |
10-05-2004 |
Science
