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State of Emergency: The Disappearing Primary-care Doctornew

It's a not-uncommon story: someone goes to the doctor for a checkup or for a minor complaint, but while they are there, the doctor notices something else. If the number of primary-care physicians continues to drop, the situation could be different a decade from now.
City Newspaper  |  Tim Louis Macaluso  |  12-16-2009  |  Science

Tough Titties: Lowry Beall Stares Down Breast Cancernew

At 27 she found a lump. At 29 she had a bilateral mastectomy. At 30 she's trying her damnedest to be a badass cancer survivor.
Charleston City Paper  |  Stephanie Barna  |  10-07-2009  |  Housing & Development

Why Are Insurers Blocking H1N1 Treatment Prescriptions?

I got swine flu. Five days later, I was at death's door -- because my evil insurance company wouldn't honor my doctor's prescription. Memo to future revolutionaries: if you require a firing squad for the executives of the Health Insurance Plan (HIP) of New York, I'm handy with a rifle.
Maui Time  |  Ted Rall  |  09-23-2009  |  Science

Mystery Illness Fells Young Mannew

In a matter of months, his parents and doctors watched as Cole Haakana regressed from a healthy 11-year-old into a big kid with the mentality of a four-year-old. But to get her son's mysterious malady diagnosed, a mother must battle some of Minnesota's top hospitals.
City Pages (Twin Cities)  |  Beth Walton  |  05-14-2008  |  Science

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