AltWeeklies Wire
A New Mexico Nurse Discusses Her Service in Iraqnew
Nurses may dress the wounds of the enemy. They may deploy to New Orleans to salvage lives in a temporary hospital. Some military nurses may get the chance to share their skills and knowledge with Iraqi women in makeshift classrooms. Others may find themselves witnessing history firsthand.
Weekly Alibi |
Whitny Doyle |
03-23-2010 |
War
How a Minnesota Mental Health Patient Was Forced into Electro-Shock Therapynew
There were 41 cases of the controversial practice of forced, court-ordered electroconvulsive treatment in Hennepin County last year. Ray Sandford was one of them.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Matt Snyders |
05-22-2009 |
Civil Liberties
Who's Making Our Medicine?new
To treat everything from allergies to heart problems, half of Americans take a prescription medicine every day. It’s perfectly safe, though, because the Food and Drug Administration regulates the ingredients, right?
The Texas Observer |
Jim Hightower |
03-12-2009 |
Science
The Fight Over What Is -- And What Is Not -- Lyme Diseasenew
The deer ticks that carry Lyme disease are tiny. But from these minute creatures, a huge, unresolved medical controversy has grown: Does chronic Lyme disease exist? If so, how is it treated? If not, what's making so many people so very sick?
Portland Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
09-17-2008 |
Science
Medicine Womennew
An infux of female doctors is changing the way health care is delivered.
Seven Days |
Mary Hegarty Nowlan |
06-16-2006 |
Science
Seabiscuit Should Be So Luckynew
Just call them the Horse Pressurers: This new breed of equine healer does acupressure, massage, the holistic works, and often runs on ambiguous legal turf.
East Bay Express |
Kara Platoni |
06-27-2005 |
Science
