Fall 2003 Table of Contents

Features
Under Pressure
While usually manageable, high blood pressure sometimes defies a quick fix, rising out of control and presenting serious health consequences.
-By Alicia Di Rado

King Virus
The coronavirus is responsible for a third of all head colds, but the recent outbreak of SARS has put this relatively unknown virus on the royal road to infamy.
-By Lori Oliwenstein

Overboard on Over-the-Counter
Many Americans have incomplete knowledge about over-the-counter medicines, taking too much of a product or mixing medicines in dangerous combinations.
-By Alexis Bergen

Magician Clinician
When Howard Hodis first entered a laboratory, he knew that science was the rational foundation on which to test his curiosity and theories.
-By Alicia Di Rado

Free to Bloom
Women with epilepsy now have new options to control their disorder and achieve pregnancy with confidence.
-By Alicia Di Rado

   
 

Cover Story

Super Natural
Implantable devices that replace defective body parts not only take over where nature left off, they often improve on the original design.
-By Monika Guttman

 

Departments
City Rounds
A photographic comic book battles misconceptions about vitamins in local Latino communities.

Healthoughts
The latest word on wart removal, mercury thermometers, scar-healing bandages and antibacterial soaps and gels.

Benchmarks
Understanding the genetic differences that affect how the body excretes drugs may improve therapies for cystic fibrosis patients.


 
       
 
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