The Fight to Save Independent Health Care in the Age of Medical Monopolies
Can a New Mexico oncologist succeed in breaking up the state's biggest health care provider?
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The Erin Brockoviches of Ecuador
For these women, environmentalism and women's rights are closely linked: Past drilling projects have resulted in increased assaults, cancer, and infertility.
The Animals That Can Save Your Life
Rats can smell tuberculosis. Dogs can smell cancer. Now they’re being trained to help us survive.
How the FDA Fails Cancer Patients
For years, government rules on drug trials blocked access to a vital drug.
Life With the Breast Cancer Gene Is a Hellish Mix of Anxiety and Self-Doubt
I'm poked, prodded, felt up, and scanned—and don't even know if it will stop the cancer
This TV Show Pays Homage To—And Utterly Ruins—The Fault in Our Stars
The latest entry in pop culture’s Year of Sick Teens
The Apple Watch Could Spark a Health Care Revolution
The market is already full of amazing health-tracking devices—and now it may become cool to use them
It's Time to Ditch the Word "Cancer"
A label that misleads patients and helps quacks
Roger Ebert's Other Illness
The film critic wrote candidly—and controversially—about his alcoholism
What Fidel Taught Hugo
Cuba defined Chávez's career as much as Venezuela did
