Sheldon J. Segal, AlterNet. September 22, 2008. There is little incentive for drug companies to research treatments for rare diseases. But collaboration with nonprofits could make it happen.
Jamie D. Brooks, Meredith L. King, Center for American Progress. January 18, 2008. The media and medical community have grossly oversimplified links between genetics, race and disease.
David Usborne, The Independent UK. November 13, 2007. After years of anti-obesity public health advice, a major new study causes an outcry by concluding that the moderately overweight live longer.
Laura Wright, OnEarth Magazine. August 9, 2007. Discoveries about how chemicals and environmental toxins interact with our DNA and make us susceptible to disease could revolutionize our concept of illness.
Barbara Ehrenreich, Barbaraehrenreich.com. August 7, 2007. The perennial temptation to blame disease on sin or at least some grave moral failing just took another hit.
