DOCTOR AND PATIENT
Interns at the Operating Table
By PAULINE W. CHEN, M.D.
Why patients can relax if they see a young doctor-in-training following their gurney into the operating room.
VITAL SIGNS
Risks: Wealthier Women Get More Melanoma, Study Finds
By RONI CARYN RABIN
Experts aren’t sure why, but a new study suggests that these women may be at increased risk because they are spending more leisure time outdoors.
VITAL SIGNS
Prognosis: Study Finds Troubles With Gastric Band Surgery
By RONI CARYN RABIN
More than a decade after having the procedure, patients had lost just 43 percent of their excess weight, a study finds.
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Spinach brings a variety of nutrients to this appealing frittata.
Earthquake in Japan
Anxiety Up as Tokyo Issues Warning on Its Tap Water
By DAVID JOLLY and DENISE GRADY
Radioactive iodine detected in the water supply added to the anxiety about Japan’s nuclear crisis.
Women Seeking Abortions in South Dakota to Get Anti-Abortion Advice
By A. G. SULZBERGER
South Dakota became the first state to require all women seeking abortions to first attend a consultation at a “pregnancy help center.”
SKIN DEEP
Trolling the Oceans to Combat Aging
By CATHERINE SAINT LOUIS
Scientists studying algae find themselves with a skin-care line.
Supreme Court Rules Against Zicam Maker
By ADAM LIPTAK
The plaintiffs said that Matrixx Initiatives had failed to report adverse affects of its cold remedy, Zicam.
F.D.A. Bans Some Food Imports From Japan
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The F.D.A. is temporarily halting imports of dairy products and produce from the area of Japan where a nuclear reactor is leaking radiation.
Dangers of Leaving No Resident Behind
By GARDINER HARRIS
As the Japanese are learning, the science behind herding thousands, sometimes millions, of people from danger to safety is uncertain at best.
Radiation, Once Free, Can Follow Tricky Path
By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
How — and how fast — radioactive elements travel depends on many factors, including weather, soil and what they land on first.
WELL BLOG
After a Diagnosis, Wishing for a Magic Number
By PETER B. BACH, M.D.
“What was the chance that my wife’s breast cancer would come back?” a cancer researcher writes
Riddled With Metal by Mistake in a Study
By DENISE GRADY
A device meant to shield healthy tissue from radiation during surgery for breast cancer left hundreds of tiny particles of the heavy metal tungsten inside dozens of patients.
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18 AND UNDER
On the Left Hand, There Are No Easy Answers
By PERRI KLASS, M.D.
The riddle of why about 10 percent of people are born with the left-dominant variety of this essentially human asymmetry remains.
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