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The Year in Medicine 2008
Full List
A to C
- Abortion: Rates Down for Some
- Alzheimer's And Diabetes: Lethal Partners
- Appendectomy: No Cuts, No Scars, No Sweat
- Autism: Debate Rages over a Rare Case
- Bisphenol-A: A Chemical Found in Plastic Could Be Dangerous
- Brains: How Gay and Straight Differ
- Cerebral Palsy: Epsom Salts Lower Risk
- Cigarettes: Quitting Causes a Chain Reaction
- CPR: One, Two, Three, Four, Stayin' Alive
- CT Scans: Just How Safe Are They?
D to H
- Day Care: A Weighty Choice
- Fertility: Women's Voices and Ovulation
- Fertility: A Biological Clock for Dads Too
- Fertility: A Blood Test to Predict Menopause
- Gardasil: Vaccine Battle?
- Genetically Modified Foods: China Has the World Worried
- Global Warming: A Hot Earth Could Worsen Allergies and Kidney Stones
- Gymnastics: Graceful, Exciting — And Disturbingly Dangerous
- HIV: The Hunt for the Elusive Vaccine Goes On — and On
I to R
- Inflammation: Putting Out The Fire in the Heart
- Knee Surgery: Study Doubts Benefits
- Lung Cancer: Genes Identified
- Malaria: The Global Tally Drops
- Math: Girls Catch Up with Boys, And the Gender Gap Disappears
- Obesity: Levels Hit Plateau for The First Time in Decades
- Obesity: You Can Beat Your Genes
- Reading: A Novel Way to Lose Weight
S to Z
- Salmonella: A One-Two Punch
- Statins: Grade-School Kids On a Middle-Age Drug
- Stem Cells: Brave New World
- Television: A Teen-Pregnancy Link
- Testosterone: Does It Make You Money?
- Transplants: Get the Organ And Hold the Drugs
- Vytorin: Science Vs. Hype
- ZZZ: Don't Let This Keep You Up
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Introduction
America's Health Checkup
It's hard enough to make it to your own annual physical. In this issue, TIME takes the entire nation to the doctor
Obama and Health Care
Reform's Moment May Be Now
Although it's no slam dunk, the President-elect's health-care plan has a fair shot at success
Graphic
5 Truths About Health Care in America
Forget about what you thought you knew about America's health care. These five facts may surprise you
Science
From A to Z
TIME's annual alphabetical list of the latest breakthoughs, discoveries and some secrets to better health
—by Alice Park, David Bjerklie, Carolyn Sayre, Tiffany Sharples, Bryan Walsh and Alexandra Silver
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