The Future of Human Cloning
Summer 2003

Can we reap the benefits of therapeutic cloning without crossing ethical lines?

Prescription for Trouble
Winter 2002

Do pharmaceutical industry marketing ploys and physician perks jeopardize medical ethics?

Sorting Out HRT
Summer 2002

For decades, whether or not to take hormone replacement therapy has been the million-dollar question for women who are on the verge or in the midst...

The Rise of Midlevel Providers
Summer 2002

Are caregivers headed for a turf war or a new team approach?

Integrative Medicine: Insights and Issues
Winter 2001

The emerging field of integrative medicine is fraught with controversies—-beginning with the very meaning of the term itself. Some think of...

Genetic Testing for Breast and Ovarian Cancer Susceptibility
Summer 2001

One of the most heralded developments in the molecular genetics of cancer in recent years has been identification of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes...

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Summer 2001

Question: Every year it seems that more and more children line up in the school office to receive their midday doses of Ritalin. Is attention...

Pulmonary Embolism
Winter 2000

Question: What are the current approaches to diagnosing pulmonary embolism? Duke pulmonologist Dr. Victor Tapson responds: When a patient...

A Life Lived Well
Summer 2000

Our culture has trained us to understand death as something alien to life, rather than an inevitable part of the rhythm of a life lived well. The...

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Winter 1998

Question: What are the current views about chronic fatigue syndrome? Duke psychiatrist Dr. Veeraindar Goli replies: The very mention of...