The Arsenic Century: The Case of the Poisoned Partridges
A short extract from James C. Whorton’s The Arsenic Century: How Victorian Britain was Poisoned at Home, Work, and Play.
Alcohol: The World’s Oldest Recreational Drug
An excerpt from Drugs: A Very Short Introduction by Prof. Les Iversen, the new chairman of the UK’s Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs.
The Role of Emotion in Familicide
An excerpt from Familicidal Hearts.
Words Coined Backwards
A closer look at the word “ventilated”.
Hatha Yoga
An excerpt from Yoga Body by Mark Singleton.
Sex Appeal:
The First Principle is “Do No Harm”
An excerpt from Sex Appeal.
The ABC’s of Health Education
Some entries from The Dictionary of Health Education.
Legal and Illegal Drugs of Abuse:
Both are Hurting Our Country
Authors Eugene M. Rubin MD, PhD and Charles F. Zorumski MD argue that that efforts aimed at prevention and more effective early interventions for addictive disorders could have much greater impact on our country and health care economics than new treatments for the medical problems that result from these addictions.
Consequences of Diabetes:
Complications and Costs
An excerpt from Diabetes and Ocular Disease.
The Virtuous Psychiatrist: Patient Autonomy
An excerpt from The Virtuous Psychiatrist.
The Mammography Furor:
Why Both Opponents and Proponents of Screening Are Wrong
Robert M. Veatch looks at the mammography debate and why both sides are wrong.
Eastern and Western Approaches
to the Treatment of Cholera
An excerpt from Cholera: The Biography
More Than Genes: An Excerpt
An excerpt from More Than Genes by Dan Agin.
How Common Are Psychiatric Disorders?
An excerpt from Demystifying Psychiatry: A Resource For Patients and Families.
Hysteria: A Circus
An excerpt from Hysteria: The Biography.
On The Disrupted Sequence of Health-Care Reform
Elvin Lim looks at the health-care reform bill that passed in the House.