Dialogue
The American Disease: Origins of Narcotic Control, 3rd ed.
by David F. Musto, M.D., HS ’67, professor in the Child Study Center and professor of history of medicine and...
Earthdance
by Lynn W. Reiser, M.D. ’70, clinical professor of psychiatry, Greenwillow Books (N.Y.), 1999.
From Diapers to Dating: A Parent’s Guide to Raising Sexually Healthy Children
by Debra W. Haffner, M.P.H. ’79, Newmarket Press (N.Y.), 1999.
The Mysteries Within: A Surgeon Reflects on Medical Myths
by Sherwin B. Nuland, M.D. ’55, HS ’61, clinical professor of surgery, Simon and Schuster (N.Y.), 2000.
Human rights in East Timor
Freedom for East Timor has come at a heavy price. When an overwhelming majority of East Timorese cast ballots for...
Is sex important?
Getting women’s health issues on the national radar, Florence Haseltine, M.D., said during a visit to Yale in October,...
HIV as a cure rather than a threat
When Inder Verma, Ph.D., proposed HIV as a vector for gene therapy two years ago, the response was swift. “‘This guy...
Prions, mad cows and the Nobel Prize
For Stanley B. Prusiner, M.D., vindication came in 1997 when he won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his...
Another side of Bob Gifford
To the Editor:John Curtis’ article on Robert Gifford [“Goodbye, Dr. Gifford,” Fall 1999|Winter 2000] captures many of...
The first use of penicillin
To the Editor:Your story on John F. Fulton [“Fulton, penicillin and chance,” Fall 1999|Winter 2000] brought back...
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