Hands Off!: A Canadian Study Recommends Against Breast Self-Examination, but Some Still Advocate the Hands-on Approach (Post, July 24, 2001)

In the Dark, Permanently: Hannelore Kohl's Suicide Puts a Spotlight on a Rare Illness That Keeps Patients in the Shadows (Post, July 24, 2001)

Think You're Trim Enough? Think Again: A New Study Finds Significant Health Risks Even for Those Who Are Not Quite Overweight (Post, July 17, 2001)

Senior Class: A Virginia Web Directory for the Elderly Adds the Missing Link: People (Post, July 17, 2001)

Herb Industry Welcomes Curbs on Comfrey: But the FDA's Effort to Ban the Supplement Is Derided as a PR Ploy (Post, July 17, 2001)

Washing Without Water: Study Gives a Thumbs-Up to an Alternative Hand Cleaner (Post, July 10, 2001)

For Some Lasik Patients, No More Tears (Post, July 10, 2001)

Flush With Success: Children in Single-Parent Families Excel in Toilet Training (Post, July 10, 2001)

A (Small) Price Aid from Rite Aid: Drug Chain Offers Discounts to the Uninsured; Competitors Are Unmoved (Post, July 10, 2001)

Pediatric Checkup: Chickenpox? Measles? Rape? (Post, July 3, 2001)

The Depression Virus, Maybe: A New Study Links an Animal Disease With Mental Illness in Humans (Post, July 3, 2001)

Tooth Squad: For the Do-It-Yourselfer, Dental Devices That Put Self-Care at the Tip of Your Tongue (Post, July 3, 2001)

Paying Docs to Do the Right Thing: Some Patient Advocates Can't Stomach These Bonuses (Post, July 3, 2001)

Fat Kids, Bad to the Bones: Early Obesity May Increase the Risk of Osteoporosis Later (Post, July 3, 2001)

When It Comes to Kids' Fever, Be Cool: A New Study Says Parents' Overreactions Often Interfere With the Body's Self-Defense (Post, June 26, 2001)

On Beyond Zyrtec: Publishers of the PDR Issue a Guide to Supplements (Post, June 26, 2001)

Crest's 6 Percent Solution: New Peroxide-Treated Strips Promise a Less Messy Way to Make Teeth a Little Whiter (Post, June 26, 2001)

A Free Lunch That Saves Lives: Diet-Book Author Finds It's Cheaper to Feed Some Employees Than Tend to Their Illnesses (Post, June 26, 2001)

It's Not for Kids Anymore: St. Joseph's Aspirin Taps a New Vein -- Adults (Post, June 19, 2001)