<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Cover Stories</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/health/specials/pastcovers?nav=rss_health/specials/pastcovers</link><description>Cover Stories</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Mixed Messages]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39716-2001Aug6.html?nav=rss_health/specials/pastcovers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39716-2001Aug6.html?nav=rss_health/specials/pastcovers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:01:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Antioxidants fight disease, support immunity and fight aging but in some cases can do more harm to your body than good. Can someone please explain what's going on here?]]></description><author> Christopher Wanjek</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Story of Patient #10]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8223-2001Jul30.html?nav=rss_health/specials/pastcovers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8223-2001Jul30.html?nav=rss_health/specials/pastcovers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:01:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Eight years ago, seven participants in a clinical trial became sick when an experimental drug poisoned and begun destroying major organs throughout their bodies. By July 30, four people were dead.]]></description><author> Susan Levine</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hearts and Minds]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39482-2001Jul23.html?nav=rss_health/specials/pastcovers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39482-2001Jul23.html?nav=rss_health/specials/pastcovers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:01:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[For a quarter-century, Dean Ornish has bucked the medical establishment and advocated eating right, exercising and reducing stress as a way to combat heart disease.]]></description><author> Sally Squires</author></item><item><title><![CDATA['The Silent Killer']]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36650-2001Jul9.html?nav=rss_health/specials/pastcovers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36650-2001Jul9.html?nav=rss_health/specials/pastcovers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:01:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[High blood pressure disproportionately threatens African Americans. One hands-on program helps people keep their numbers, and their risks, in line.]]></description><author> Keith Epstein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Health Laws That Can Save You Money - or Your Life]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14107-2001Jun18.html?nav=rss_health/specials/pastcovers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14107-2001Jun18.html?nav=rss_health/specials/pastcovers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:01:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[All 50 states have "mandatory benefits" laws that force insurance companies and health plans to cover specific illnesses and conditions. But often, the hardest part is finding them. <font color="#CC0000"></font><font face="ms sans serif, verdana, helvetica, arial" size="-2"><b><ahref="http://www.delphi.com/wphealth/messages/?msg=183.1">What's Your Opinion?</a></b></font>]]></description><author> Rhonda D. Orin</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marathon Groups Split]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50928-2001Jun11.html?nav=rss_health/specials/pastcovers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50928-2001Jun11.html?nav=rss_health/specials/pastcovers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:01:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Across the country, marathons are attracting two types of runner: serious athletes and newcomers that think the elite runners are smug and narrow-minded.]]></description><author> Heidi Splete</author></item><item><title><![CDATA['Blueprints' Aims to Reduce Bullying]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19097-2001Jun4.html?nav=rss_health/specials/pastcovers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19097-2001Jun4.html?nav=rss_health/specials/pastcovers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:01:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A new program in Ashland, Va., is changing the culture of schools in an attempt to reduce bullying.]]></description><author> Sandra G. Boodman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Knee Bone Connected to the -- Ouch!]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A88611-2001May28.html?nav=rss_health/specials/pastcovers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A88611-2001May28.html?nav=rss_health/specials/pastcovers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:01:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears are on the rise in the United States, especially among women and girls who are now more involved in sports.]]></description><author> Fern Shen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The War on Breast Cancer]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56228-2001May21.html?nav=rss_health/specials/pastcovers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56228-2001May21.html?nav=rss_health/specials/pastcovers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:01:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A physician and medical historian examines how American culture and politics have driven treatment of the disease  not always to women's benefit.]]></description><author> Barron Lerner</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doctors Go Digital]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26648-2001May14.html?nav=rss_health/specials/pastcovers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26648-2001May14.html?nav=rss_health/specials/pastcovers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:01:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A new three-physician ear, nose and throat practice in downtown Washington is one of the first in the nation to go "paperless."<br><font color="#CC0000"></font><font face="ms sans serif, verdana, helvetica, arial" size="-2"><ahref="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26607-2001May14.html"><b>Taking the Electronic Leap</b></a></font>]]></description><author> Sally Squires</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Memory Lapse -- or Alzheimer's?]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58553-2001May7.html?nav=rss_health/specials/pastcovers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58553-2001May7.html?nav=rss_health/specials/pastcovers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:01:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Increasingly, experts think that in many cases the difference between the deadly, dreaded Alzheimer's disease and the more benign, far more common short-term memory loss is one of degree.]]></description><author> Arthur Allen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Twists and Turns of Colonoscopy]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22318-2001Apr30.html?nav=rss_health/specials/pastcovers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22318-2001Apr30.html?nav=rss_health/specials/pastcovers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:01:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The account of one man's colonoscopy has twists and turns and a few uneasy moments, but the ending is painless. Really.]]></description><author> John Briley</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Calling Doctor You]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59354-2001Apr24.html?nav=rss_health/specials/pastcovers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59354-2001Apr24.html?nav=rss_health/specials/pastcovers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:01:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Doctor Peter Meyer describes to readers the challenges, procedures and issues facing ER docs every day in his new book "You Are the ER Doc."]]></description><author> Peter Meyer</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Upending Seniorhood]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24857-2001Apr16.html?nav=rss_health/specials/pastcovers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24857-2001Apr16.html?nav=rss_health/specials/pastcovers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:01:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Seniors are changing the conventional picture of old age as they are are healthier and more active than ever.]]></description><author> Martha Frase-Blunt</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Improving Your Brain]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60197-2001Apr9.html?nav=rss_health/specials/pastcovers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60197-2001Apr9.html?nav=rss_health/specials/pastcovers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:01:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A number of new books describe ways to work out your brain and improve your memory.]]></description><author> Tabitha M. Powledge</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Run? Walk? Both!]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29428-2001Apr2.html?nav=rss_health/specials/pastcovers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29428-2001Apr2.html?nav=rss_health/specials/pastcovers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:01:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Injured runner turned to walking as an alternative and loved it.]]></description><author> Dallas Hudgens</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Low Experience, High Expectations]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62262-2001Mar26.html?nav=rss_health/specials/pastcovers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62262-2001Mar26.html?nav=rss_health/specials/pastcovers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:01:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Intern Michael Greger, awakened at 3 a.m. for the fifth time that night, listened as a nurse ticked off a long list of blood test results for one of his patients, then fell back into an exhausted stupor. Early the next morning when he checked the patient's chart, Greger was horrified: He had failed to realize that one of the blood tests clearly showed the man was in imminent danger of having a potentially fatal arrythmia, a heart rhythm disturbance. The patient was rushed to intensive care.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paranoia and Despair]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26316-2001Mar19.html?nav=rss_health/specials/pastcovers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26316-2001Mar19.html?nav=rss_health/specials/pastcovers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:01:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Studies find that "mass layoff events" in the work place not only effect the casualties but also the survivors.]]></description><author> Beth Baker</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is It a Sign?]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57900-2001Mar12.html?nav=rss_health/specials/pastcovers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57900-2001Mar12.html?nav=rss_health/specials/pastcovers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:01:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Babies with normal hearing are being taught sign language by parents hoping to produce a learning boost or tantrum relief.]]></description><author> Sarah Glazer</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doing the Math]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16741-2001Mar2.html?nav=rss_health/specials/pastcovers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16741-2001Mar2.html?nav=rss_health/specials/pastcovers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:01:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In an era when most managed care groups devote themselves to managing the entire insured population, some health care providers are targeting smaller groups that are at higher risk.]]></description><author> Shannon Brownlee</author></item></channel></rss>