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Typhoid, tyranny and tax havens: The truth behind America's trendiest drink
Fiji Water's environmental and ethical credentials have seduced the A-list, from Paris Hilton to the Obamas. But there lie dark secrets behind the shiny veneer – from the Chinese plastics plant in which its bottles are manufactured to the brutal dictat
2009-11-12 to bestof, business, drink, health, media, politics, pr, trendy, water by bagoly
Atul Gawande: The Way We Age Now
Medicine has increased the ranks of the elderly. Can it make old age any easier?
2009-10-11 to aging, bestof, health, healthcare, medicine, society by soobrosa
Atul Gawande: The Bell Curve
What happens when patients find out how good their doctors really are?
2009-10-11 to bestof, feedback, health, healthcare, medicine, quality, statistics by soobrosa
Atul Gawande: The Cost Conundrum Redux
There are lessons to be learned from examining what the positive outliers do differently to prevent themselves from going McAllen’s way.
2009-08-25 to analysis, bestof, data, health, healthcare, information, us by soobrosa
Bonnie Bassler: The secret, social lives of bacteria
We want to manipulate these bacterial conversations both positively and negatively.
2009-04-14 to bacteria, bestof, drugs, health, science by soobrosa
Melanie Berliet: Plastic Surgery Confidential
Cosmetic surgery is now so popular that even young, healthy, attractive women are choosing to be “enhanced" in this $13 billion industry.
2009-04-14 to bestof, health, image, media, plastic surgery, psychology, society by soobrosa
Jerome Groopman: That Buzzing Sound
The mystery of tinnitus.
2009-03-08 to health, healthcare, hearing, hearing loss, mind, science by soobrosa
Vitamin Pills: A False Hope?
But are vitamins worth it? In the past few years, several high-quality studies have failed to show that extra vitamins, at least in pill form, help prevent chronic disease or prolong life.
2009-02-20 to bestof, business, food, health, vitamins by bagoly
Super Spice Secrets: Can This Miracle Spice Stop Cancer, Alzheimer's and Arthritis?
For more than 5,000 years, turmeric has been an important part of Eastern cultural traditions, including traditional Chinese medicine and Ayurveda. Valued for its medicinal properties and warm, peppery flavor, this yellow-orange spice has more recently ea
2009-02-20 to bestof, food, health, medicine, spice by bagoly
Jill Lepore: Baby Food
If breast is best, why are women bottling their milk?
2009-02-01 to bestof, childreen, food, health, history, society by soobrosa

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