Medicine

The bird flu: the coolest new lifestyle trend? Who cares? Let's salsa!

Savage Love

The end is extremely f-ing nigh

The Department of Conspiracy Theories That Aren't So Crazy

Stubbed Out

Despite hefty losses, Minneapolis bar owners can't get anyone to reconsider the smoking ban

Savage Love

Mark Kennedy's Cure For Cancer

Senatorial hopeful takes gutsy stand in favor of mall-walking fundraiser

Balking for the cure

Like paper in fire

Paging Dr. Feelgood: Minnesotans like dope

Back in Hack

Whooping Cough returns with a vengeance

Savage Love

Savage Love

The Art of Legislating Morality

Casting a Chill on the Pill

The nation's largest pharmacy chain brings moral values to Minnesota

AIDS: A Small World After All

The African HIV crisis--15 million dead, 25 million infected--hits home in Minnesota

Put on That Sweater or Die!

Among Minnesota's most miserable souls this season are a little known group: People allergic to winter

Savage Love

Whose Penis Is This, Anyway?

Guidelines for AIDS-prevention funding revert to dark ages

The Politics of Smoking

Why a smoking ban won't work

Uncovered

Budget cuts threaten health care for HIV-infected Minnesotans

Fanning the Flames

The abortion debate quietly smolders at the capitol

Something in the Blood

What does an 80-year-old man with a bad kidney and failing heart have to live for?

The Child Hatchery

In South Minneapolis, a last remnant of Dr. Martin Couney's freak show preemies

The Morning-After Pill Gets a Push

The post-sex pill: Great idea--if you can get it

Body of Evidence

'Cremaster' controls the ups and downs of Matthew Barney's corpus

The Prescription Drug Wars

Can Minnesota rein in prescription costs?

Shots in the Dark

Questioning childhood vaccinations: It's not just for paranoiacs anymore

In God's Name

When leaders say they're pro-family and Christian, look for the devil in the details

Imagine No More Nurses

Recruiting foreign nurses to cover staffing shortfalls is local hospitals' latest healthcare Band-Aid. But the crisis only grows.

Dirty Politics

Family values and the fight against AIDS

What Women Want?

A First-Time Male Director Markets His Vision to the Other Half

A Few Gay Men

The state's HIV task force is supposed to mirror the epidemic's demographics. So why is it filled with straight white women?

No Choice

Dr. Mildred Hanson is one of the few Minnesota physicians who hasn't been bullied out of performing abortions. At 77, she's more afraid of what will happen when she retires.

Smoke and Mirrors

Two years after picking billions of dollars out of Big Tobacco's pocket, state officials are still having trouble polishing their next trick: Figuring out how to spend it

Sick and Tired

A tragic accident, underpaid, overworked personal-care attendants, and one pissed-off patient

The Ghost Virus

Hepatitis C has lurked in the shadows for decades. Now it appears dead set on causing the most confounding epidemic since AIDS.

In Hot Water

Need a break for mind and body? Try these simple remedies that draw on the healing power of an old-fashioned soak.

Kathy Sena

October Is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Here's a look at the latest resources to keep you in-the-know.

Gentlemen Prefer Menopause

The New Sexual Revolution

Kitchen Militia moms storm the stage, AIDS activists howl in the wings, born-again virgins recite their vows, and the fight over sex education in school turns into the hottest ticket in town

The Culture of Childbirth

Birthing Alone

Why are some women choosing to give birth without any professional assistance at all?

In Sickness and in Health

For aliments without cure, hope remains the eternal elixir

The Wonderland of Chronic Illness

The surreal world of sickness from a child's perspective

The Zero Hour

Call him The Body. Call him The Mind. Whatever you do, don't call Ventura to fund your nonprofit.

Too Much of a Good Thing?

Parents, pediatricians, and the growing threat of childhood antibiotic resistance

In a Heartbeat

How quickly life changed when our daughter's heart murmur wasn't innocent at all

When Birth Storms In

Lessons from a rough homebirth

The Immunization Decision

Getting informed is a parent's best course