Health

Johnson & Johnson turns its back on poor people (#448-2011 Dec p8)

the demise of Iraq's public healthcare system (#432-2010 May p12)

healthcare crippled in Africa (brief) (#419-2009 Jan/Feb p33b)

cancers and birth defects caused by DU in Iraq (#406-2007 Nov p9)

US army vet sick after DU contamination (#406-2007 Nov p11)

ban on sex education in India (#405-2007 Oct p25b)

S African AIDS activist Zackie Achmat (#400-2007 May p12b)

worst cholera outbreak ever, Angola (#391-2006 Jul p24b)

Cubans in radical Venezuelan healthcare (#390-2006 Jun p6)

health & adjustment in Burkina Faso village (#389-2006 May p16)

WHO bars corporate group (#388-2006 Apr p22b)

US healthcare campaigner interviewed (#384-2005 Nov p33)

cancer rates near nuclear stations (#382-2005 Sep p9)

acute state of Kenyan healthcare, nurse's story (3) (#379-2005 Jun p15)

Agent Orange affects 2 million Vietnamese (#379-2005 Jun p6b)

facts on health and migration (#379-2005 Jun p18)

introduction to story of nurse as economic migrant (#379-2005 Jun p9)

Kenyan nurse's return, conclusion on migration (#379-2005 Jun p27)

Out of Africa: A Migrant's Story (#379-2005 Jun - main theme)

fat workers penalized, Japan (brief) (#372-2004 Oct p7d)

Hooked on tobacco (#369-2004 Jul - main theme)

keynote editorial on tobacco (#369-2004 Jul p9)

tobacco companies ride wave in Malaysia (#369-2004 Jul p16)

what tobacco does to your body parts (#369-2004 Jul p13)

US undermines HIV/AIDS initiative (#367-2004 May p8a)

why smoke is the killer in the kitchen (#366-2004 Apr p34)

eating disorders & sugar close companions (#363-2003 Dec p16)

keynote editorial on sugar (#363-2003 Dec p9)

sugar - the facts (#363-2003 Dec p18)

The Sugar Trap (#363-2003 Dec - main theme)

what is sugar and what does it do to us? (#363-2003 Dec p13)

Big Pharma: Making a Killing (#362-2003 Nov - main theme)

blind eye turned to deadly pesticide, India (#362-2003 Nov p6)

herbal hope for malaria (brief) (#361-2003 Oct p7)

machismo damages your health (brief) (#360-2003 Sep p6)

facts on privatized US healthcare (#355-2003 Apr p21)

healthcare in Cuba takes a tumble (#355-2003 Apr p6)

how privatization is killing British health service (#355-2003 Apr p20)

ecological sanitation demonstrated in China (#354-2003 Mar p16)

human kidneys - the new cash crop (#354-2003 Mar p6)

health workers battle privatization, El Salvador (#353-2003 Jan/Feb p8)

UN apathy over lethal asbestos dust (#352-2002 Dec p7b)

neglect of tropical-disease drugs (#347-2002 Jul p6a)

risks of electromagnetic exposure (#347-2002 Jul p7c)

AIDS drugs can save lives of poor (#346-2002 Jun p26)

AIDS hit free market poor hard, Russia (#346-2002 Jun p22)

AIDS orphans in Africa (#346-2002 Jun p24)

gay AIDS education workers targeted, India (#346-2002 Jun p27)

HIV/AIDS: a primer (#346-2002 Jun p13)

HIV/AIDS: the facts (#346-2002 Jun p18)

how Brazil broke AIDS drug mould (#346-2002 Jun p16)

How to crush AIDS: six steps to end it (#346-2002 Jun - main theme)

keynote editorial on HIV/AIDS (#346-2002 Jun p9)

mourning passing of two friends, Zambia (#346-2002 Jun p15)

people with AIDS fighting back, Uganda (#346-2002 Jun p14)

violence against women feeds AIDS, S Africa (#346-2002 Jun p20)

Canada still exports asbestos dust (#344-2002 Apr p34)

chronic pollution in Sumgait, Azerbaijan (#333-2001 Apr p8)

arsenic in aid-funded tubewells of Bangladesh (#332-2001 Mar p16)

agrarian crisis causes suicides, Sri Lanka (#331-2001 Jan/Feb p16)

car chaos in Lima, public transport options (#331-2001 Jan/Feb p34)

facts on health (#331-2001 Jan/Feb p24)

health dangers of privatization (#331-2001 Jan/Feb p26)

Health hazard: how the system makes us sick (#331-2001 Jan/Feb - main theme)

history of public health (#331-2001 Jan/Feb p30)

how Mbeki broke AIDS inequality taboo (#331-2001 Jan/Feb p14)

is your job killing you? (#331-2001 Jan/Feb p13)

it's your lifestyle, stupid - or is it? (#331-2001 Jan/Feb p20)

keynote editorial on public health (#331-2001 Jan/Feb p9)

ruthless search for new smokers, Bulgaria (#331-2001 Jan/Feb p29)

shifting from hi-tech care to prevention (#331-2001 Jan/Feb p32)

whatever happened to Health for All? (#331-2001 Jan/Feb p22)

why capitalism is making the old sick, Hungary (#331-2001 Jan/Feb p18)

African perspective on AIDS devastation (#326-2000 Aug p22)

keynote editorial on pesticides (#323-2000 May p9)

pesticides' effects on reproductive health (#323-2000 May p16)

coconuts could kill mosquitoes (brief) (#322-2000 Apr p6)

human price of economic liberalization, Zambia (#320-2000 Jan/Feb p13)

climate change's role in Great Plague (#319-1999 Dec p12)

indigenous people hit by disease, India (#319-1999 Dec p5)

spread of cancer due to Gulf War (#316-1999 Sep p12)

dispute over brazil nut health concerns (#314-1999 Jul p5)

millennial campaign against blindness (#313-1999 Jun p6)

crippled by debt, Nicaragua (#312-1999 May p12)

sick family, rural Mongolia (#306-1998 Oct p3)

TB is biggest killer of women (brief) (#306-1998 Oct p6)

dying Gulf War veterans (#305-1998 Sep p31)

apartheid's legacy in reproductive health (#303-1998 Jul p13)

jewel in the crown of Cuba's revolution (#301-1998 May p27)

trade in human organs (#300-1998 Apr p14)

chart on child mortality, 1960-2000 (#298-1998 Jan/Feb p33)

striking health workers, England (#295-1997 Oct p31)

war surgeon & landmines (#294-1997 Sep p22)

DDT damage, Mexico (brief) (#288-1997 Mar p6)

polio vaccinations, Africa (brief) (#288-1997 Mar p4)

adjustment's effects, Ghana (#287-1997 Jan/Feb p42)

facts (#287-1997 Jan/Feb p31)

maternal mortality, deaf to the screams (#287-1997 Jan/Feb p27)

blood donating (reader's answer) (#285-1996 Nov p34)

mercy deaths by nurses, US (brief) (#285-1996 Nov p4)

care for AIDS patients, Thailand (#284-1996 Oct p4)

solar power cooling vaccines, Africa (#284-1996 Oct p12)

headaches and painkiller misuse (brief) (#283-1996 Sep p6)

blood donating (reader's answer) (#282-1996 Aug p34)

conscious surgery (brief) (#282-1996 Aug p5)

skin-bleaching ban, Gambia (brief) (#281-1996 Jul p4)

virtual reality in therapy (brief) (#281-1996 Jul p4)

anti-stress drug (#280-1996 Jun p5)

HIV, Burma (#280-1996 Jun p23)

tuberculosis spread (brief) (#280-1996 Jun p4)

dioxin/Agent Orange in Vietnam (#279-1996 May p4)

HIV, Catholic bishops and condoms (brief) (#279-1996 May p6)

laughter the best cure? (brief) (#278-1996 Apr p6)

Tesco launches own cigarettes (brief) (#278-1996 Apr p5)

tobacco causes heart attacks (brief) (#278-1996 Apr p5)

poisoned by Aral Sea, Uzbekistan (#277-1996 Mar p4)

pavement people & sanitation, Bombay (#276-1996 Feb p26)

why mosquitoes go for feet (brief) (#276-1996 Feb p4)

cancer victims, Chernobyl, in Israel (#275-1996 Jan p5)

diarrhoea deaths (brief) (#275-1996 Jan p6)

Nestlé chief in the NI dock (#275-1996 Jan p23)

efficacy of vaccines (reader's answer) (#274-1995 Dec p34)

Colombian scientist on malaria vaccine (#273-1995 Nov p31)

malnutrition, Palestine (#273-1995 Nov p4)

water fluoridation (readers' answers) (#273-1995 Nov p34)

cancer and clowning (#272-1995 Oct p20)

crazy world of drug industry (#272-1995 Oct p22)

day in doctor's life, Canada (#272-1995 Oct p11)

deadly ambition of tuberculosis bacilli (#272-1995 Oct p14)

facts (#272-1995 Oct p18)

healthcare ruins, Russia (#272-1995 Oct p16)

immunization (readers' answer) (#272-1995 Oct p34)

keynote editorial on medicine (#272-1995 Oct p7)

Medicine: cure or curse? (#272-1995 Oct - main theme)

midwife profile, Ghana (#272-1995 Oct p24)

summary of complementary options (#272-1995 Oct p26)

who killed primary healthcare? (#272-1995 Oct p28)

efficacy of vaccines (reader's answer) (#271-1995 Sep p34)

sanctions hit doctors & teachers, Iraq (#271-1995 Sep p6)

projections for 2025 (#269-1995 Jul p18)

practice & politics of village clinic, Burkina (#268-1995 Jun p20)

disabling psychological problems (brief) (#265-1995 Mar p5)

teenage suicide rates soar (brief) (#265-1995 Mar p5)

cigarettes warning, Canada (brief) (#261-1994 Nov p29)

Filon drug (readers' answers) (#258-1994 Aug p34)

Filon drug (reader's answer) (#256-1994 Jun p34)

costly medical attention, Nigeria (#255-1994 May p3)

comparative facts on infant mortality, Brazil (#254-1994 Apr p18)

drinking water, NE Brazil (#254-1994 Apr p14)

effects of hunger, NE Brazil (#254-1994 Apr p10)

infant mortality, NE Brazil (#254-1994 Apr p11)

madness of infant feeding, NE Brazil (#254-1994 Apr p17)

male fertility kit (#253-1994 Mar p31)

polio immunization effort faltering (brief) (#253-1994 Mar p31)

how prostitutes prevent AIDS (#252-1994 Feb p16)

AIDS programmes in Africa (#250-1993 Dec p20)

AIDS treatments new & old, Zimbabwe (#250-1993 Dec p11)

camel's milk & malnutrition (reader's answer) (#250-1993 Dec p34)

keynote editorial on AIDS & HIV (#250-1993 Dec p4)

living with HIV/AIDS, testimonies (#250-1993 Dec p16)

myths and theories about AIDS (#250-1993 Dec p10)

safer sex (#250-1993 Dec p28)

video message in villages, India (brief) (#250-1993 Dec p29)

ICI promotes paraquat poison, Malaysia (#249-1993 Nov p29)

HIV/mosquitoes (readers' answers) (#245-1993 Jul p34)

tropical disease death rate soars (brief) (#244-1993 Jun p29)

landmine amputees, Cambodia (#242-1993 Apr p23)

bed nets to counter malaria (brief) (#240-1993 Feb p30)

female genital mutilation: going to Grannie's (#240-1993 Feb p16)

waterless toilet (reader's answer) (#240-1993 Feb p34)

trepannation (reader's answer) (#238-1992 Dec p34)

tobacco, Zimbabwe (#237-1992 Nov p29)

train of medics hope for poor, India (#237-1992 Nov p31)

trepannation (readers' answers) (#237-1992 Nov p34)

AIDS spread in Africa (brief) (#234-1992 Aug p31)

soda-pop consumption, Mexico (#234-1992 Aug p29)

model vaccination campaign, Mexico (brief) (#233-1992 Jul p29)

human sperm count drops (brief) (#232-1992 Jun p30)

risk from lab coats (brief) (#232-1992 Jun p31)

AIDS myths, Japan (brief) (#230-1992 Apr p29)

baby-friendly hospital initiative (#229-1992 Mar p30)

fact chart (#229-1992 Mar p18)

NI medals & censures on health (#229-1992 Mar p14)

worldwide health survey (#229-1992 Mar p14)

sanctions more damaging than bombs, Iraq (#228-1992 Feb p30)

private medical profits, US/Britain (brief) (#227-1992 Jan p31)

effects of heroin and cocaine (#224-1991 Oct p13)

cholera epidemic hits poor, Peru (#222-1991 Aug p20)

falling standards, Nicaragua (#221-1991 Jul p26)

conquest of polio (#217-1991 Mar p26)

city-dweller visits witchdoctor, Lesotho (#213-1990 Nov p29)

new river blindness drug for West Africa (#213-1990 Nov p27)

medicines from tropical plants (brief) (#211-1990 Sep p28)

battling guinea worm, Nigeria (#207-1990 May p20)

banned drugs exported to South (#205-1990 Mar p26)

chart on hospital spending, South (brief) (#205-1990 Mar p28)

global facts (brief) (#203-1990 Jan p28)

pressure on drug stores re tobacco (brief) (#202-1989 Dec p28)

facts on health & wealth of world over 2 decades (#200-1989 Oct p16)

keynote editorial on two decades of development (#200-1989 Oct p4)

paperclips used in surgery, Bangladesh (#199-1989 Sep p27)

wacky ways to get AIDS message out, Thailand (#199-1989 Sep p27)

blaming the victim distorts cancer prevention (#198-1989 Aug p19)

Breaking the Grip of Cancer (#198-1989 Aug - main theme)

cancer clusters round US nuclear sites (#198-1989 Aug p15)

cancer fighters: alternative treatment, Britain (#198-1989 Aug p25)

cancer fighters: beating the tobacco weed (#198-1989 Aug p20)

cancer fighters: cleaning up dumps, US (#198-1989 Aug p11)

cancer fighters: policing pesticides, Philippines (#198-1989 Aug p18)

facts on cancer (#198-1989 Aug p16)

farmworkers getting cancer from pesticides, US (#198-1989 Aug p14)

fiction: That Fatal Glow, on skin cancer (#198-1989 Aug p21)

industrial refuse & the export of cancer (#198-1989 Aug p10)

keynote editorial on cancer (#198-1989 Aug p4)

living with cancer: a personal testimony (#198-1989 Aug p8)

Poland: sick society, dying for change (#198-1989 Aug p27)

politics of cancer and cancer research (#198-1989 Aug p24)

simply: what it is and what it means (#198-1989 Aug p22)

ten ways to help you get cancer (#198-1989 Aug p12)

tobacco companies pour into Nigeria (#198-1989 Aug p18)

AIDS threat breaks down China's sex taboos (#197-1989 Jul p26)

dangers of soaring pesticide use, Malaysia (#192-1989 Feb p27)

malaria medicine more harm than good (#191-1989 Jan p27)

non-chemical mosquito treatment, India (brief) (#190-1988 Dec p28)

radioactive contamination of food (#189-1988 Nov p27)

community care for brain-damaged, Uganda (#188-1988 Oct p27)

Nestlé babyfood boycott relaunched (#188-1988 Oct p26)

experience of acupuncture in China (#184-1988 Jun p3)

health help for Mozambique from Australia (#184-1988 Jun p27)

latest heart, cancer, AIDS figures (brief) (#183-1988 May p28)

islanders' health damaged by imported food (#182-1988 Apr p27)

medicine killing babies, Philippines (#182-1988 Apr p9)

most of 14 million child deaths unnecessary (#181-1988 Mar p27)

medals & votes of censure on right to health (#179-1988 Jan p21)

WHO head's charge vs transnationals (#179-1988 Jan p27)

statistics on deaths & dangers, US (brief) (#177-1987 Nov p28)

kidneys for sale by poor in India (#176-1987 Oct p26)

merging traditional & modern medicine, Ethiopia (#175-1987 Sep p27)

celebrating World Health Day, Zimbabwe (#174-1987 Aug p3)

conversation about health & history, Chile (#174-1987 Aug p8)

vegetarian diet reduces blood pressure (brief) (#172-1987 Jun p28)

barefoot doctors set up in business, China (#170-1987 Apr p24)

AIDS - the facts (#169-1987 Mar p16)

better ways of living & dying with AIDS, US (#169-1987 Mar p12)

keynote editorial on AIDS (#169-1987 Mar p4)

myth that AIDS is transmitted by casual contact (#169-1987 Mar p14)

no magic bullet - AIDS vaccine research (#169-1987 Mar p6)

photo page on AIDS (#169-1987 Mar p7)

Politics of AIDS: a guide to sexual survival (#169-1987 Mar - main theme)

profit before health in search for AIDS cure (#169-1987 Mar p18)

reactions in Kenya to AIDS epidemic (#169-1987 Mar p9)

scale of AIDS disaster in South (#169-1987 Mar p8)

simply - a guide to safer sex (#169-1987 Mar p22)

standing and fighting AIDS, Canada (#169-1987 Mar p24)

testimonies of Kenyans on AIDS (#169-1987 Mar p11)

workers sue over pesticides, Costa Rica (#169-1987 Mar p27)

alarming AIDS rise in Uganda (brief) (#168-1987 Feb p28)

rise in female smoking & lung cancer (brief) (#167-1987 Jan p28)

helping traditional midwives, Zimbabwe (#166-1986 Dec p9)

passive smoking indisputable risk (brief) (#166-1986 Dec p28)

A Pill for every Ill: cashing in on world health (#165-1986 Nov - main theme)

alternative ways to get well (#165-1986 Nov p22)

Brazil, where the President is a hypochondriac (#165-1986 Nov p9)

Health Action International network profiled (#165-1986 Nov p24)

how sexist advertising influences male doctors (#165-1986 Nov p12)

key terms in the pharmaceutical debate (#165-1986 Nov p6)

keynote editorial on medicine/pharmaceuticals (#165-1986 Nov p4)

market chaos undermining health, Philippines (#165-1986 Nov p8)

misuse of antibiotics to make a fast buck (#165-1986 Nov p18)

pharmaceutical industry's law-breaking record (#165-1986 Nov p19)

pharmaceuticals - the facts (#165-1986 Nov p16)

photo page on health (#165-1986 Nov p7)

three times daily - prescription habits, India (#165-1986 Nov p10)

vegetarians have lower mortality rate (brief) (#165-1986 Nov p28)

why we pop pills (#165-1986 Nov p14)

progress on sickle-cell anaemia (#164-1986 Oct p26)

huge health success story in Cuba (#163-1986 Sep p27)

Punchline cartoon on health & oppression (#163-1986 Sep p29)

Burmese town wins prize for water scheme (brief) (#162-1986 Aug p28)

health & longevity of vegetarians (brief) (#161-1986 Jul p28)

Albert Schweitzer's hospital threatened (brief) (#160-1986 Jun p28)

routine boy circumcision challenged, US (brief) (#160-1986 Jun p28)

scale of maternal mortality (brief) (#159-1986 May p28)

bad babymilk on rubber plantations (brief) (#158-1986 Apr p28)

children as health workers, Oman (brief) (#158-1986 Apr p28)

world immunization campaign launched (#157-1986 Mar p5)

beriberi back due to junk food (#155-1986 Jan p5)

blindness due to lack of vitamin A (brief) (#154-1985 Dec p6)

immunization saving 800,000 (brief) (#154-1985 Dec p6)

television makes you obese (brief) (#154-1985 Dec p6)

A tale of two villages (#152-1985 Oct - main theme)

accounting for health in Thai village, story (#152-1985 Oct p13)

counting latrines in Thai village, story (#152-1985 Oct p22)

democracy at work in Thai village, story (#152-1985 Oct p6)

disappearing drugs in Thai village, story (#152-1985 Oct p24)

having a baby in Thai village, story (#152-1985 Oct p20)

politics in Thai village, story (#152-1985 Oct p18)

sharing voluntary tasks in Thai village, story (#152-1985 Oct p10)

lung cancer most common form (brief) (#151-1985 Sep p6)

life expectancy soaring (brief) (#150-1985 Aug p6)

women and health worldwide (#149-1985 Jul p18)

cholera vaccinations useless (#148-1985 Jun p3)

TB India's biggest killer (brief) (#148-1985 Jun p6)

malnutrition affects the brain (#147-1985 May p4)

smoking away to an early grave (#147-1985 May p22)

controlling anaemia with salt, India (#146-1985 Apr p3)

market in human organs growing (brief) (#145-1985 Mar p6)

oral rehydration therapy in India (#144-1985 Feb p3)

spectacularly successful immunization drive (#143-1985 Jan p3)

health workers killed by military, Philippines (#142-1984 Dec p5)

alcohol-cancer link (brief) (#141-1984 Nov p6)

dangerous US consumer products (#141-1984 Nov p3)

improving Asian life expectancy (brief) (#140-1984 Oct p6)

'kangaroo' method saves premature babies (#140-1984 Oct p5)

smallpox beaten by one world effort (brief) (#140-1984 Oct p6)

commonest forms of cancer (brief) (#139-1984 Sep p6)

lepers form thriving co-op (#139-1984 Sep p3)

pot noodles can harm health (brief) (#139-1984 Sep p6)

venereal disease hits Third World (#139-1984 Sep p5)

ORT, new treatment for diarrhoea (#138-1984 Aug p5)

cancer hits Third World too (#137-1984 Jul p5)

excess of fluoride causes disease (#137-1984 Jul p5)

in a S Asian clinic when dysentery strikes (#137-1984 Jul p4)

WHO tranquillizer caution (brief) (#137-1984 Jul p6)

worthless cholera vaccinations (brief) (#136-1984 Jun p6)

food additives we eat - a guide (#135-1984 May p27)

health foods & vitamins as industry (#135-1984 May p13)

key ways to improve your diet (#135-1984 May p16)

keynote editorial on processed food (#135-1984 May p7)

misleading claims about health & food (#135-1984 May p12)

oral cancer from betel, SE Asia (brief) (#135-1984 May p6)

parents & TNCs battle over kids' diet (#135-1984 May p18)

rich world's junk food reaching Third World (#135-1984 May p19)

what is really in the foods we eat - guide (#135-1984 May p22)

why poor in the North eat so unhealthily (#135-1984 May p25)

armies not vaccinated, why? (brief) (#133-1984 Mar p6)

new front needed in war on malaria (#133-1984 Mar p4)

infantile economics: recession hits children (#132-1984 Feb p4)

road accidents in the Third World (#132-1984 Feb p5)

trade in medicinal plants doubles (brief) (#132-1984 Feb p6)

key facts & arguments in brief (#131-1984 Jan p10)

Maasai demands head injection (#131-1984 Jan p3)

Namibia runs dearest hospital (brief) (#131-1984 Jan p6)

pen torch may help combat leprosy (brief) (#131-1984 Jan p6)

plea for healthcare, Colombia (comic strip) (#131-1984 Jan p23)

measuring tape as guide to malnutrition (brief) (#130-1983 Dec p6)