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Health Sense
 The stories below were written by Globe Staffer Judy Foreman. Health Sense appears every Monday in the Boston Globe's Health and Science section. Articles are listed according to their date of publication. Judy Foreman's email address is foreman@globe.com.
Ambigous losses leave survivors in limbo, 05/09/00
Relieved, Boston-area physcians laud verdict in Lewis trial, 05/09/00
Treatment for manic depression are improving, 04/25/00
Treatment offer some relief for incontinence, 04/11/00
Survivng when liver has failed, 04/04/00
Financial woes force hospital closing, 03/30/00
Should we worry about altered foods?, 03/28/00
Domestic abuse, 03/21/00
Thyroid, cholesterol are linked, 03/14/00
One liver gave life to two at MGH, 03/10/00
Calculating the risk of hormone therapy, 03/07/00
On fever: Sweat it out or treat it?, 02/29/00
Assisted suicide problems, 02/24/00
HPV test is urged by some, 02/22/00
The sage of soy, 02/15/00
Estrogen study raises concerns, 02/15/00
Confusion and fear about the risk of breast cancer, 02/11/00
Facial workouts don't, in fact, really work at all, 02/08/00
Fear of 'for profit' is grounded in fact, 01/31/31
Combining estrogen, progestin raises risk of cancer, study says, 01/26/00
Special report: St. John's Wort: Less than meets the eye, 01/10/00
FDA allows supplement industry to expand on health claims, 01/07/00
When sun is in short supply, artificial light may lift seasonal depression, 12/20/99
Detecting, treating bladder cancer early, 12/13/99
E-therapy is hardly a bargain, 12/06/99
Leukemia pill yields dramatic early results, 12/04/99
Trendy pill should be taken with grain of salt, 11/29/99
The unhealthy side of health concerns, 11/22/99
Thalidomine, once pariah drug, finds new life in cancer therapy, 11/18/99
A case study in treating myeloma, 11/18/99
Here's to your health: the benefits of drinking outweigh the risks, but only within limits, 11/15/99
Cutting-edge drugs a must in treating rare cancer, 11/08/99
Site has all the research that fits, 11/01/99
Chocolate's not so dark secret, 10/18/99
Treatments improve, but Hepatitis C still a threat, 10/11/99
Herbal prostat drug goes mainstream, 10/04/99
Cell transplants, drugs tested for spinal injuries, 09/27/99
Ten year ago, scientists scoffed at the thought that a paralyzed person could walk again; today they're counting on it, 09/20/99
Plaque can gum up the works in legs, 08/13/99
Spit's new images: a tool for diagnosing disease, 09/06/99
Odd remedy said to slow deadly cancer, 08/09/99
Procedures done in the womb both amaze and raise many questions, 08/02/99
Rotator cuff is a tough but fragile thing, 07/26/99
Picturing heart disease another way, 07/19/99
Cancer patients battle fatigue, 07/12/99
Sorting out benefits, risks of HRT, 07/05/99
Orphan diseases leave patients on their own, 06/28/99
Clues but no answers on schizophrenia, 06/21/99
A visit most men would rather not make, 06/14/99
Cancer treatment needs emotional rescue, 06/07/99
Instant grief therapy may be no quick fix , 05/31/99
Some just say yes to novel detox program, 05/24/99
Drugs could eradicate a fatal cancer, 05/17/99
Is there a doctor in the hospital, 05/10/99
Beating anger, 05/03/99
Lyme disease vaccine is only part of answer, 04/26/99
Zinc found to reduce infant mortality risk, 04/22/99
US turned corner on cancer, report says, 04/21/99
Skin ailment leaves people red-faced, 04/19/99
Patients still hold on to hope for a cure, 04/16/99
Alcohol's insidious grip, 04/05/99
Marrow transplants falling short of a
miracle, 04/03/99
Hopes dim for controversial breast cancer
treatment, 03/29/99
Chronic pain often goes untreated because
some doctors don't believe their patients, 03/22/99
New test detects virus that causes cervical
cancer, 03/20/99
Anxiety over antidepressants, 03/15/99
New drugs fight sores from cancer treatment, 03/08/99
Researchers say hair may be a cancer test, 03/04/99
Cancers of the breast, prostate linked to gene , 3/03/99
Sugar's `empty' calories pile up, 3/01/99
Sizable risks call for caution on Liposuction, 2/22/99
No one's watching on-line druggists, 2/15/99
Stress of surgery hard on the heart, 2/8/99
Antibiotics: knowing when to say no, 2/1/99
New clues, therapies aid stutterers, 1/25/99
A Challenge to views on fiber, cancer risk, 1/21/99
For teenager, `confidential' is conditional, 1/18/99
Fat and Fit? It's possible but not ideal, 1/11/99
Promises and putfalls of cyber medicine, 1/4/99
Clues, but stiil no cure for Autism, 12/28/98
Medical needs, politics collide, 12/21/98
For some it's sneezing all the way, 12/14/98
Freezing, balsting, peeling away scars, 12/07/98
Unlikely candidates for repetitive strain, 12/05/98
At last, help for the fungus amoung us, 11/30/98
That second concussion could be a deadly one, 11/23/98
Finding combination to fight Hepatitis C, 11/19/98
Smoking on rise at US campuses, a survey finds 28% more use tobacco than in 1993, 11/18/98
Meditating helps, but how is a mystery, 11/16/98
`Deep pockets' that nobody wants, 11/09/98
The midwives' time has come -- again, 11/02/98
Herbal hazards taken alone or with perscription drugs, some of those innocent-sounding
`natural' remedies can be dangerous, 10/26/98
Refinements cited in donor matching, 10/22/98
Thyroid ills catch many by surprise, 10/19/98
Talk about what really ails you, 10/12/98
Peanut-butter allergies raise serious concerns when a food staple can be lethal, schools and others increase vigilance, 10/12/98
Hearing set in Patriots'case, 10/11/98
When a staple of diet can be lethal, 10/05/98
Four new drugs promise major relief for arthritis, 9/28/98
The other ways the sexes differ, 9/21/98
New therapy for trauma is doubted, 9/14/98
The debt we owe the guinea pigs, 9/07/98
Fish oil seen cutting risk of mental illness, 9/04/98
Good for you, no matter how you slice them, 8/31/98
Ginkgo stock is continues to rise, 8/10/98
Drug found to reduce relapse of eye herpes, 7/30/98
A childhood with no cones or hotdogs?, 7/27/98
Your health history- Up for grabs?, 7/20/98
Stretching your fitness routine, 7/13/98
Studies question Tamoxifen data, 7/11/98
Damaged brains,
the outcomes are better and the outlook is better still, 07/06/98
'Routinely' covered by insurance? Not always, 6/29/98
Vaccines won't win war on ticks, 6/22/98
Kava root is hot herb for anxiety, 6/15/98
Illnesses spark recall of beef, 6/13/98
New depression therapy intriguing, 6/8/98
Diapers not only option, 6/1/98
Mining veins: Endoscopy emerging as safer, less painful way to gather grafts for coronary bypasses, 5/25/98
If you feel the urge to fast, keep it short, 5/18/98
The water fad has people soaking it up, 5/11/98
Skin Cancer hits many, but it can be very curable, 5/4/98
When the cure is a killer: Extra vigilance is the key to avoiding adverse reactions to valuable drugs, 4/27/98
Treating impotence getting easier, 4/20/98
Frustrating skin disease begins to yield its secrets, 4/13/98
Women do have more pain, but they cope, 4/6/98
Sneezing early? It's El Nino's fault, 3/30/98
Treatment options are growing for women with bleeding disorders, 3/23/98
Dancing to siren song of pheromones, 3/16/98
Tinnitus: It's not just in your ears, 3/9/98
The caffeine brouhaha is percolating again, 3/2/98
Is there a "hidden epidemic" of male depression? 2/23/98
Midlife women finding Estrogen alternatives, 2/16/98
Effects of a child's illness on siblings aren't all bad, 2/9/98
Sometimes a patient just says no, 2/2/98
New tissue uses reopen circumcision debate, 1/26/98
Dental laser: They might fix your phobia but are they the safest way to fill your cavity? 1/19/98
Making a place for nursing mothers, 1/5/98
Making it through the holidays, 12/15/97
If you get sick, friendly skies turn scary, 12/8/97
Grapefruit's unexpected side effect, 12/1/97
Alternative to estrogen may get OK, 11/17/97
Implants? Chew on this first, 11/10/97
Team hopes to unearth 1918 flu virus, 11/3/97
Brain tumor: It is still perhaps the most dreaded diagnosis but methods of treating it are improving, 10/27/97
It is a tangled medical web they weave on internet, 10/13/97
Does it matter when in your cycle you have a mammogram or breast surgery?, 10/06/97
Hypochondriacs need help, too, 9/29/97
Bad timing acne flares as fall starts, 9/22/97
Migraine: For more than 16 million sufferers, new drugs offer the best hope yet, 9/8/97
Help on the way for those with bowel disease, 8/11/97
A 'big bad ugly disease': As incidence of diabetes rises, a major effort is launched to head off costly and debilitating disease, 8/4/97
Latex allergies can cause misery, 7/28/97
So, you're stuck in sleep-loss hell: Doctors say it may not ruin your life but it can make your life miserable, 7/14/97
Home tests useful, but some caveats, 7/7/97
Cutting through the baloney in high-protein diets, 6/30/97
Chiropractic makes gains vs. skeptics, 6/23/97
Dealt a bad hand, black males can beat the odds, 6/16/97
Pets - the good, the bad and the bites, 6/9/97
Medical steroids raise risk of once-rare condition, 5/26/97
Lyme disease: It's frustrating, mystifying and very sneaky, 5/19/97
Burns emotional scars linger long after the body has healed: The long road back, 5/12/97
For many with cancer the problem is fatigue, 5/5/97
Herb found to aid mild depression, 4/28/97
Don't wait for allergy to hit: Strike first, 4/21/97
How music tunes our mental strings, 4/14/97
People, and pets, touting arthritis remedy, 04/07/97
Should you take that test? For people with no symptoms routine screening can have a downside, 3/24/97
The rush is now on to Echinacea, 3/17/97
Lymphedema finally getting some attention, 3/10/97
It's enough to make you crazy, 2/24/97
Testicular cancer: Scary but almost curable, 2/10/97
Ginseng $350 million for not much, 2/3/97
Pill mills: Weight loss center pinning hopes for fat profits on diet drugs - and doctors hired to prescribe them on demand, 1/27/97
Tempest in a juice box, 1/20/97
The downside for female athletes, 1/13/97
Eat, drunk and be miserable, 12/23/96
In estrogen replacement therapy, less may be better, 12/16/96
The hottest thing in the cold war is zinc, 12/9/96
Drugs seem to help some thinning pates, and a "baldness cure" may yet be found, but for now many of us will just keep losing it, 12/2/96
There's no cure in sight for Lupus, but outlook's much better, 11/25/96
Anxiety, it's not just a state of mind, 12/11/96
Who should you call: Making the right decision when a child has a medical crisis, 10/28/96
Sob story: why we cry, and how, 10/21/96
Getting your shots is not kid's stuff, 10/14/96
Caregiving from afar isn't easy, 10/7/96
Women shouldn't feel bad about feeling bad, 9/23/96
Don't take privacy for granted at infirmary, 9/16/96
Follow the 'rule of 3's' on back pain, 9/9/96
Sometimes they need help, often they just need to talk, 8/19/96
When a teen-ager's parent is facing death, 8/12/96
Menstrual cycles and rhythm of disease, 8/5/96
Working with the body's rhythms, 7/29/96
A common sense heat-survival guide, 7/22/96
Painkillers often take toll on stomach, 7/8/96
Don't be afraid of the . . . : You'd rather face the IRS than the dentist? Relax, there are ways to fight the phobia, 7/1/96
The other heart attack risks: Anger, grief, fear -- But just as you can protect against physical triggers, you can protect against the dangers of emotional stress, 6/24/96
Getting a fix on the thyroid, 6/10/96
Disease du jour: It's often the fad that's contagious, some doctors say, 6/3/96
From Biotech to bees, new answers to MS, 5/6/96
It helps to prepare for surgery, 4/29/96
Loneliness can be the death of us, 4/22/96
Winners, 4/15/96
A battle plan for surviving the repetitive strain wars, 04/08/96
Trying everything: More and more cancer patients seek out ancient Chinese remedies to augment modern medicine, 4/1/96
All vision problems are not equal, 3/25/96
We may be putting too much stress on stress, 3/18/96
The guru does lunch: hold the fat - all of it, 3/11/96
Wax, pluck, zap. Hair today, gone tomorrow, 2/26/96
In medical laboratories, garlic is coming up roses, 2/19/96
Fear of AIDS is no reason to avoid dentist, 2/12/96
The agony of the feet, 1/29/96
Fine-tuning the pap smear with technology, 1/22/96
High-fat diet helping many with Epilepsy, 1/15/96
Drink up - or not? Studies in women are at odds on alcohol's risks and benefits, 1/8/96
Exercise appears to boost immune system - to a point, 1/1/96
For some, pregnancy option remains after breast cancer, 10/09/95
The day that many women dread the most, 08/14/95
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