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MORE HEALTH COVERAGE FROM PREVIOUS ISSUES

• Nancy's Next Campaign
The former First Lady's passion for stem-cell research has fueled a political battle. Where does the science stand?

• It's Like going Back Into Time
A writer talks about his battle with Alzheimer's. His wife helps him find the words

• The Keys to Caregiving
Out of guilt, loyalty and love, the helpers often neglect to help themselves

• Talk Transcript: Stem Cell Research
Claudia Kalb and Debra Rosenberg joined us on Thursday, June 17, at noon ET on the potentials and politics of stem cell research. Read the transcript below.

WEB EXCLUSIVE HEALTH

POSTED MONDAY, MARCH 15, 2004

• Kuntzman: The Battle of the Bulge
Congress passed tough measures last week to protect our eyes and ears from potentially offensive material. But what, our columnist wonders, is it doing to protect our waistlines?

POSTED TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2004

• Is Restaurant Food Dangerous To Children?
Why are restaurant menus for kids oozing with fat?

POSTED SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2004

• Q&A: Groopman on Cancer and Attitude
Can optimism extend the lives of lung cancer patients? Seemingly not, says a new study. Dr. Jerome Groopman, author of ‘The Anatomy of Hope,’ weighs in

POSTED SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 2004

• Battles Won in the War on Cancer
The war on cancer is hardly won. But there are some encouraging trends

Health for Life: Women's Bodies

• WOMEN'S HEART HEALTH: WHAT TO WATCH FOR
New medical research shows how different from men women really are. Take heart disease: female symptoms are more subtle and often get overlooked. What to watch for, what to do

• Maintaining Heart Health: What Tests Can Tell You• Aspirin and Statins in Women: Heading Off Heart Attack• Fresh Weapons For an Old Battle• Have It Your Way: Redesigning Birth• Fetal Health: Planning for the Future• An Unspeakable Affliction• Discomfort: The Mystery of Cystitis• How to Think About HT• No Time for Wrinkles• The More Social Sex• A Better Sex Life• Alcohol's Deadly Triple Threat• Moderation: If You Want to Cut Back• A Worldwide Gender Gap• Health for Life M.D.: Our Doctor's Advice• Women, Cigarettes and Death

Health 2003: The Top Ten

• HEALTH 2003: THE TOP TEN
Dramatic advances and frustrating setbacks. In medical research, the biggest challenges are not always the technical ones. A look at the key health stories of the year.

• Getting Rid of Extra Pounds• That’s Why We Call It Junk Food• Relief That May Be Too Risky• Breast Implants: Continue to Be Cautious• Going Beyond Prozac• How Genes Affect Moods• A Step Past Chemotherapy• Growing Up Healthy, Afterward• How to Halt Another Outbreak• When the Body Attacks Itself• Next: The Polypill Prescription• New Inroads Against AIDS

Health for Life: Men's Minds, Men's Bodies

• THE BIGGEST PRIZE OF ALL
For men, the challenge is to take better care of themselves. Now science is showing them how. A NEWSWEEK Special Report

• A Healthy Heart• Heart Health• Prostate Cancer’s Difficult Choices• Sexual Function• Controversies and Clear Thinking• Why We Strive for Status• Stop Pretending Nothing’s Wrong• Bridging Our Differences• Hair Loss: Telling the Bald Truth• Real Men Do Yoga• Smart Uses for Dumbbells

HEALTH

• PERSONALIZING CANCER CARE
A growing number of doctors envision a day when cancer care is personalized to a particular patient’s genetic make-up.

• Genetic mutation turns tot into superboy• Strollers recalled due to infant injuries• Breast milk cream may reduce warts• WHO warns about alternative medicines• Group calls low-carb diets an unhealthy ripoff• Report: Is he the 'marrying kind?'

HIGHLIGHTS

Table of Contents

•	Dickey: Digging Through Dusty Saddam Files
•	Inside the Politics of the 9/11 Commission
•	Michael Moore Deconstructs 9/11
•	Fareed Zakaria: Is Saudi Arabia Doomed?

SPECIAL FEATURE

•	Online readers asked us to address their women's medical issues. We asked a Harvard physician to help.

PERSPECTIVES

"You [interim Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi] are the symbol of evil and the infidel nation; you are the source of all traitors. We will carry on our jihad against the Western infidel and the Arab apostate until Islamic rule is back on Earth."
—a recording purportedly made by al-Qaida-linked militant Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi, published online Wednesday.

SPECIAL SECTION: ISSUES 2004

Power: Who's Got It Now

•	America's Imperial Anemia
•	Iraq Effect: D.C. Upside Down
•	Nepotism: Another American Tradition
•	The Internet: A Net of Control?

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