Medicine
Vaccination rates: Herd at risk
A trend away from vaccinating children spells trouble(152)
Medical technology: Using a scanner, rather than a scalpel, has the potential to make autopsies faster, cheaper and more accurate(7)
Monitor: An open-source robo-surgeon
Robotics: A new, open-source medical robot promises to make surgery safer and more effective, and stimulate further innovation in the field(5)
Diet products: A big, bad business
Medical firms struggle to profit from weight-loss treatments(13)
Medicine and astrology: Auspicious C-sections
How to ensure your child is born under a lucky star(17)
Fasting and cancer: Starving the beast
DENIAL, famously, is good for the soul. It is also good for the body.(20)
Prescription drugs: Limiting the hurt
Are America's anti-drug policies getting in the way of its public-health response to the problem of chronic pain?(37)
Mathematics and epidemiology: Neighbourly advice
A country might benefit more by subsidising a neighbour's vaccination drive than by spending the money on jabs at home(30)
Can a businessmen’s club eradicate polio from the world?(32)
Surgical robots: The kindness of strangers
A new, open-source robot should make surgery safer and more effective(14)
A novel way to examine the dead(18)
Medical technology: Safe and sound
Taking ultrasound images from inside the heart will lead to more effective and safer treatment(64)
Diagnosing cancer: Difference Engine: Blissful ignorance
Do men really need to be tested regularly for prostate cancer?(82)
Money talks: October 10th 2011: A spoonful of sugar
The aftermath of the Solyndra scandal, recapitalising Europe's banks and how to sell cold medicines, which do not cure colds(1)
Michele Bachmann: Street-fighting gal
A real fighter, and a dirty one(22)
HIV in India: Unenlightened consulates
Indian offices abroad persist in asking intrusive questions about travellers' HIV status(14)
Eradicating polio: In need of a surge
The campaign to eradicate polio has been a broad success, but the ultimate goal may prove unattainable(1)
The Bin Laden vaccine: Yes, vaccinations are a CIA plot
Why are we helping conspiracy theorists prove their version of the world is correct?(91)
Cancer drugs: Big Pharma's gripes about the FDA
Genentech's battle with the regulator over Avastin, an expensive cancer treatment, will be the first of many(13)
The world’s market for vaccines is being turned upside down(2)
Banning circumcision: Against the cut
The “intactivist” movement takes on the oldest surgery known to man(47)
Combating addiction: Can a vaccine stop drug abuse?
It may be possible to vaccinate people against addictive drugs(24)
The history of transfusion: Bloody victory
The evolution of a science(0)
Bill Gates and giving to Africa: Bill Gates: the view from Seattle
Bill Gates writes a guest post for Baobab(35)
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