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Archive: Winter 2006

Features
	A Killer Called Staph If God wanted to send a plague to expose the Achilles' heel of American medicine, that plague would be MRSA. Full text \| pdf (1.31 MB) \| printer-friendly version

	Survival Tech These remarkable devices are saving soldiers, improving lives after combat - and benefiting civilians too. Full text \| pdf (2.28 MB) \| printer-friendly version

	You Can Hurry Science Frustrated by the glacial pace of autism research, activist parents have taken matters into their own hands. Full text \| pdf (980 KB) \| printer-friendly version

	Saving Faces Disfigured patients will risk anything for a shot at being normal. Three breakthroughs may improve their odds. Full text \| pdf (1.05 MB) \| printer-friendly version

	The Digital Hospital The Veterans Health Administration, of all places, has embraced the computer age. Will the rest of medicine (finally) follow? Full text \| pdf (1.23 MB) \| printer-friendly version

Stat & Post-op

	Interview Before the Fall

	On the Blogs Half-Baked or Brilliant?

	The Cutting Edge Pee Power

	Infographic Making Markets for Vaccines

	Excerpt A Most Curious Surgeon

	Milestones Birth of the Pill

	Post Op // First Person Mum's Metamorphosis

	Stat Polio has resurfaced...

	By the Numbers Seniors at Risk

	Advances Slimmer Life-Span Gains

Message from the MGH (pdf) | Our Readers Respond: Winter 2006

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