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Archive: Spring 2008

Features
	Halting Schizophrenia After symptoms begin but before reality departs, aggressive treatment may forestall the disease. But is the intervention worth the risks? Full text \| pdf (1.7 MB) \| printer-friendly version

	Dying to Live Long the stuff of science fiction, suspended animation also has a medical history—and it could soon save trauma victims. Full text \| pdf (1.3 MB) \| printer-friendly version

	Prevention's New Profits Once poised to defeat infectious disease, vaccines beat a long retreat. Now they’re back, and gaining new ground. Full text \| pdf (2.6 MB) \| printer-friendly version

	Trouble in Triplicate Administrative costs consume almost a third of the health care dollar. Hospitals and doctors say that must change. Full text \| pdf (1.7 MB) \| printer-friendly version

	Too Soon for Surgery? Operating in the womb sometimes has miraculous results. Yet many still question whether it should be done at all. Full text \| pdf (2.0 MB) \| printer-friendly version

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	Interview Eric Chivian: Our Earth, our health

	Milestones The balm in the willows

	By the Numbers Hospital Bound

	Update The Autism Gene

	Infographic The eight Americas

	Policy Watch Class conflict

	Stat After a terrorist attack

	Defined Human microbiome

Post Op

	First Person Damned spot!

Message from the MGH (pdf)

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