Medicine
Rivaling Nature
The war in Iraq has increased demand for limb and facial plastic surgeons
Faces of War
Amid the horrors of World War I, a corps of artists brought hope to soldiers disfigured in the trenches
35 Who Made a Difference: D. A. Henderson
Eradicating one of history's deadliest diseases was just the beginning
Medicine from the Sea
From slime to sponges, scientists are plumbing the ocean's depths for new medications to treat cancer, pain and other ailments
Prize Fight
Raymond Damadian refuses to take his failure to win a Nobel Prize, for a prototype MRI machine, lying down
The Stubborn Scientist Who Unraveled A Mystery of the Night
Fifty years ago, Eugene Aserinksy discovered rapid eye movement and changed the way we think about sleep and dreaming
Take Two and Call Me in the Morning
Once we didn't know how aspirin works; now we know that it does a lot more than ease pain and inflammation
The "Indomitable" MRI
Raymond Damadian's medical imaging machine set off a revolution but not without controversy
You Will Feel No Pain
Doctors and patients swear hypnosis works, but after years of research we still don't know how
The Quality of Mercy
At a small hospital in Vermont, nurses practice medicine as an art, marshaling compassion and skill in equal measure
How a Weed Once Scorned Became the Flower of the Hour
The gaudy sunflower is the ornament of the Nineties, turning up everywhere and on everything, including baseball players' faces
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