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Tuesday, May 1, 2001
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U.S. Asks Painkiller Maker to Help Curb Wide Abuse
By BARRY MEIER
Federal officials have urged the maker of OxyContin to limit how it distributes and markets the drug, which has played a role in more than 100 fatal overdoses.
Hepatitis C Poses New Threat to Many With AIDS
By DAVID TULLER
When the F.D.A. approved the first protease inhibitors in 1996, many people, like Gerald Moreno, right, with H.I.V. believed they had been granted an open-ended reprieve from death.
THE DOCTOR'S WORLD
The Rewards, and the Roadblocks, of Medical Sleuthing
By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, M.D.
Although epidemiologists solve many outbreaks, they are stumped by others, or hampered in other ways.
Model for Research Rises in a Third World City
By LARRY ROHTER
Through canny management and careful choices, the Research Support Foundation of the State of São Paulo, Brazil, is rapidly becoming a powerhouse in genomics.
PERSONAL HEALTH
Save a Child's Brain: Require a Helmet
By JANE E. BRODY
Every year more than a million children out having fun suffer serious injuries that could have been prevented by the use of appropriate protective equipment.
CASES
Opening a Window on Therapy
By ANNA FELS, M.D.
Privacy is crucial to therapy, but it inevitably shrouds the process with the aura of mystery. And this is no less true for the therapist than for the patient.
BOOKS ON HEALTH
Making the Case for Brain-Training Therapy
By JOHN LANGONE
"A Symphony in the Brain," a new book by Jim Robbins, explores biofeedback, which has been around for some 30 years.
MORE HEALTH NEWS
• What to Do When Shyness Becomes Disabling
• Q&A: Barium
• Of Pain, Gain and Tape on Your Nose
• Surfside Danger: Big Holes in Dry Sand
• Length of Child's First Seizure Is Telling
• Helping Climbers Fend Off Illness
• When Smoking Is a Matter of Money
• Letters: Barking Far and Wide
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