2008 Columns by Bernadine Healy, M.D.

• 7 Factors That Foster Teen Virginity, Pledge or No Pledge (December 30, 2008)
• 8 Hours of Sleep: a Heart-Healthy Goal for 2009 (December 24, 2008)
• Men: Even a Little Extra Weight Hurts the Heart (December 23, 2008)
• Weight-Loss Potions Have Hidden Surprises (December 23, 2008)
• Burning Calories Snoring Is a Loud Distress Call (December 17, 2008)
• A Government Call for Vaccine Research (December 11, 2008)
• Treating and Preventing the Heparin Problem (December 04, 2008)
• Generic Drugs: Cheaper, Yes; Same Quality, Maybe Not (December 03, 2008)
• 7 Facts You Need to Know About HPV and Gardasil (November 17, 2008)
• HPV Vaccine for Men: It's About Time (November 14, 2008)
• 5 Reasons Women Should Still Take Vitamin D (November 12, 2008)
• CRP Heart Test May Lead to Overuse of Statins Like Crestor (November 11, 2008)
• Interpreting JUPITER: Statins for Everyone? (November 10, 2008)
• Breaking Cancer's Gene Code (October 23, 2008)
• Is Healthcare Armageddon Next? (October 02, 2008)
• On Teens and Sex: Where's the Love? (September 03, 2008)
• How Crafty Health Insurers Are Denying Care (August 25, 2008)
• Lovaza: From Fish Oil to Medicine (August 07, 2008)
• The Dangerous Art of the Tattoo (July 25, 2008)
• Great Medicine Needs Committed Patients (July 10, 2008)
• Testing to Foil Sudden Cardiac Death (June 26, 2008)
• Healthful Lifestyle Teaches Prostate Genes to Behave (June 16, 2008)
• We Need a New War on Cancer (June 12, 2008)
• Ted Kennedy's Expanded Cancer Arsenal (June 03, 2008)
• Seeking a Children's Surgeon? Just Ask (May 29, 2008)
• Bernadine Healy, M.D., on McCain's Health (May 23, 2008)
• Ted Kennedy's Brain Cancer Can Be Fought (May 20, 2008)
• How Consumers Can Force Health Reform (May 1, 2008)
• Fighting the Autism-Vaccine War (April 10, 2008)
• Med School's Hot New Field: Personalized Medicine (March 26, 2008)
• Under Anesthesia, Yet Aware (March 12, 2008)
• Hormones, Heart, and Cancer (March 4, 2008)
• Clueless on STDs, Throat Cancer, and Oral Sex (February 19, 2008)
• The Cardiologist's Perspective on Cholesterol (February 6, 2008)
• Closer to Vanquishing the Virus (January 17, 2008)
• A Stem Cell Victory (January 2, 2008)

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