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The war on cancer – Aeon Magazine, May 9, 2023
A Call For More Research On Cancer’s Environmental Triggers – NPR Health, July 12, 2019
‘Not Letting It Define Us’ — Walking The Runway With Metastatic Breast Cancer – NPR Health, Feb. 17, 2019
How Patients Have Transformed A Medical Meeting About Breast Cancer – NPR Health, Dec. 16, 2018
For Patients, Social Media Provides Perks and Perils – Cure Today, March 5, 2018
John McCain is a fighter, no question. But can attitude affect cancer? – Washington Post, July 28, 2017
Forbes Contributor, 2014 – 2018
What in the Air Causes Lung Cancer? – Pacific Standard, Nov 1, 2013
Missing Tony Soprano – Pacific Standard, June 20, 2013
Leprosy, An Illness that Lingers – Pacific Standard, June 5, 2013
An October Metastatic Breast Cancer Gathering – The Atlantic, Oct 17, 2012
So There’s Arsenic in Our Rice – Now What? – The Atlantic, Sept 27, 2012
The Physician Burnout Epidemic: What it Means for Patients and Reform, The Atlantic, Aug 22, 2012
Do Abortions Cause Breast Cancer? The Shaky Science Behind the Kansas’ House Abortion Act – Slate, May 23, 2012
What We’re Talking About When We Talk About Cancer (on Wit) – The Atlantic, Feb 28, 2012
Is Oral Sex to Blame for the Surge in Cancer of the Mouth and Throat? – The Atlantic, Jan 24, 2012
The Placebo Debate: Is It Unethical for Doctors to Prescribe Placebos? – The Atlantic, Dec 19, 2011
More Butter For Your Bread? – The Atlantic, Nov 22, 2011
What Should Doctors Wear? – The Atlantic, Nov 7, 2011
Unlocking the Mystery of Cancer Stem Cells – Cure Magazine, Fall 2011
Plastic Surgery Is not for Everyone: Options Following Mastectomy – The Atlantic, Sept 23, 2011
Lifting the Fog (on chemobrain) – Cure Magazine (cover story), Spring 2011
New Drugs, New Direction (on new drugs for breast cancer) – Cure Magazine, Winter 2010
Who’s a Survivor? (on the term’s history and evolving meaning) – Slate, Oct 5, 2010
“A Clinical Eye on Abramovic” – (on the artist’s work, at MoMA), (scanned from old print, pdf) – The New York Observer, May 25, 2010
A Chip Against Cancer (on a nanotechnology device) – Scientific American, April 2009 issue
The Enduring Clicks of An Ancient Game (on playing Mahjongg in Manhattan) – The New York Times, print 2/15/09
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HuffPo Favorites:
The X-Rays of Others (on privacy) – June, 2010
Better Education, Better Health (on literacy) – April, 2010
Doctors Need Time to Think (on work) – May, 2010
We Are All Fat and Have Cancer (on responsibility) – March, 2010