Childbearing and Age, December 27, 1987
We humans are adapted for long, valuable post-reproductive lives
Caffeine High, January 17, 1988
Coffee’s a drug that works on the brain—but a pretty safe one
Kick Off Your Heels, January 31, 1988
High-heeled shoes are a sex symbol with a long-term down side
Lesions of the Soul, February 21, 1988
Unlike other cancers, those in the brain are inside our selves
Laughter and Hope, March 13, 1988
Mind over illness? Maybe, but don’t blame the victim if it doesn’t work
Circumcision is safe, but in our culture is not medically necessary
What Our Ancestors Ate, June 5, 1988
Are diseases of civilization due to a mismatch with natural diets?
New Keys to the Mind, July 17, 1988
Genes that affect the brain affect the mind, normal or not
The Aggressors, August 14, 1988
Boys are more violent than girls, but not just for cultural reasons
Civilization’s Cancer, November 20, 1988
Is breast cancer due in part to our changing reproductive lives?
Aging and death are not easy to deal with in any culture
Which Hospital? December 18, 1988
Academic and community hospitals have different advantages
Where Should Baby Sleep? January 8, 1989
Many parents spend part of the night with children in their beds
Homosexuality: Who and Why? April 21, 1989
Growing evidence suggests that being gay is not a choice
The Loss of Self, June 25, 1989
Alzheimer’s and other dementias: “the calamity of too long life”
Some stroke victims improve over the years by rewiring the brain
Women and Sexuality, April 29, 1990
Women and men differ a lot, and for biological reasons
Real Doctors Don’t Sleep, October 7, 1990
An imagined account of a real problem in medical training
Out of the Darkness, October 2, 1994
Living with depression, benefiting from treatment