Vol. 150 No. 19
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
THEY SHARE ENDLESS CURIOSITY, A HUGE CAPACITY FOR WORK AND A WILLINGNESS TO DEFY CONVENTION. THEY ARE THE
A CHILD'S PAIN
A BOSTON ANESTHESIOLOGIST FINDS INGENIOUS WAYS TO ALLEVIATE YOUTHFUL SUFFERING BY RELATING TO
TOO BIG A HEART
IN RURAL BRAZIL A SURGEON USES A REVOLUTIONARY AND CONTROVERSIAL METHOD OF REPAIRING
IN SEARCH OF SIGHT
PHYSICIANS IN CHICAGO USE FETAL CELLS TO COMBAT A DEGENERATIVE EYE DISEASE AFFLICTING MILLIONS
DROP YOUR GUNS!
FED UP WITH THE CONSTANT CARNAGE HE DEALS WITH IN HIS EMERGENCY ROOM, A DOCTOR PLEADS WITH THE NATION'S YOUTH
BEYOND THE CALL
BY GIVING HER BONE MARROW TO A STRANGER, AN ILLINOIS MOTHER WENT
BLOODLESS SURGERY
FEAR OF AIDS IS ONLY ONE REASON SOME DOCTORS ARE CALLING FOR
THE TUMOR WAR
A CALIFORNIA BRAIN SURGEON WIELDS FORMIDABLE NEW WEAPONS AS HE BATTLES
PHYSICIAN, HEAL THYSELF
TO HELL AND BACK
A NEW YORK HOSPITAL BURN UNIT BRINGS SPECIALISTS TOGETHER TO TREAT PAIN-RACKED PATIENTS WHO HAVE BEEN
A DARK INHERITANCE
LINKING AN AMISH HEREDITARY DISEASE WITH CEREBRAL PALSY, A PEDIATRICIAN CHALLENGES
THE $28 FOOT
THE GLOBAL SCOURGE OF LAND MINES LEFT THOUSANDS LIMBLESS, AND THEN TWO GIFTED INDIANS DEVELOPED
THE PLANT HUNTER
SEEKING ANSWERS IN ANCIENT RAIN-FOREST REMEDIES IS A LIFE'S WORK FOR
SEEING THE FUTURE
GENETIC TESTING'S GROWING ABILITY TO PREDICT DISEASE MAKES IT VITAL TO SOFTEN THE SHOCK OF
THE WIRED PRAIRIE
WITH DOCTORS SCARCE AS SKYSCRAPERS IN RURAL KANSAS, TWO NURSES ARE PROVIDING VITAL HEALTH CARE VIA
RESCUE IN SUDAN
IN THE THICK OF CIVIL WAR A COURAGEOUS DOCTOR FROM IDAHO BEATS BACK AN EPIDEMIC BY LAUNCHING A
MONEY THAT GROWS ON TREES