Harvard Medical School

Blogs
February 3, 2010
Faux S.F. Doctor Timothy Andersson Hit With 51 Felonies for 'Dangerous and Unecessary' Procedures
He had no license to practice medicine in California or the United States, and no affiliation with the University of California, San Francisco, as he claimed. But 66-year-old Timothy Andersson (who also went by Dr. Tanweer Ahmad Syed) saw scores of patients in ... More >>
Blogs
January 16, 2009
THIRDhand Smoke? Jesus, What Else Can We Regulate?
According to a study appearing in this month's Pediatrics, medical scientists have now identified "thirdhand smoke," which is: a) What you get when the kid of somebody who smokes talks to your kid; b) Only possible through a Facebook widget, or; c) The trace chemicals from smoke that hang aro ... More >>
Culture
October 29, 2008
November Book Events
News
January 15, 2003
Disease Detective
Deborah Hayden's new book, Pox, pulls the covers off famous people with syphilis. That's right: syphilis.
News
January 9, 2002
A Test of Faith
A controversial San Francisco study is spending taxpayers' money to see if Christian clergy, Indian medicine men, and Tibetan lamas can heal patients with AIDS and brain tumors
News
September 12, 2001
Who Owns Your Clone?
A San Francisco firm thinks it's time people started copyrighting their DNA
News
November 1, 2000
The Cheetah Club
How a rare group of spotted patients and a small cadre of persistent doctors could help change the face of cancer research
News
January 29, 1997
Captains of Medicine
Calendar
March 6, 1996
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