Medical Dispatch

Superbugs
The new generation of resistant infections is almost impossible to treat.
by Jerome Groopman
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/08/11/080811fa_fact_groopman

The Itch

Is perception inference ?

Annals of Medicine
The Itch
Its mysterious power may be a clue to a new theory about brains and bodies.
by Atul Gawande
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/06/30/080630fa_fact_gawande?printable=true

On Back Pain

The Pain Perplex [Abstract]
Medical Dispatch
Atul Gawande
http://www.newyorker.com/archive/1998/09/21/1998_09_21_086_TNY_LIBRY_000016386


Annals of Medicine
A Knife in the Back
Is surgery the best approach to chronic back pain?
by Jerome Groopman
http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2002/04/08/020408fa_FACT