Facts and ideas from anywhere

William C. Roberts, MD, Editor in Chief

Topics covered this issue:

•  It's about time
•  The French diet
•  The polymeal
•  Arab obesity
•  Vitamin E supplements and mortality
•  Folate intake and hypertension
•  CNN's top 25 medical stories in the last 25 years
•  Cadavers as teachers in the medical school dissecting room in Thailand
•  Spirituality and genes
•  Direct-to-consumer advertising
•  Absenteeism vs presenteeism
•  Effect of democracy on health
•  Malaria and other afflictions
•  Natural disasters
•  Animals in tsunamis
•  Surviving plane crashes
•  The last Boeing 737-200
•  Air Force One
•  Iwo Jima
•  Submarine power
•  Top 10 retirement spots
•  James Cash Penney
•  Speaking English
•  Basketball salaries