Cold Contract
  I'm a frequent sufferer of the common cold. I get lots of advice from well-meaning people about preventions or cures. "Cold Contract" asks them to put their money where their mouth is, or shut up.
  A Diatribe on Modern Medicine and the Common Cold
  Why haven't these high-paid doctors found a cure?
  Dress for Sveltness (or, A Diatribe Against Diets)
  An argument that, for keeping those pounds off, burning calories to stay warm in a cool climate is superior to demoralizing diet or tedious exercise.
  Feline Intervention to Rightsize Self-Esteem
  Sometimes people need therapy for excess self-esteem- they're too proud, too arrogant, too rude. What better therapist than a cat?
  Forgiving or Punishing "Slips"
  Why single unsafe acts are much more dangerous in the world of hepatitis C than that of HIV.
  Hap Day, Noted Gladhander, Found Dead in East Village
  My retaliation against a particularly obnoxious manifestation of 1970s culture.
  Hepatitis C: The Great Time Bomb
  We should worry less about HIV and AIDS, and worry more- MUCH more- about hepatitis-C.
  The Nine B's Which Demarcate Youth from Middle Age
  An (admittedly self-serving) cry of triumph for my fitness-minded generation: by God, we shall redefine when middle age begins!
   

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