Subject: National Institutes of Health

• Mastering Fogo de Chao and other buffets

  I am not what you would call a waifish person. I've got some fat that I've long-given up on losing and come to accept as a job hazard of writing about food. But I'm also not what the National Institute of Health would call obese. Instead, I am normal if a little pleasantly plump.As a normal-sized person, I feel I'm losing out to the Mark Manginos of the world when it comes to buffets. I am not alone. Surveying the crowd at Fogo de Chao last week, I saw many thin people flip the red card of surre

  January 28, 2009

• Missouri biologist Frederick vom Saal and his team exposed the dangers of bisphenol A — and earned the wrath of the plastic industry.

  April 24, 2008

• Sperm: The Final Frontier

  May 31, 2007

• Into Africa

  March 15, 2007

• Miracle in a Bottle

  Dr. Edward McDonagh has been fighting Missouri’s medical establishment for years — and treating lots of happy customers.

  November 25, 2004

• Jesus Is in the Big House

  Putting it's faith in a prison ministry, the Kansas Department of Corrections saves money if not souls.

  February 12, 2004

• Bacon Beacon

  Jellyfish take a shine to the other white meat.

  October 25, 2001

• Bisphenol A: Bad for your wang?

  ​If men could give birth, there would be a birth-control soft drink by now. When it comes to health care, anything that affects the wang becomes a national priority. That's why the latest news on Bisphenol A is a good thing for all concerned. According to an article on ABC News, the chemical commonly found in clear plastic has been linked to sexual dysfunction in men.Factory workers in China who were exposed to Bisphenol A in their work were four times more likely to report that they experienc

  November 11, 2009