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BOOKS:
The Medicine Cabinet of Curiosities, Times Books, 2009.
Coping With Social Anxiety: The Definitive Guide to Effective Treatment Options, (with Eric Hollander, MD), Holt, 2005
Where The Germs Are: A Scientific Safari, Wiley, 2003.
Understanding Teenage Depression: A Guide to Diagnosis, Treatment, and Management (with Maureen Empfield, MD), Holt, 2001.
Hepatitis A to G (with Alan Berkman, MD), Warner, 2000.
Wiping Out Head Lice, Dutton/Signet, 1997.
American Satire, Penguin/Meridian, 1997.
AIDS and People with Severe Mental Illness (with Francine Cournos, MD), Yale University Press, 1996.
Republican-isms: The Bloopers and Bombast of the Grand Old Party, Wiley, 1996.
The Baseball Fan's Companion: How to Watch the Game Like an Expert, Macmillan, 1996.
The Wisdom of John Paul II, (with Rick Balkin) HarperCollins, 1995; Revised and Expanded edition. Random House/Vintage, 2001.
Green Diamonds: The Pleasures and Profits of Investing in Minor League Baseball (with Jay Acton), Kensington, 1994.
A Writers Guide to Book Publishing (with Rick Balkin) Penguin/Plume, 1993 .
The New York Times
Prostate Guideline Causes Many Useless Biopsies, Study Says
Pretty Patterns That Camouflage a Poison
Baseball: Traveling Through Time Zones Can Take Toll on Teams
Baseball: Science Answers Why Frozen Ropes Freeze Outfielders
College Basketball: In NCAA Pools, Picking Underdogs is Overrated
Clues to Black Plague's Fury in 600-Year-Old Skeletons
Discover Magazine
Parasite Invades Its Host's DNA
HIV Precursor Found in the Wild
Salamander Tongue Strikes Like a Cross Bow
Hot-Tailed Squirrels Vs. Rattlesnakes
Longest Mammal Migration Tracked
National Geographic News
New Species of Ancient Sea Creature Discovered--Under Ping-Pong Table
Photo in the News: First Photo of Rare Rodent (Uncooked)
National Geographic News: LION PHOTOS BY NICHOLAS BAKALAR