by Steven Hatch
vaccines
autism and, 113–114
CDC on, 193, 196, 199, 224
history of, 223–224
HPV, controversy, 191–192, 197–198
for influenza, 202–203
lives saved by, 224–225
public controversy over, 22, 190
risk and benefit of, 193, 194, 223–225
See also HPV vaccine
VAERS. See Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System
ventilation/perfusion (VQ) scan, 43–45, 44 (fig.), 46 (fig.)
viruses, 125, 190–191, 201–202
vitamins, 131
VQ. See ventilation/perfusion scan
Welch, H. Gilbert, 35, 36 (fig.)
Western blot, 106–107
false-positive errors reduced by, 109–110
reliability with, 111–112, 126
uncertainty with, 110
WHI. See Women’s Health Initiative
Wilson, Robert, 172–173
women
control over health of, 60–61, 64
on USPSTF mammography committee, 61–62, 84–86
See also breast cancer; hysterectomies; mammography, screening; menopause; pregnancy
Women’s Health Initiative (WHI), 176–177
Wormser, Gary, 110
Wurtzel, Elizabeth, 139
Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, 172–173, 175–177
X-rays, 2
cancer risk and, 71
CT scan compared to chest, 259–260
function of, 70–71, 71 (fig.)
zinc, 250–251
CREDIT: MARIANNE KARMEL
STEVEN HATCH is an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, working in the Division of Infectious Disease and Immunology. He lives in Newton, Massachusetts.