Issue of June 30, 2008

June 30, 2008

JUNE 30, 2008

Q. So, is there life on Mars? Does it matter?

PERSONAL HISTORY
Altered State
Scenes from a Pennsylvania girlhood.
by Andrea Lee
Q. Would you want to meet the author? What questions would you ask regarding the events in her article?
ANNALS OF MEDICINE
The Itch
A new science of scratching.
by Atul Gawande

Audio: Gawande on the science behind itching.
Q. Your mother always told you to stop scratching that mosquito bite... "it'll get infected!" HA! Little did she know. What other things surprise in the piece? How does this compare with AG's previous medical articles? Better, worse?