"What if you die overseas and Im not there," my mom said when I told her I had joined the Marines.

Two stories concerning the donation of gametes sperm and ova appeared recently in the media.

The fiftieth anniversary of oral contraceptives is a reminder of all the things the Pill lets us forget.

When I make presentations on end-of-life decision making, I sometimes have audience members approach me afterwards with comments like, You know, Father, when my mom died 6 years ago, and I look back on it, Im not sure my brothers and I made the right decisions about her care.

While it may cost an arm and a leg to live in the state of New York these days, it may soon cost a liver or kidney to die there.

The predominant Western approach to preventing the spread of AIDS in Africa has failed.

One of my most searing experiences was moving to San Francisco in mid 1992 at the height of the AIDS catastrophe.

Is it high-tech child abuse to rob children of their biological heritage?

Our culture says it loves children, but take a look at what it does.

Recently three major health stories appeared in the Washington press in less than two weeks that were an occasion to pause and reflect.