New York Times 
Magazine

• "Fat Factors " 13 August 2006
• "Looking for the Lie " 5 February 2006
• "Will We Ever Arrive at a Good Death?" 7 August 2005
• "The Quest to Forget," 4 April 2004
• "Second Best" 28 December 2003
• "Flu Pandemic," cover story, 29 November 1992
• "Saving Babies Before Birth," cover story, 28 February 1982
• "Dr. Anderson’s Gene Machine," 31 March 1991

• "Pandora's Baby" June 2003

Civilization

• "The Lessons of Syphilis in the Age of AIDS" cover story, November 1995
• "The Price of Perfection", April 1996

• "Tempting Fates," May 1998

• "The Great Diet Scam," December 1992
• "Moments in Bonding: Reading Together," September 1997

• "Being Happy is Good for Your Health," 1 April 1999

• "Score One for the Girls," 19 September 1995