The Year in Medicine 2008

In good times and bad, science doesn't sleep, and every year brings breakthroughs, setbacks, reasons for worry and reasons for joy. TIME's annual alphabetical roundup of a sampling of those stories gives you an overview of the year behind and a hint of what might be in the one ahead.

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  1. An Italian Town's White (No Foreigners) Christmas
  2. The Growing Backlash Against Overparenting
  3. Rachel Uchitel: Tiger Woods' Alleged Mistress
  4. Why Ireland Is Running Out of Priests
  5. What to Do About Europe's Secret Nukes
  6. Why Fritz Henderson Is Out as GM's CEO
  7. Feeling Alone Together: How Loneliness Spreads
  8. Could the White House Party Crashers Go to Jail?
  9. Is Obama Scaling Back Bush's AIDS Initiative?
  10. Will the Plan Match the Stagecraft?
  1. Feeling Alone Together: How Loneliness Spreads
  2. Paris: 10 Things to Do in 24 Hours
  3. For Churches, Beefed-Up Security Is a Mixed Blessing
  4. Black Friday
  5. New Evidence That Early Therapy Helps Autistic Kids
  6. Is Gene Therapy Finally Ready for Prime Time?
  7. The Truth About Teen Girls
  8. Rhee Tackles Classroom Challenge
  9. The Growing Backlash Against Overparenting
  10. Workers of the World vs. China Inc.