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Medicine
September 23, 2016
Adam Gaffney
How ADHD Was Sold
A new book outlines an epidemic of over-diagnosis and addiction.
August 24, 2016
Clio Chang
Meet the Martin Shkreli of allergies.
August 15, 2016
Lisa V. Adams
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Leslie Henderson
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Glenda Shoop
Training Good Doctors Starts With the Liberal Arts
July 12, 2016
Andy Extance
Why Are We Still Waiting for the Male Pill?
Despite decades of promising research, the many men who want their own contraceptive pill still have nothing.
June 16, 2016
Adam Gaffney
The Dawn of Antidepressants
Have antidepressant drugs ever truly worked—and does that matter?
May 2, 2016
Magazine
Ben Crair
The Cure For Fear
Scientists have discovered a radical new way to treat our most traumatic memories.
April 26, 2016
Jenny Morber
Dead Man’s Sperm
What drives the partners of men who have died to try and have their babies? A journey into the fraught world of post-mortem sperm donation.
April 12, 2016
Peter Bowes
The Experimental Diet That Mimics a Rare Genetic Mutation
A rare genetic disorder protects its carriers from disease and aging. What if a diet could replicate its effects?
April 5, 2016
Georgina Kenyon
Australia’s Other “Flying Doctors”: The Spirits of Aboriginal Bush Healers
March 29, 2016
Carrie Arnold
A Grown-Up Approach to Treating Anorexia
Many adults with anorexia have distinctive traits that lock them into a destructive relationship with food. Those same traits could help them escape it.
March 22, 2016
Emma Young
Can Food Be Medicine?
A writer explores manipulating her diet to treat her Type 2 diabetes.
March 15, 2016
Bryn Nelson
Dysphagia: It’s Like Being Waterboarded 24 Hours a Day
One morning, Samantha Anderson woke to find that she could no longer swallow. Three-and-a-half years later, she’s finally regaining her ability to eat.
March 8, 2016
Frieda Klotz
Are Cyborgs Real?
Frieda Klotz visits the world's first cyborg fair.
March 1, 2016
Holly Cave
Breaking the Silence on Miscarriages
Holly Cave wanted to know why her pregnancy ended at nine weeks. She discovered that talking about her loss helped change how she thought about it.
February 16, 2016
Emma Young
The Animals That Can Save Your Life
Rats can smell tuberculosis. Dogs can smell cancer. Now they’re being trained to help us survive.
February 9, 2016
Jo Marchant
You Can Train Your Body Into Thinking It’s Had Medicine
Harnessing the mind to reduce side-effects and slash drug costs.
January 15, 2016
Christopher J. Gill
How Should A Scientific Meta-Analysis Be?
January 13, 2016
Adam Gaffney
Need Surgery, Will Travel
A new book explores the new world of medical tourism, an industry that's made Hungary the capital for glamorous dental work.
December 21, 2015
Adam Peck
Gay men can finally donate blood, as long as they don’t get any action.
November 13, 2015
Gavin Francis
What We Knew of the Sexes
The long history of gender variance in culture and medicine.
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