When I was growing up, menstruation was called “the curse.” It was a curse – once used to enslave women, including barring co ...

When I was growing up, menstruation was called “the curse.” It was a curse – once used to enslave women, including barring co ...

Metaphors might well be the duct tape of human understanding. Sometimes, they’re elegant, like a well-crafted bridge; other ...

RFK Jr. prioritizes debunked vaccine conspiracies over real public health threats, ignoring rising outbreaks of measles, ...

Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) have evolved from relatively obscure cost-saving entities into powerful industry players ...

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The aggressive prosecution and regulatory scrutiny of pain doctors have driven physicians out of pain management, leaving ...

It's a problem Secretary Kennedy Jr. and the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) brigade, armed with populist slogans and a two ...

Eight years ago, not too long after war was declared against opioid medications and the people who legitimately need them, I ...

The microbiome is a gut-wrenching mystery. One day, it’s the key to immortality; the next, it’s just along for the ride. If ...

When COVID-19 vaccines rolled out, public health officials largely followed a simple logic: protect the most vulnerable first. The Great Barrington Declaration advocated for "focused protection" of ...

"The Last Ranger," an Oscar-nominated short film, depicts the poaching of rhinos in South Africa to collect the horns, a supposed aphrodisiac. Well, they don't work, just like some of the other ...