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Health Experts Are Explaining Drug-Resistant Bacteria Poorly
Their confusing jargon is pushing people toward bad decisions.
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A Letter From Palo Alto
Last week, the superintendent of Palo Alto schools sent a letter to parents in the district warning that my Atlantic…
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John Cuneo The Return of Electroshock Therapy
Can Sarah Lisanby help an infamous form of depression treatment shed its brutal reputation?
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Tobias Schwarz / Reuters Taking Antibiotics Can Change the Gut Microbiome for Up to a Year
A new study illuminates the problems antibiotic overuse could cause for individual patients.
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B. Austin / Corbis Getting Toxic Chemicals Out of Black Women's Hair Salons
Hair relaxers and other popular products can put employees’ health at risk.
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Alabama Department of Archives and History / Wikimedia A Newspaper Written Entirely by Mental-Health Patients
The Meteor, staffed by residents of Alabama’s first psychiatric hospital, was part of an experiment in the way the U.S. cared for the mentally ill.
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Eric Gaillard / Reuters The Implant That Helps Fight Cancer
How the medical port, placed under the skin to facilitate the flow of drugs, makes chemotherapy a part of a patient's body: An Object Lesson
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Kim Hong-Ji / Reuters The Weak Science Behind the Wrongly Named Moral Molecule
No matter what all the articles, books, and TED talks say, Oxytocin isn't a “hug hormone.”
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STR New / Reuters People Are Terrified of Sex
At least compared to other risky activities.
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Werner Lang / Westend61 / Corbis Gay, and Saving Herself for Marriage
She’s waiting for the one, and the one will be a woman.
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Albert Anker / Wikimedia Why Humans Care for the Bodies of the Dead
In tracing the history and culture of corpses, a new book shows the importance of remembrance to our species.
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Michaela Rehle / Reuters Where Seniors Go When Their Nursing Homes Close
When assisted-living facilities shut down, their elderly residents often have to scramble for a new home—and health and financial concerns can make it hard to find a fit.
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Albert Gea / Reuters A Day's Worth of Sugar in a Single Food
The FDA just announced that Americans should limit their added sugar intake to 12 teaspoons per day. That’s less than it probably seems. Here’s where all that sugar is hiding.
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Dennis Kunkel Microscopy, Inc. / Corbis Down-Syndrome Screening: A One-Parent Test for a Two-Parent Risk
Research has shown that a father’s age can affect the risk of genetic abnormalities in a fetus, but current testing methods still don’t take it into account.
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Brian Spurlock / USA Today Sports A Strange Trend in Pro Football: Kidney Lacerations
In consecutive weeks, two star NFL players suffered serious kidney injuries.
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Mental Health at Mizzou
In the coverage of the campus protests this week, two small details reminded me of the central thesis of our…
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Rogelio V. Solis / AP The Health Dangers of a Spare Tire
Carrying weight around the midsection puts people at greater risk of dying than obesity does, a new study says.
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Steve Crisp / Reuters Why Bros Love Energy Drinks
A new study finds that men who have more stereotypically masculine beliefs are more likely to think energy drinks give them special abilities.
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Andrew Kelly / Reuters America's Pregnancy-Care Paradox: Paying Ever More for the Same Bad Results
The infant-mortality rate in the U.S. is extremely high, especially considering how much people are spending to give birth.
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How the '60s Media Covered Male and Female Explorers Differently
I published a story today about two avid cave explorers who emerged from months-long stays underground in 1965, 50…
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thierrylevenq / RooM the Agency / Corbis The Caves of Forgotten Time
Two spelunkers lost track of entire weeks as part of an experiment on the effects of isolation.