Conscientious and well-trained physicians have contributed to the crisis of opioid-pain-medication addiction
Public Health
The Argument You Don’t Hear About Birth Control In Schools
Plan B given out by the nurse seems extreme, but school-based services are designed precisely for kids who don’t have alternatives at home
Breastfeeding Wars: Why Locking Up Baby Formula Is A Bad Idea
Mayor Bloomberg’s campaign against formula feeding in hospitals is profoundly out of touch with the realities of motherhood
Glaxo Fine: What Will Stop Big Pharma Fraud?
Even $3 billion is likely not enough to stop another drug scandal from happening again
Are Toilets a Feminist Issue?
The burden of bad sanitation in developing countries falls disproportionately on women
Why Americans Need Bloomberg’s Big Gulp Ban
NYC’s mayor wouldn’t be trying to outlaw giant sugary drinks if we hadn’t lost all sense of a normal serving size
Do Black Women Really Want to Be Fat?
Novelist Alice Randall says black women choose to stay overweight, but the data proves social and environmental factors play a huge role
The Racial Politics of Asthma
Of all the health dangers that disproportionately impact black children, air pollution might be the worst
The ‘Lacrosse Murder:’ Why Stereotyping Jocks Doesn’t Keep Girls Safe
What our daughters can learn from the tragic death of UVa student Yeardley Love at the hands of her former boyfriend, George Huguely
Is the Fight Against Childhood Obesity Creating Eating Disorders?
Why the new national focus on weight and food choices may promote needless anxiety among healthy teens and kids
What Got Lost in the Debate About Birth Control
Our social contract requires that we must occasionally stomach government policies that offend and outrage us
The Lesson of the Komen/Planned Parenthood Brouhaha
Nothing entices the right — and the left — like a battle over a woman’s body
Do We Have a Problem Defining Our Problems?
Recent changes in the definitions of social ills show we’re still struggling to combat them
