‘Dallas Buyers Club’ strives for honesty, but it–and Hollywood–ignores women like me
Medicine
Small Science, Big Diseases
Big pharma is slow and risk averse. Smaller companies are the future of medical innovation.
The Dangers of Hunting for Cancer
Why more screening is not always better
We Need To Take Meditation More Seriously As Medicine
The case for treating meditation more like medicine
Brain Death Really Is Death
Concepts matter in medicine. This could not be more obvious than in the utter confusion on display over the concepts of ‘brain death’ and ‘life support technology’ that has resulted in two dead bodies being kept on …
What’s So Bad About Casual Drug Use?
Most people who try cocaine don’t go on to become addicts
Give Rob Ford Rehab, Not Ridicule
Making fun of the “crack-smoking mayor” is easy. As friends and loved ones of addicts know, what’s hard is understanding the causes of their destructive behavior.
One Thing Obamacare Can’t Fix: Bad Addiction Treatment
Correction appended, March 26, 2014.
After weeks spent offering up increasingly desperate excuses for the glitchy rollout of Obamacare’s insurance exchanges, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius seemed
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Saving Babies’ Lives with Shades of Gray
Big news for women who are 38 weeks pregnant: you are no longer considered “full term.” The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists announced today that they would introduce a new classification system for the end …
Glee’s Tribute to Cory Monteith Will Surely Gloss Over Addiction
The upcoming episode may help Monteith fans grieve, but it won’t help them understand why they would never want to be like him
Motherhood Gave Me a Nervous Breakdown
When does the “work-life balance” debate turn into a public-health crisis?
We Might Not Want Our Life Extended
What’s the point of living longer if we don’t live better?
Will You Still Love Me When I’m 164?
Google’s plan to extend our life span will change love, work, and just about every aspect of society