MAHA’s Perfect Villain
Glyphosate highlights the movement’s horseshoe politics and has nothing to do with vaccines.
Being Human
The body and the mind don’t have to be such mysteries.
The New Plastic-Surgery Playbook
Celebrities aren’t just admitting they got work done—they’re showing all the details.
A ‘Barbaric’ Problem in American Hospitals Is Only Getting Bigger
Patients are getting stuck in the emergency department for days while waiting for a spot in an inpatient ward.
A Life Hack for the Ultra-Wealthy Is Going Mainstream
More families who can afford it are hiring a house manager, a kind of “chief of staff for the home.”
The DNA Fix for Aging
Everyone’s DNA keeps mutating. Could correcting those errors lead to longevity?
The Paradox of Modern Medicine
Testing has become so advanced that doctors now miss important elements of diagnosis.
How the Whole-Grain Trend Went Wrong
Many whole-grain foods behave in the body much the same as the refined products they were meant to replace.
The Family That Decided to Have Their Stomachs Removed
Māori families with a mutation for aggressive gastric cancer have had their stomachs preemptively removed. How do you live without one?
The Making of a Diagnostic Mind
“To me, the concept of the master diagnostician is that you’re never good enough,” one doctor said.
Don’t Get Sucked Into the War on Lice
It hasn’t been going well.