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Oct 19, 2026
Finding the causes of autism is proving far more difficult than finding factors associated with it. A new study of maternal health and autism reveals how the same medical diagnosis...
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Sep 15, 2026
A viral post on X claims the “largest vaccinated vs. unvaccinated birth cohort study ever” found vaccinated children far sicker across every category of chronic disease. The...
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Sep 12, 2026
Long after the debris was cleared from Lower Manhattan, the “dust” of Ground Zero continued its work inside the human body. Decades of longitudinal medicine reveal that we...
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Sep 11, 2026
Long after the debris was cleared from Lower Manhattan, the “dust” of Ground Zero continued its work inside the human body. Decades of longitudinal medicine reveal that we...
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Aug 20, 2026
It is Myopia Awareness Month, and nearsightedness, once relatively uncommon, has risen dramatically. The rise suggests that modern childhood’s longer schooling and screen time,...
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Aug 18, 2026
With great fanfare, Secretary Kennedy announced the closing of the GRAS (“Generally Recognized As Safe”) loophole. But separating the rhetoric from the regulatory...
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Aug 6, 2026
For decades, obesity has been measured largely by how much fat we carry. New research suggests that where fat accumulates may be even more important, showing that regional fat...
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Jul 27, 2026
Over the past three decades, global advances in medicine have significantly extended human lifespan, but gains in healthy living have failed to keep pace. This imbalance has created...
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Jul 21, 2026
The “TikTok Medical Group” has stirred the viral waters around biohacking male infertility. GLP-1 receptor agonists are proving to be potentially powerful tools for...
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Jul 20, 2026
After decades of debate fueled by courtroom battles, documentaries, and heartbreaking personal stories, the scientific picture linking repetitive head impacts to neurodegenerative...
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Jul 8, 2026
The "TikTok Medical Group" has stirred the viral waters around biohacking male infertility. GLP-1 receptor agonists are proving to be potentially powerful tools for quietly resetting...
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Jul 3, 2026
Every Fourth of July, just before the fireworks and after the flag-waving has begun, America turns its attention to a spectacle that has all the ingredients of a national ritual: the...
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Jun 2, 2026
The best surgeons I trained with and worked alongside were not necessarily the most daring or dazzling; they understood that brilliance without discipline is just another name for...
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Jun 1, 2026
The best surgeons I trained with and worked alongside were not necessarily the most daring or dazzling; they understood that brilliance without discipline is just another name for...
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May 21, 2026
In theory, middlemen make markets work. They connect confused consumers with complex products, translate jargon, and smooth the path between buyers and sellers. However, Medicare...
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Apr 30, 2026
Our military has long treated the body as an instrument of collective strength, with individual choice yielding to operational necessity. In the shadow of COVID-era tensions,...
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Apr 10, 2026
There’s a moment in every physician’s career when words begin to carry real weight. A casual suggestion shapes a patient’s decision; a tentative opinion influences treatment....
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Apr 3, 2026
Life expectancy has long symbolized human progress, but what happens when that progress slows down or even reverses? Despite decades of medical and social advances, recent data show...
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Mar 31, 2026
If sugar were considered addictive, everyday consumption would be a different issue. In that world, longstanding assumptions about responsibility, risk, and regulation would start to...
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Mar 30, 2026
If sugar were considered addictive, everyday consumption would be a different issue. In that world, longstanding assumptions about responsibility, risk, and regulation would start to...
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Mar 27, 2026
If sugar were considered addictive, everyday consumption would be a different issue. In that world, longstanding assumptions about responsibility, risk, and regulation would start to...
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Mar 13, 2026
Public goods create a peculiar dilemma: everyone likes the benefits, but paying for them is another matter. Economists call this the free-rider problem—people can enjoy protection,...
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Mar 6, 2026
A short newsletter item summarized a new Canadian study into a simple takeaway: toddlers who eat more ultra-processed foods tend to develop more behavioral problems. The statement is...
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Jan 21, 2026
A new social-science paper delivers a surprisingly unsettling result: give dozens of expert teams the same data and the same question, and you get a wide range of answers. Even more...
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Jan 6, 2026
Across four very different stories—Revolutionary-era smallpox, the still-mysterious ignition of the Black Death, a modern measles outbreak shaped by community identity and...
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Jan 5, 2026
Across four very different stories—Revolutionary-era smallpox, the still-mysterious ignition of the Black Death, a modern measles outbreak shaped by community identity and...
Oct 19, 2026Finding the causes of autism is proving far more difficult than finding factors associated with it. A new study of maternal health and autism reveals how the same medical diagnosis...
Sep 15, 2026A viral post on X claims the “largest vaccinated vs. unvaccinated birth cohort study ever” found vaccinated children far sicker across every category of chronic disease. The...
Sep 12, 2026Long after the debris was cleared from Lower Manhattan, the “dust” of Ground Zero continued its work inside the human body. Decades of longitudinal medicine reveal that we...
Aug 20, 2026It is Myopia Awareness Month, and nearsightedness, once relatively uncommon, has risen dramatically. The rise suggests that modern childhood’s longer schooling and screen time,...
Aug 18, 2026With great fanfare, Secretary Kennedy announced the closing of the GRAS (“Generally Recognized As Safe”) loophole. But separating the rhetoric from the regulatory...
Aug 6, 2026For decades, obesity has been measured largely by how much fat we carry. New research suggests that where fat accumulates may be even more important, showing that regional fat...
Jul 27, 2026Over the past three decades, global advances in medicine have significantly extended human lifespan, but gains in healthy living have failed to keep pace. This imbalance has created...
Jul 21, 2026The “TikTok Medical Group” has stirred the viral waters around biohacking male infertility. GLP-1 receptor agonists are proving to be potentially powerful tools for...
Jul 20, 2026After decades of debate fueled by courtroom battles, documentaries, and heartbreaking personal stories, the scientific picture linking repetitive head impacts to neurodegenerative...
Jul 8, 2026The "TikTok Medical Group" has stirred the viral waters around biohacking male infertility. GLP-1 receptor agonists are proving to be potentially powerful tools for quietly resetting...
Jul 3, 2026Every Fourth of July, just before the fireworks and after the flag-waving has begun, America turns its attention to a spectacle that has all the ingredients of a national ritual: the...
Jun 2, 2026The best surgeons I trained with and worked alongside were not necessarily the most daring or dazzling; they understood that brilliance without discipline is just another name for...
May 21, 2026In theory, middlemen make markets work. They connect confused consumers with complex products, translate jargon, and smooth the path between buyers and sellers. However, Medicare...
Apr 30, 2026Our military has long treated the body as an instrument of collective strength, with individual choice yielding to operational necessity. In the shadow of COVID-era tensions,...
Apr 3, 2026Life expectancy has long symbolized human progress, but what happens when that progress slows down or even reverses? Despite decades of medical and social advances, recent data show...
Mar 31, 2026If sugar were considered addictive, everyday consumption would be a different issue. In that world, longstanding assumptions about responsibility, risk, and regulation would start to...
Mar 13, 2026Public goods create a peculiar dilemma: everyone likes the benefits, but paying for them is another matter. Economists call this the free-rider problem—people can enjoy protection,...
Mar 6, 2026A short newsletter item summarized a new Canadian study into a simple takeaway: toddlers who eat more ultra-processed foods tend to develop more behavioral problems. The statement is...
Jan 21, 2026A new social-science paper delivers a surprisingly unsettling result: give dozens of expert teams the same data and the same question, and you get a wide range of answers. Even more...
Jan 6, 2026Across four very different stories—Revolutionary-era smallpox, the still-mysterious ignition of the Black Death, a modern measles outbreak shaped by community identity and...