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Women in Menopause Are Getting Short Shrift

WEBA 2022 review concluded, “Testosterone is a vital hormone in women in maintaining sexual health and function” after menopause. Yet for decades, standard …

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How Public Health Took Part in Its Own Downfall

WEBOctober 23, 2021. There was a time, at the start of the 20th century, when the field of public health was stronger and more ambitious. A mixed group of physicians, scientists, …

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An ER Doctor’s ‘Third Way’ Approach to the Gun Crisis

WEBKatherine J. Wu: Explain why firearm injury is a public-health problem, and not just a policy one. Megan Ranney: People continue to harden into these two extreme …

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Why Health-Care Workers Are Quitting in Droves

WEBThe U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that the health-care sector has lost nearly half a million workers since February 2020. Morning Consult, a survey …

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Why California and Oregon Broke With the CDC

WEBUpdated at 2:40 p.m. ET on February 4, 2024. Recently, California surprised the public-health world by easing the state’s recommendations for asymptomatic people who test …

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We’re All Reading Wrong

WEBReading, while not technically medicine, is a fundamentally wholesome activity. It can prevent cognitive decline, improve sleep, and lower blood pressure. In one study, …

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A New Sweetener Has Joined the Ranks of Aspartame and Stevia

WEBThe Eternal Letdown of Sugar Substitutes. A brand-new sweetener has joined the ranks of aspartame and stevia. It’s still nothing like real sugar. A few months ago, my …

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Biden is winning on health care

WEBUpdated at 3:15 p.m. ET on March 29, 2024. Expanding access to health care has been a shared policy priority for Joe Biden and the former Democratic …

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Is Health Care a Human Right

WEBAccording to a recent poll by the Pew Research Center, nearly 60 percent of Americans think it is the government’s obligation to guarantee health-care coverage. …

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The Truth About Deinstitutionalization

WEBW hen a person has a mental-health crisis in America, it is almost always law enforcement—not a therapist, social worker, or psychiatrist—who responds to the …

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The Privatization of Public Health

WEBUnquestionably, the private sector has a role to play in public health—just look at the private companies that produced the vaccines and the private hospitals that …

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‘Gut Health’ Has a Fatal Flaw

WEBYou can now find a staggering range of products claiming to support digestive health: Joining traditionally gut-friendly fermented foods such as yogurt and …

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The Doctor Will Ask About Your Gun Now

WEBSome evidence shows that when health-care workers counsel patients and give them a locking device, it leads to safer storage habits. Doctors are now trying to …

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Why Some Doctors Purposely Misdiagnose Patients

WEBCases like Awaad’s are especially fraught because differing diagnoses of the same patient are common in health care; it’s where the term second opinion comes …

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I Just Want a Normal Drink

WEBBy Yasmin Tayag. Verena Brandt / VISUM / Redux. March 28, 2024. Recently, a balmy spring day left me feeling parched. I needed a beverage—stat!—and …

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What Good Is 'Raising Awareness

WEBAccording to a commentary published this month in the American Journal of Public Health, the United States has almost 200 official “health awareness days.” (The …

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The 'subtler truth' of American happiness

WEBBut his research leads him to what he calls a “subtler truth”—a “happiness trinity” of which “finances, family, and social fitness are three prongs” rising together and …

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The Mystery of the Maple Syrup Smell

WEBI silently scoffed, continuing my run with sugar snaps and syrup-saturated waffles revolving in mind. Twenty minutes later, she hopped off of her machine, but the …

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The Siren Call of an Israeli Invasion of Lebanon

WEBApril 27, 2024, 7:30 AM ET. Although much of the world is breathing a sigh of relief that Iran and Israel appear unwilling to push their exchange of missile and drone …

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I Witnessed the Future of AI, and It’s a Broken Toy

WEBApril 27, 2024, 6 AM ET. This story was supposed to have a different beginning. You were supposed to hear about how, earlier this week, I attended a …

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The Potential Political Fallout Over Foreign Funding

WEBCheck your local listings or watch full episodes here . This week, after signing a $95 billion military-aid package into law, President Joe Biden announced that …

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Is India an Autocracy

WEBV-Dem has classified India as an electoral autocracy since 2018: The country conducts elections but suppresses individual rights, dissent, and the media so …

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Sphere Is the Mind-Killer

WEBOn night two, I sat in the 300-level, just above Rosen Holmes, Kuroda, and the dozen or so humans staffing various screens and soundboards. Their setup looked like …

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The Trumpification of the Supreme Court

WEBThe Supreme Court, however, does not need to accept Trump’s absurdly broad claim of immunity for him to prevail in his broader legal battle. Such a ruling might …

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