A collection of 165 posts
Affordable, safe, generic anticonvulsants restore homeostasis to the brains of chronic drinkers, but they are not being promoted.
When should we allow a person to hasten her own death?
I worry about the unintended consequences of the neurodiversity movement, particularly when their demands are promulgated religiously and without nuance.
Scholars and activists in the field of fat studies do not believe that there is an obesity-related health crisis at all.
In its treatment of gender clinics, the flagship investigative program of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation failed to present crucial evidence.
Natalia Mehlman Petrzela’s ‘Fit Nation’ offers a fascinating but frustratingly selective history of America’s physical fitness obsession.
Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying program, once reserved for the terminally ill, is increasingly attracting applicants experiencing poverty and depression.
School closings put strain on families and students alike.
The fiction that race has no biological basis is more likely to exacerbate health disparities than narrow them.
Did humanity defeat a potentially devastating plague with relatively modest losses, or did the greater devastation come from the victory itself?
The rise of Munchausen by Internet syndrome is inseparable from the spread of online subcultures that valorize disability.
Activists are twisting the closure of Tavistock as a win for gender ideology.
Coping is not enough. We must strive to live.
America’s homeless problem is the product of good intentions and apathy. A new approach is needed.
We are wasting tremendous resources on ineffective, mandatory approaches to addiction.