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How the AIDS Epidemic Led to the Creation of Sex Ed in America

How the AIDS Epidemic Led to the Creation of Sex Ed in America

Margaret Grace Myers on the Grim Legacy of Ronald Reagan

By Margaret Grace Myers | August 13, 2025

How Medical Misogyny Impacted the Treatment of Women’s Migraines

How Medical Misogyny Impacted the Treatment of Women’s Migraines

Tom Zeller Jr. Explores the Gendered Dimension of Neuroscience In the 20th Century

By Tom Zeller Jr. | July 30, 2025

On the Importance of Holistic Thinking in Combating Addiction

On the Importance of Holistic Thinking in Combating Addiction

Melody Glenn Asks Us to View the Opioid Epidemic Through an Expansive Lens

By Melody Glenn | July 23, 2025

How Big Pharma Intentionally Misleads Patients About the Efficacy of Their Products

How Big Pharma Intentionally Misleads Patients About the Efficacy of Their Products

Lisa Pratta on Her Decision to Expose the Systemic Corruption Within the Pharmaceutical Industry

By Lisa Pratta | June 12, 2025

A Place of Healing: Robin Wall Kimmerer on the Medicinal Plants of the Adirondacks

A Place of Healing: Robin Wall Kimmerer on the Medicinal Plants of the Adirondacks

"If we value the medicine the land offers us so generously, we must become medicine for the land."

By Robin Wall Kimmerer | June 2, 2025

How London’s Great Plague Planted the Seeds For Future Scientific Advancements

How London’s Great Plague Planted the Seeds For Future Scientific Advancements

Thomas Levenson on the Dubious Yet Important Science of 17th-Century Medicine

By Thomas Levenson | April 30, 2025

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How Dr. Marie Zakrzewska Created Boston’s First Hospital By Women, For Women

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The Issues 2024: The High Costs of the For-Profit American Healthcare System

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How an Eccentric Doctor Began His Quest For Utopia in Weimar Berlin

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Abbott Kahler Tells a Story of Alternative Medicine and Emotional Manipulation on the Eve of Nazi Takeover

By Abbott Kahler | September 26, 2024

The Moment When a Brain Surgeon Sees the Most Terrifying Diagnosis in Medicine

The Moment When a Brain Surgeon Sees the Most Terrifying Diagnosis in Medicine

Theodore H. Schwartz Shares the Story of a Patient with GBM, the Supervillain of Malignant Tumors

By Theodore H. Schwartz | August 14, 2024

Where There's Smoke... How Wildfires Across North America Are Making Children Sick

Where There's Smoke... How Wildfires Across North America Are Making Children Sick

Debra Hendrickson Considers the Impact of Climate Change on Her Career as a Pediatrician

By Debra Hendrickson | July 3, 2024

Gravity and Grace: What Becoming a Nurse Teaches You About Being a Poet

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Dorinda Wegener on Channeling Her Creative Empathy and Curiosity Into the Medical Field

By Dorinda Wegener | July 1, 2024

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