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You just don’t see foam collars anymore. It used to be that whenever someone on TV or in a movie fell off the roof or had a skiing mishap or got...
America has been trying to address the obesity epidemic for four decades now. So far, each new “solution” has failed to live up to its early...
The late psychologist gave the world an extraordinary gift: admitting his mistakes. I first met Daniel Kahneman about 25 years ago. I’d applied to...
New obesity drugs are remarkable. But few people realize how useful the old ones can be. “In my lifetime, I never dreamed that we would be talking...
Cases are creeping up in America, and not because of politics. Measles seems poised to make a comeback in America. Two adults and two children...
How far can the state go before a serious outbreak hits? The state of Florida is trying out a new approach to measles control: No one will be forced...
People over 65 make up a sizable portion of Americans on GLP-1 drugs. That might be trouble. Imagine an older man goes in to see his doctor. He’s 72...
Many of the people most at risk of dying aren’t getting COVID shots. For years now, health experts have been warning that COVID-era politics and the...
Forty years ago, scientists did the impossible. Why doesn’t anyone remember? A week before Christmas in 1983, two chemists at Yale University made a...