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‘Stay Far, Far Away’ and Other Things Gleaned From Yelp Health Reviews

In a new partnership with Yelp, ProPublica has been given unprecedented access to the rating site’s 1.3 million reviews of health-care providers. One dental chain attracted 3,000 reviews, the vast majority bad.

Charles Ornstein

Social Justice

Why Do Some Doctors Reject Evolution?

Presidential hopeful Ben Carson isn't the only practitioner who's got some doubts.

Francie Diep

Social Justice

Death and Dying, Lost in Translation

Language barriers top the list of challenges doctors face with end-of-life conversations with patients from different ethnic backgrounds.

Nathan Collins

Social Justice

Tackling the Hidden Crisis in Men’s Health Care

A new focus on reproductive health services for adolescents and young men might be what it takes to get them to see a primary care physician more regularly—not to mention the other obvious benefits.

David L. Bell

Social Justice

The Fantastical Flaws of Arizona’s New ‘Reverse’ Abortion Law

A new law that forces doctors to give their patients misinformation about an untested procedure is just the latest example of how anti-choice restrictions undermine evidence-based medical care. It’s long past time to stop taking abortion opponents’ hypocritical claims of concern for “patient safety” seriously.

Maya Dusenbery