health

New research suggests it can create a negative self-image, which may result in a downward spiral.

• By Tom Jacobs

Hepatitis C kills more Americans every year than measles or AIDS. Many states' laws aren't helping to mitigate the disease, a new analysis finds.

• By Francie Diep

Living with a brain tumor can often mean feeling reduced to your clinical records.

• By Adam Bessie & Josh Neufeld

The reality of a life with diabetes is much more than a matter of malfunctioning bodily organs.

• By Daniel Solomon

But it is something.

• By Ross Ufberg

When it comes to the obesity epidemic, athletes are part of the problem.

• By Sam Riches

New research suggests even small amounts of air pollution can make you sick.

• By Brian Palmer

Garbage has become an unlikely battleground in the abortion debate, as anti-abortion groups seek evidence of privacy violations in clinics’ trash. “Is it a little bit on the sketchy side?” one activist said of such tactics. “Yeah, maybe.”

• By Charles Ornstein

How an unexpected stay on a living room couch served as a reminder of the kindness in people.

• By Max Ufberg

They're the most effective method—perhaps because they're the most empowering.

• By Nora Caplan-Bricker

An early look at a Pacific Standard story that's currently only available to subscribers.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

The elderly are still the most vulnerable to severe weather events.

• By Michael A. Smyer

After a reality television show filmed the death of a man without getting his family’s approval, New York City hospitals have decided to put an end to filming patients without consent.

• By Annie Waldman

A slew of new dinner kits promise gourmet meals with a fraction of the effort. But at what cost?

• By Kiera Butler

New research finds a link between fitting in with your peers as a teen and better health in your 20s.

• By Tom Jacobs

I realized many provisions in Obamacare are made to benefit me and those like me.

• By Francie Diep

After insurers helped to torpedo Hillary Clinton’s 1993 health care reform, its lobby sought influence among Democrats through a new kind of Washington firm with ties to the Clintons.

• By Alec MacGillis

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.

• By Charles Ornstein

After an investigation, Canada’s top health agency considers whether to lower the maximum recommended daily dose of the active ingredient in Tylenol and other painkillers.

• By T. Christian Miller & Jeff Gerth

Republicans aren't signing up for Obamacare, even if it would help them.

• By Seth Masket

Using gene testing to find the right drug for the right person at the right time is medicine's cutting edge. Addiction researchers are identifying promising genetic targets for treatments for alcohol, nicotine, and other drugs.

• By Jeanene Swanson

New data on drug and device company payments to doctors largely excludes nurse practitioners and physician assistants, though they play an ever-larger role in health care. One advanced-practice nurse pleaded guilty last month to taking drug company kickbacks.

• By Charles Ornstein

Not much, according to a new study.

• By James McWilliams

Medicare has increased oversight of its prescription drug program but many holes remain, allowing fraud and abuse to proliferate. Questionable practices were found at 1,400 pharmacies, which collectively billed Medicare $2.3 billion in 2014.

• By Charles Ornstein