The Scientific Paper a Sugar Industry Group Commissioned for $50,000
What’s a favorable scientific finding worth? Almost $50,000, apparently. That’s how much the Sugar Research Foundation, an industry-organized…
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When It Comes to Fighting Obesity, It Takes a Village
Typically, when we analyze something like obesity, we tend to downplay the communitarian element. Americans value the individualist…
Malawi’s Secret Weapon Against HIV: Male Circumcision
The small African country has significantly lowered its rates of HIV/AIDS — in no small part through circumcising men and…
Fighting Back Against Parkinson’s
Individuals struggling with the mysterious, debilitating disease are finding relief in an unlikely place: the boxing gym, where…
Texas Is One of the Most Dangerous Places in the Developed World to Have a Baby
Two new reports show maternal deaths and severe complications rose as the state slashed funding for family planning,…
How Thousands of Doctors With Revoked Licenses Are Still Getting Paid
Physicians whose state boards have sanctioned them for harming patients, unnecessarily prescribing addictive drugs, bilking federal insurance programs,…
How Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Affects Your Metabolism
A new study links the disease to depressed levels of metabolites, the waste products of ordinary cell function.…
The Upside of Alcohol
New research links moderate drinking with good health among young American adults, with a stronger effect for women.…
The Genetics of Type 2 Diabetes Is a Mess
A recent study shows why genetic advances in medicine are so challenging. By Michael White (Photo: samazgor/Flickr) The…
It Looks Like Berkeley’s Soda Tax Is Working
Berkeley, California, may have just made a dent in the nation’s ongoing debate over whether to tax soft…