All the Study Subjects Have Gone to Prison
Studies on health disparities are being confounded by yet another disparity: the disproportionate incarceration of black men.
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The Hidden Health Costs of the Great Recession
We are almost certainly sharply underestimating the bill that is coming due.
Boom & Bust: Will the Fitness Industry Ever Capture the Attention of Most Americans?
As part of our week-long series on booms and busts, Jamie Wiebe looks at the surprising popularity of P90X, CrossFit, and themed races. Never before in the history of the industry have so many things been designed to make your average Joe—or Jane—feel like being fit is within their grasp.
What Life Is Like When Having Your Period Means You Are Shunned by Society
Rose George reports from Nepal and Bangladesh on menstrual taboos.
The Secret Cost of a Surveillance Society
Fear of the criminal justice system can lead to negative health, financial, and educational outcomes.
Drowning in Backlog: Obamacare’s Medicaid Expansion May Be a Victim of Its Own Success
With open enrollment over for private health insurance claims, states are struggling to process hundreds of thousands of Medicaid applications.
A Better Way to Pick the Doctor That’s Right for You
For years, patients have had few ways to compare doctors beyond their reputations. With a huge Medicare data release, that may soon change.
Rocky Mountain High or Reefer Madness? The Risks of Legal Pot in Colorado
A reporter returns to his hometown and confronts the new reality of legalized marijuana.
The Female Condom Is the Next Big Thing in Safe Sex
Once derided as being like a plastic bag with the erotic appeal of a jellyfish, the female condom is undergoing a transformation.
Back to Mali: A Country Suffers From the Single Story of Danger
Where tourist sites meet travel warnings.