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Social Justice

Saturated Fads: Butter Is Back Only Because Our Biases Remain

Was a critically flawed meta-analysis claiming no link between saturated fat and heart disease so quickly lauded by foodies and food writers everywhere because they’re desperate to promote an “eating like grandma” agenda?

James McWilliams

Social Justice

Does Expensive Parking Really Discourage City Driving?

A pioneer large-scale study suggests the common strategy to get people riding public transportation does, in fact, work.

Paul Bisceglio

Social Justice

So You’ve Become a Patient Safety Statistic—Now What?

Six recommended steps to take if you’ve suffered harm in a medical facility.

Marshall Allen

Social Justice

Medicare’s Drug Program Needs Stronger Protections Against Fraud

A new report finds that more than half of insurance companies in Medicare’s drug program haven’t reported fraud cases to the government. The findings echo an earlier investigation that found fraud flourishing in the program.

Charles Ornstein

Social Justice

Our Patient-Harm Problem: One Third in Nursing Facilities Harmed by Treatment

A study by Medicare’s inspector general of skilled nursing facilities says nearly 22,000 patients were injured and more than 1,500 died in a single month—a higher rate of medical errors than hospitals.

Marshall Allen

Environment

Do Your Grandmother’s Experiences Really Make It Into Your Genes?

Epigenetics is a hot field right now, and while many recent findings aren't nearly as revolutionary as its practitioners believe, we have seen some provocative study results that are hard to dismiss.

Michael White

Social Justice

Drilling for Certainty: What We Can Learn From the Latest in Fracking Health Studies

ProPublica surveys some recent research on potential health implications of hydro fracking.

Naveena Sadasivam

Social Justice

Homophobia Takes Years Off of Your Life

That’s the conclusion of a new study that compares death rates with Americans’ attitudes toward gay rights.

Tom Jacobs

Social Justice

If We’re Going to Go After Dirty Doctors, We Need a Definition for ‘Abusive’ Prescribing

As Medicare considers banning doctors who pose a “threat to the health or safety” of patients, it plans to consider an array of factors.

Tracy Weber and Charles Ornstein

Social Justice

Do You Have to Pee Standing Up to Be a Real Man?

This simple idea, encouraged by medical texts of the past that taught deviation from the norm would lead to confused sexuality and gender identity issues, has put a surprising number of babies under the knife.

Alice Dreger