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Medical Examiner
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What’s the Matter With Portland?
The city has been fighting fluoridation for 50 years. Will facts trump fear this month?
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The DSM-5 Is Not Crazy
Psychiatry’s new diagnoses of picking, bingeing, and tantrums sound silly, but they’re useful for me and my patients.
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Does Your Insect Repellent Repel Insects?
“EPA-approved” does not necessarily mean your bug juice works.
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Dodgeball Should Not Be Part of Any Curriculum, Ever
Making kids play team sports in PE is neither healthy nor educational.
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The Autistic Brain
The origins of the diagnosis of autism—and the parental guilt-tripping that went along with it.
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“Run, Don't Walk.” “Don't Run, Walk."
Flip-flopping advice on exercise may not be as contradictory as it seems.
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Life in a Real Nuclear Wasteland
Strange illnesses in one of the most contaminated towns in the world challenge what we think we know about the dangers of radioactivity.
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A Kidney for a Kidney
Let prisoners donate organs. It could be done ethically and serve justice.
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Abnormal Is the New Normal
Why will half of the U.S. population have a diagnosable mental disorder?
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The WHO vs. the Tea Doctor
For once, an herbal remedy actually works. Why are malaria experts against it?
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The Week I Had HIV
Misdiagnoses are a rare but intractable problem. Here’s what happened to me.
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Is Living in a Nuclear Evacuation Zone Good for You?
Fukushima’s legacy may be mental health problems, not cancer.
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Worst Magazine Cover of the Year?
Time’s coverline is wrong, grandiose, and cruel.
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Good News on AIDS in Africa
Deaths are down, and the heroes of the story aren’t who you think.
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Cancer Cluster or Chance?
The link between environmental contaminants and cancer is surprisingly weak, if not imaginary.
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Where Should Special Needs Kids Be Special?
Tricky questions about how to share public spaces.
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We’re Kinky, Not Crazy
Including “paraphilic disorders” in the DSM V is redundant, unscientific, and stigmatizing.
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Where Is the Worst Air in the World?
Beijing gets a lot of attention for its pollution, but it’s nowhere near the top of the list.
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Why Do So Many People Think They Need Gluten-Free Foods?
Some conditions are overdiagnosed, but some are underdiagnosed.
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What’s the Matter With Vermont?
Anti-vaccine activists derailed a bill that could have blunted the whooping cough epidemic.
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Can Leprosy Finally Be Eradicated?
A new test and vaccine could stop a disease that has cursed humanity for millennia.
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The Five Stages of Grief Should Be Changed
My bereaved clients aren’t bargaining; they’re anxious.
