Kent Sepkowitz 
Kent Sepkowitz 

Kent Sepkowitz is a physician in New York City who writes about medicine.

Medical Examiner
Oct. 8 2013 11:47 PMDeadly DisbeliefThe myth that HIV does not cause AIDS seems to have claimed another victim.Kent Sepkowitz 
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March 28 2012 6:00 AMThe End of IllnessA new book on proteomics, and how getting a dog can improve your health.Kent Sepkowitz 
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Aug. 3 2011 10:04 AMThe Doctor and the PomegranateAntioxidants don't work, but no one wants to hear it. Kent Sepkowitz 
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June 6 2011 4:47 PMWe Eat Crap. It Makes Us Sick.Our inability to talk about it is driving the hysteria around Europe's E. coli outbreak.Kent Sepkowitz 
Doublex Health
May 20 2010 12:47 PMField of GenesThe wrongheaded approach to science in a New York Times writer's new book about marriage.Kent Sepkowitz 
Medical Examiner
July 7 2009 11:13 AMPaging Dr. FeelgoodThe joys and perils of giving celebrities what they want.Kent Sepkowitz 
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Feb. 12 2009 6:53 AMGrowth IndustryMale-enhancement products that won't spice up your Valentine's Day.Kent Sepkowitz 
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Sept. 30 2008 6:35 AMStill in the Lyme LightPoliticians and Hollywood enter the debate over "chronic Lyme disease."Kent Sepkowitz 
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June 27 2008 12:57 PMDr. R2-D2The invasion of the surgeon robots.Kent Sepkowitz 
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Nov. 28 2007 3:28 PMOperation Fear The creepy claim about anesthesia awareness in the new movie Awake.Kent Sepkowitz 
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Sept. 10 2007 1:21 PMUnder the Influence?Drug companies, medical journals, and money.Kent Sepkowitz 
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March 1 2007 3:14 PMDead HeadsWhy doctors are bad at mortality.Kent Sepkowitz 
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June 13 2006 5:27 AMA Few Good DoctorsDon't look for them on a magazine top-10 list.Kent Sepkowitz 
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Oct. 13 2005 11:57 AMSmoke-Free and FatThe health hazards of kicking the habit.Kent Sepkowitz 
Technology
March 22 2013 10:59 AMDoes Your Water Need More Ions?The latest health fad is even more ridiculous than most health fads.Kent Sepkowitz 
Medical Examiner
March 1 2012 12:54 PMSuperbugs!“Untreatable gonorrhea” joins the ranks of infectious bogeymen.Kent Sepkowitz 
Doublex
June 15 2011 6:15 PMFinally, a Selfish Reason To Get Boys Vaccinated for HPVJust don't get distracted by all the oral sex talk.Kent Sepkowitz 
Medical Examiner
Sept. 9 2010 10:04 AMUnder PressureDon't listen to Tim Tebow: Hyperbaric oxygen chambers are mostly useless.Kent Sepkowitz 
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April 7 2010 10:06 AMThat's a WrapThe case for bringing condoms to adult films.Kent Sepkowitz 
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April 16 2009 6:58 AMAmerica's Clean TeamIf the Yankees' anti-microbial locker room is such a breakthrough, why aren't hospitals using it?Kent Sepkowitz 
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Nov. 28 2008 7:05 AMDoctor, Doctor, Give Me ReviewsDon't even bother with Web-based doc-rating systems.Kent Sepkowitz 
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Aug. 13 2008 12:36 PMAlternative UniverseThe homeopathic crowd meets academic medicine.Kent Sepkowitz 
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March 17 2008 2:36 PMFor Teeth and for CountryJohn Adams' misplaced celebration of America's dental achievements.Kent Sepkowitz 
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Oct. 9 2007 2:53 PMEat CrapWhy Americans should ingest more excrement.Kent Sepkowitz 
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June 8 2007 1:45 PMConventional Wisdom?The excesses of the medical conference craze.Kent Sepkowitz 
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Dec. 12 2006 12:02 PMDr. ShamelessWhy I take handouts from drug companies.Kent Sepkowitz 
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Feb. 13 2006 5:20 PMOn the Matter of SizeThe inexact science of penis measurement.Kent Sepkowitz 
  News & Politics
Politics
March 2 2015 6:26 PM Cleveland’s Worst In the Tamir Rice shooting and other travesties, why do good police officers stand behind their reckless colleagues? Jamelle Bouie
Jeb Bush Denounces the Obscure Federal Institution That Helped His Business 20 Years Ago
The Supreme Court’s Motivated Reasoning Could Destroy Obamacare
The Real Reason Netanyahu Is Willing to Risk Israel’s Relationship with the U.S.    
One of the Most Important, Least Understood Cases of the Supreme Court’s Term
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara Talks Too Much
The Anti-Death Penalty Crowd Has a Tough Sell at CPAC 
#MuckReads:  Air Marshals Behaving Badly and Other Investigative Reporting
  Business
Moneybox
March 2 2015 6:11 PM The Semi-Retirement Myth Don’t buy the tales of meaningful work into your 70s. Your retirement is inevitable—and bleaker than the last generation’s. Helaine Olen
Are You 30? Tinder Has Officially Decided You’re Old.
Overfunded Uber Will Sink Excess Money Into Print Magazine
If the Supreme Court Guts Obamacare, Republicans Might Just Keep It Alive
Ford's Latest Experiment Is a Smartbike That Connects to iPhones
Snapchat’s Ambitious Plan to Become More Powerful Than TV
Venmo Issues Apology for Security Shortcomings
Looks Like Uber Got Hacked
  Life
Outward
March 2 2015 5:39 PM Russell Tovey Flexes His Way Into Femmephobia J. Bryan Lowder
An Anti-Gay Alabama Justice Wants to End Civil Marriage. Bring It!
Built-In Furniture That Functions as Architecture Rather Than Décor
Help! My Dying Stepmother Is Comparing Her Death to My Mom’s.
Yes, White Guys Can Go to Black Barbershops
This Chairman Mao Has a Big, Hard Head
How to Make Foamed Milk Easily at Home
What Are Cultural Faux Pas When Working at Star Trek’s Starfleet?
  Double X
The XX Factor
March 2 2015 5:52 PM CPS Finds "Free-Range" Parents Responsible for Unsubstantiated Child Neglect. Now What? Hanna Rosin
How Barbara Mikulski Transformed the Senate 
Why Do Poor Women Have More Abortions?
What’s Wrong With the New Documentary About Rape on College Campuses
Todd Akin Is Thinking About Running for Senate. Legitimately.
This Drug for Binge-Eating Disorder May Be Shady. That Doesn’t Mean the Disease Isn't Real.
Why Do Women Vote Republican?  
Women May Not Seek Help for Heart Attacks Because They Fear Being Seen as Hypochondriacs
  Slate Plus
Television
March 2 2015 1:10 AM The Walking Dead Podcast Listen to an early release of Slate's recap of Episode 12, "Remember." Mike Vuolo and Chris Wade
A Spoiler-Filled Podcast on Downton Abbey Episode 9
Josh Keating on His Favorite Reads From Slate This Week
Slate’s Copy Desk Awards Its Redline of the Month
Why Adults Shouldn’t Read YA (Audio)
  Arts
Brow Beat
March 2 2015 10:14 PM Bob Dylan Gets Stuck in a Noir Love Triangle in the  “Night We Called It a Day” Music Video Sharan Shetty
Is Kanye West’s New Song Based on This Obscure, 45-Year-Old Outtake From Paul McCartney?
Spock’s Struggle Was His Fans’ Struggle, Too
Watch the Short Film That Became the Oscar-Winning Whiplash
Watch Pussy Riot’s Very Pussy-Riot Cameo on House of Cards
Hairless Dogs Never Looked So Good 
Ten Years After Never Let Me Go, Ishiguro’s New Novel Is Another Beyond-Genre Masterpiece
  Technology
Future Tense
March 2 2015 7:13 PM Ikea Wants You to Wirelessly Charge Your Smartphone on Tables, Desks, and Lamps Lily Hay Newman
New Study Says Climate Change Helped Spark Syrian Civil War
ISIS Supporters Publicly Threaten Twitter Co-Founder Jack Dorsey
Feds Finally Admit Controversial Surveillance Device Can Disrupt Your Cell Service
Google Is Thinking About Ranking Search Results Based on Facts Instead of Links
Could the Supreme Court’s Fish Case Decision Free the Boston Bomber’s Friend?
We Need to Be Cautious About A.I. But That Does Not Mean You Should Fear It.
  Health & Science
Bad Astronomy
March 2 2015 4:40 PM Waterspout Scares Beachgoers in Brazil Phil Plait
Tell Us What Color You Thought the Dress Was: Poll
Look, I Can’t Force You to Understand Gravity. But I Can Accelerate the Process.
The Week in Political Buffoonery
Science Dorks Battle It Out on SciShow Quiz Show
Tickets to Space
How Do You Get Baby Llamas? It’s Ridiculously Complicated.
  Sports
Sports Nut
Feb. 26 2015 7:41 PM Game, Set, and (Fixed) Match Pro tennis has a match-fixing problem in its lower ranks. Ben Rothenberg
What’s the Hardest Shot in Bowling? It’s Not the 7-10 Split.
Has ASU Discovered the Holy Grail of Free-Throw Distraction?
How John Wall Became the Most Entertaining Player in the NBA
Dean Smith’s Political Approach to Being a Coach Is Missed Now More Than Ever
Why Handball’s World Championship in Qatar Should Worry World Cup Fans
Seattle Didn’t Throw Away the Super Bowl. The Patriots Won It.