Health

Watch: The Ideal Workweek, According to Science

Many of history's greatest minds worked less than four hours per day–and so should the rest of us.
How We Get To Next
Apr 12, 2019 33 sec read

The Roots of an Epidemic

From apartheid labor policies to everyday sexism, socio-political issues influence the spread of TB disease and the effectiveness of health responses....
Paula Akugizibwe
Apr 11, 2019 38 sec read

How Gender Affects the Global Tuberculosis Epidemic

From risk factors to treatment, an illustrated exploration of how the patriarchy shapes TB, the world's leading cause of death from...
Paula Akugizibwe
Apr 11, 2019 52 sec read

The Gendered Realities of the Tuberculosis Epidemic

Policies that address the intersections between gender and health are often limited to mitigating the symptoms of sexism, rather than tackling...
Paula Akugizibwe
Apr 2, 2019 11 min read

Medication for Intentional Forgetting

Ethical controversy surrounds therapeutic forgetting. But the very factors that make memory extinction a laboratory possibility create formidable challenges in doing...
Lola Pellegrino
Feb 12, 2019 6 min read

Dismantling the Myths of PMS

New research challenges the extent to which hormones govern perceptions, emotions, and behaviors during the menstrual cycle.
Sian Williams Page
Feb 8, 2019 3 min read

Our Inkblots, Ourselves

Diagnostic picture-based tests are alluringly disruptive: a low cost tool that requires no imaging equipment or blood work and that offers...
Lola Pellegrino
Jan 15, 2019 4 min read

When a Doctor Prescribes You Whiskey

It's obvious that drugs and alcohol can be therapeutic–people use them to make themselves feel better–but less obvious is how they...
Lola Pellegrino
Dec 4, 2018 4 min read

How the Worst Blood-Pressure Medication Became the Best Testosterone Blocker

Pharmaceutical companies typically apply for FDA approval of a medication for a specific indication. But though FDA approval means the drug...
Lola Pellegrino
Nov 6, 2018 4 min read

Beats: Health

Access to health care is as much a matter of public policy as it is the size of a person's pocketbook;...
How We Get To Next
Nov 6, 2018 39 sec read
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