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When two of medicine’s most outspoken reformers publish a roadmap for the FDA, you expect at least coherence. Instead, we get ...

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RFK Jr. has unveiled a new demand for medical schools–that they offer more nutritional training than they currently do. As we ...

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In the war against ultra-processed foods, homemade meals have long enjoyed the moral and nutritional high ground. But a new ...

Every time nuclear energy appears promising, a meltdown, political backlash, or cost overrun pushes it back into the shadows.

When cholera ravaged Hamburg in 1892, politics — not science — drove the response. Over a century later, as we confront ...

Medicare Advantage may lure seniors with slick perks and shiny star ratings, but many soon find themselves tangled in red ...

I married a tall woman out of love, partly from genetic ambition. I figured we’d gift our kids a vertical advantage. It turns ...