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When needs arise, these older women have one another’s backs
Judith Graham
The Caring Collaborative brings older women together when short-term illness or disability strikes
New research into hunter-gatherers has surprising implications for diet and exercise choices
Nicole Karlis
A new study of modern hunter-gatherers finds diet choices may not matter as much as we think
The science of serendipity
James Geary
Serendipity is credited with some of our most important discoveries, from penicillin to super glue. But what is it?
Revisiting Adam Lanza and autism, six years after Sandy Hook
Matthew Rozsa
Autism activists saw some backlash after the Sandy Hook shooting, but the public's attitude is shifting
Should plant-based proteins be called “meat”?
Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner
The word “meat” is becoming the center of a linguistic legal battle
After Texas Obamacare decision, real health care reform is more urgent than ever
Ed Dolan
With the Affordable Care Act in jeopardy, now is the time to finally get health care right in America
New vaccine may protect people with celiac disease from gluten exposure
Bob Curley
Researchers hope someday the vaccine will allow people with celiac disease to have gluten in their diets
Here’s why a professor recommended six measly French fries as an ideal portion size
Nicole Karlis
After backlash from fry lovers, Dr. Eric Rimm is not backing down on his recommendation
You snooze, you lose: Insurers make the old adage literally true
Marshall Allen
Millions of sleep apnea patients rely on CPAP breathing machines to get a good night’s rest
This is how the light from your phone breaks your internal clock
Jackie Grimm
It’s not just sleep: circadian rhythms influence your metabolism, circulation and psychology, too
STUDY: Fish oil, vitamin D supplements no guard against cancer or heart trouble
Liz Szabo
New study finds that patients’ vitamin D levels made no difference in their risk of cancer or serious heart issues
Futuristic organ-on-a-chip technology now seems more realistic than ever
Max Levy
Researchers have pioneered what may be the most accurate simulation of kidney function to-date
Why is the cost of insulin rising and what can people do about it?
Ginger Vieira
Many medications have drastically increased in price in recent years
Youth living in settlements at US border suffer poverty and lack of health care
Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, Marco Thimm-Kaiser
On the U.S.-Mexico border lie communities called "colonias" — and they're some of the poorest in the nation
Suppose Democrats win on “Medicare for All”: What happens then, and will it work?
Ed Dolan
Bernie Sanders' promise of health care for all has turned into a core Democratic issue. Here's how it might work
Is lab-grown meat the solution to meat’s ills?
James R. Howe VI
Cultured meat is the next step in a long history of alternatives to conventional meat
Blood, sweat and workplace wellness: Where to draw the line on incentives
Julie Appleby
Two recent court rulings have cast uncertainty over incentives in workplace wellness programs
Bill Cosby, once known as “America’s Dad,” is sentenced to three to 10 years in prison
Joseph Neese
The actor and comedian has also been ruled a "sexually violent predator" by Judge Steven O'Neill in Pennsylvania
Thousands of Chicago workers are out on the first citywide hotel strike in over a century
Jeff Schuhrke
Thousands of unionized hotel workers across downtown Chicago are on strike to win a new contract
After a century, insulin is still expensive — could DIYers change that?
Jenna E. Gallegos, Jean Peccoud
Miniature biomanufacturing kits could revolutionize the pharmaceutical industry
Suicide by opioid: New research suggests overdoses should be classified as self-harm
Rachel Bluth
Opioid-related drug overdoses deaths are often deemed as “accidental injury deaths” unless a suicide note is found
Cracking the sugar code: Why the “glycome” is the next big thing in health and medicine
Emanual Maverakis, Carlito Lebrilla, Jenny Wang
Have you heard about the glycome – the collection of sugars – that may hold the key to diagnosing disease?
White spaces, white privilege and white fear: Negrophobia still contaminates America
Chauncey DeVega
A white doctor shouts, "They're treating me like a f***ing black person," and an open secret is revealed
I’m not running scared: On Mollie Tibbetts and rejecting the fear of jogging alone
Mary Elizabeth Williams
The runner in me faces the death of Molllie Tibbets with a defiant insistence that I won't let fear stop me
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