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No, really: Penises are not shrinking
Debby Herbenick
Rush Limbaugh is wrong about that. But here's the long (and short) of what science really does tell us about size
Banded, stapled, saved
Kevin Charles Redman
New research shows that weight-loss surgery can substantially reduce the risk of Type 2 diabetes. Is it worth it?
California’s rampant farm-labor abuse
Tracie McMillan
A new case exposes a thorny legal question: Who's responsible for sub-contracted labor exploitation?
An epidemic of absence
Moises Velasquez-Manoff
At 11 the author discovered a bald spot. Then another one. What was going on?
Anti-obesity: The new homophobia?
Paul Campos
Telling fat people they ought to be thin is about as helpful as telling gay people they should be straight
A world of “hillbilly heroin”
Chris Hedges
In West Virginia, a coal mining town has been consumed by OxyContin. A new book explores the devastation
Our outsourced lives
Alyssa Figueroa, Don Hazen
Pay someone to name your child? It can happen, says Arlie Hochschild, author of "The Outsourced Self"
Healthcare in Appalachia: Dying for a ride
Frank Browning
No matter what changes we make to healthcare, in rural America, simply getting to the doctor is a big problem
Diabetes in Appalachia: “Just give me a pill”
Frank Browning
In Appalachia, fighting diabetes means battling a culture where even vegetables tend to be covered in bacon fat
Agent Orange cleanup begins
Mike Ives
The U.S. has begun a landmark cleanup of Agent Orange in Vietnam
Science fiction’s 2012
Sara Robinson
Twenty-five years ago, a group of scientists and writers offered their visions of today's world. Were they close?
Politicizing black hair
Syreeta
Does the media's fascination with Gabby Douglas' hair mean we've finally accepted the way black women look?
Old folks: The next addicts?
Jennifer Matesa
A fast-growing number of baby boomers and retirees are falling victim to America's next wave of addiction
Deportation laws destroy lives
Daniel Kanstroom
American deportation laws are tearing families apart
Drinking ourselves to death
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Late-night comedians might mock Michael Bloomberg's proposed ban on super-sized drinks, but it makes a lot of sense
Local food isn’t bad
Jill Richardson
A critique proves that models used in neoliberal economics do not accurately apply to food and agriculture
Without Obamacare, I’m screwed
Alyssa Figueroa
Millions of young Americans like me may be able to get health insurance if the Affordable Care Act survives
FDA approves diet pill
Matthew Perrone
Drug is first weight loss pill to gain FDA approval in a decade
Possible outcomes in pending health care law case
Mark Sherman
More than 50 million people might benefit or premiums might jump, depending on the Supreme Court's decision
Sex, facing death
Anthony Swofford
My brother -- athlete and veteran -- was dying. I wanted to make his deathbed wish come true, in my own way
Asleep at the Roger Clemens trial
Chris Feliciano Arnold
It's autographs, all-stars, courtly manners and a battle to stay awake as the baseball icon fights for his freedom
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