Browsing: HEALTH

The conversation has changed in a way that would have seemed improbable ten years ago when you walk into the…

When you walk into the health section of any bookstore, the shelves still have a strong emphasis on control: timing…

Imagine a researcher waiting for a mosquito that doesn’t want to bite her at night while perched in a tree…

Imagine an 1864 Confederate POW camp. Because of the extreme overcrowding, each prisoner took up about the same amount of…

A doctor is scrolling through a patient’s chart in a busy Mumbai clinic, and the waiting area is humming with…

The lab itself appears almost unremarkable, with rows of pipettes, softly humming fluorescent screens, and researchers bending over samples that…

Someone stands in a quiet kitchen late at night, unsure of why they’re hungry again, while the refrigerator light spills…

Tiny dramas take place every minute in the humid shade of a tropical rainforest, where the ground smells of rotting…

The routine in a metabolic clinic rarely appears dramatic on a normal morning. Blood pressure is measured by a nurse.…

Physicians started observing an oddity in their clinics a few years ago. Patients taking medications like Ozempic for weight loss…