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What Accountable Health Care Means
We can be our best only if we bear at least some of the costs of the choices we make.
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When the Best Hospitals Are the Worst
If you had $13 billion to train doctors, how would you spend it?
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Breathalyzers of the Future Today
A quantified intoxicated self in the era of the social Web
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The LGBT Health Movement, 40 Years Since Homosexuality Was a Mental Illness
Beyond HIV, the major public health issues -- including higher rates of alcoholism, cancer, depression, smoking, suicide, and violence -- still stem from inequality.
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Have You Ever Tried to Sell a New Drug?
When there's no evidence a drug is better, "You have to question: Why are doctors prescribing this?"
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The Supreme Court's Critical Call on Prostitution and HIV
In ruling that government-funded treatment centers can serve sex workers, the Court is protecting both First Amendment rights and public health.
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Is Obesity Really a Disease?
The relationship between health and body weight is not as straightforward as the American Medical Association might have us believe.
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Study: After 9/11, More Than a Million People Started Smoking Again
How national trauma impacts public health
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How to Address the Masturbating Child
A cautionary tale of parental neuroses
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The Electronic Future of Cigarettes
Aiming for a tobacco-free society is myopic. Embrace the safer alternative.
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The Incarceration Epidemic
About one-fourth of all incarcerated people on Earth is in the U.S. That constitutes a public health problem.
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Study: 'Distracted Walking' Causes More Injuries Than Distracted Driving
Even when they're not texting, just talking on the phone puts pedestrians at risk.
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Sleep Deprivation in Hospitals Is a Real Problem
Simple changes can make recovery more restful, and better overall.
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Staying Alive in the Rural South
The disquieting silence around the HIV epidemic
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There Will Always Be More Drugs
Even if we could get a handle on conventional drugs, there would be new ones.
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Cutting Food Stamps Will Cost Everyone
The House opens debate Tuesday on a farm bill that would include unprecedented cuts to food assistance. With less money for quality food, though, comes more obesity, more sickness, and more overall cost.
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This Is What 'Instagram for Doctors' Looks Like
No more waiting around to publish an interesting finding in a medical journal
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A Better Way to Die
Bringing together medicine and spirituality for end-of-life care
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Brian P McGinnis / Shutterstock A Racial History of Drowning
So that eventually every kid learns to swim
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Study: 95% of People Don't Wash Their Hands 'Correctly'
You're supposed to spend long enough to sing "Happy Birthday" twice.
