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Saturday Night Live’s Kenan Thompson’s Health Wake-Up Call

As a physician, I spend much of my day helping people navigate serious illnesses. But even outside of cancer, some conditions can quietly — but...

Guns Kill Kids But Policies Push the Mental Health Crisis in the US

Hospitals are buckling under the weight of an inordinate number of kids needing mental health admissions, and healthcare desperately needs help as much as the kids do.

Flawed Research, Clever Marketing, and the Failure of a Depression Theory

Research based on cherry-picking statistics and small studies suited the needs of the pharmaceutical industry, but it may have been all wrong.

Medicine and Hope Are Allies in Care

For centuries, scientists have pursued treatments and cures for pressing and frightening illnesses. Throughout that time, we have called upon shamans and mystics, spiritual...