James Hamblin

James Hamblin, MD, is The Atlantic's Health editor.

The Most Stressful Places to Live

The Most Stressful Places to Live

41 percent of U.S. adults "feel stressed a lot of the day." Stats in some states are much worse than others. More »

How Deadly Is a Spoonful of Cinnamon?

How Deadly Is a Spoonful of Cinnamon?

Major medical journal takes on the eat-cinnamon-feel-terrible meme very late in the game; awareness and mystique of proscribed act heightened More »

Shiny Spots on a Brutal Week

Shiny Spots on a Brutal Week

Today the Boy Scouts of America "called to end" its ban on gay members. More »

Track of the Day: Florence and the Machine's New 'Great Gatsby' Song

Track of the Day: Florence and the Machine's New 'Great Gatsby' Song

Hear the soundtrack cut "Over the Love." More »

What's Tylenol Doing to Our Minds?

What's Tylenol Doing to Our Minds?

The same pathways that help with physical pain seem to moderate existential distress. More »

A Desk Built for Sleep

A Desk Built for Sleep

Many titans of industry spend much of their lives asleep under their desks. More »

Study: Beer's Taste Alone Gets People a Little High

Study: Beer's Taste Alone Gets People a Little High

Our bodies anticipate the effects of beer, releasing euphoric signals even before alcohol gets into our blood. Hence, "It's so good, once it hits your lips, it's so good." More »

Meningitis Not 'a Gay Disease'

Meningitis Not 'a Gay Disease'

After the death of a homosexual man in West Hollywood this weekend, a city councilman conjured and addressed potential homophobic misunderstanding. Bacterial meningitis is an equal-opportunity pestilence. More »

Study: 1 in 3 People Is Distracted by Their Phone While Crossing Busy Streets

Study: 1 in 3 People Is Distracted by Their Phone While Crossing Busy Streets

Is it okay to hit them (lightly)? More »

Look How Quickly the U.S. Got Fat (1985-2010 Animated Map)

Look How Quickly the U.S. Got Fat (1985-2010 Animated Map)

25 brief, delicious years More »

Get the Perfect Penis

Get the Perfect Penis

Just in: Science says women prefer large penises. Penises larger than the 95th penile percentile. But women care much more about other things, and this discussion is fraught. More »

Topless Beer Can Revolution

Topless Beer Can Revolution

The "360 Lid" that swept last week's Craft Brewer's Conference More »

Morning-After Pills for All

Morning-After Pills for All

A federal judge ruled this morning that emergency contraception should be available without prescription to women of all ages, calling years of delays in making it so "intolerable." More »

24,000 U.S. Women Become Infertile Every Year From Undiagnosed STIs

24,000 U.S. Women Become Infertile Every Year From Undiagnosed STIs

CDC scares us but makes important point More »

Track of the Day: 'When Winter's Over'

Track of the Day: 'When Winter's Over'

Listen up ... More »

What Is Obamacare?

What Is Obamacare?

Just basics that everyone should know, though many don't More »

Track of the Day: 'Cut It Out'

Track of the Day: 'Cut It Out'

Listen up... More »

For Nervous Prostration in North Korea, Leeks

For Nervous Prostration in North Korea, Leeks

At a critical juncture for international diplomacy, Pyongyang has just confirmed the powers of a vegetable unique in taste and odor. More »

Peep-Infused Vodka, and Other Things to Do With 2 Billion Gelatinous Birds

Peep-Infused Vodka, and Other Things to Do With 2 Billion Gelatinous Birds

"Use everything about the [Peep]." More »

Smokers Still Potentially Employable

Smokers Still Potentially Employable

Companies in 21 U.S. states can and do categorically refuse to hire people who smoke tobacco. Leading bioethicists today agreed with a majority of Americans that this is unethical. More »

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Picking up the Pieces After the Tornado in Moore, Oklahoma

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