James Hamblin

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

Raising Babies Who Never Use Diapers

Raising Babies Who Never Use Diapers

How green does your child grow? More »

Why 44% of Parents Don't Get Their Kid a Vaccine That Can Prevent Cancer

Why 44% of Parents Don't Get Their Kid a Vaccine That Can Prevent Cancer

If DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince taught us anything (that might apply to people complicit in the deaths of their children from cervical cancer), it's that sometimes "parents just don't understand." More »

Humans Can Keep Livers Alive and Making Bile for 24 Hours Outside of a Body

Humans Can Keep Livers Alive and Making Bile for 24 Hours Outside of a Body

Liver, liver on the wall ... More »

When Looking 'Insane' Got You Committed

When Looking 'Insane' Got You Committed

The archaic medical practice of recognizing mental illness and "idiocy" based on appearance More »

When We Die, and Doctors 'Did Everything They Could,' Should Our Families Watch?

When We Die, and Doctors 'Did Everything They Could,' Should Our Families Watch?

Emergency resuscitation is often grisly. But people who watched it done to their family members reported less anxiety and depression after the event -- regardless of whether the person lived or died. More »

Men Who Idealize Large Breasts Are More Likely Hostile Toward Women

Men Who Idealize Large Breasts Are More Likely Hostile Toward Women

A notion that physical preferences can be a manifestation of sexism More »

How Much Water Do People Drink?

How Much Water Do People Drink?

The average person is drinking 38% more water than 15 years ago. We're soda-banning ourselves. More »

The Bike Helmet Paradox

The Bike Helmet Paradox

Plastic shells keep our heads from coming open, but they also deter us from riding bicycles. And riding bicycles is good for people and Earth. More »

If Symptoms Persist, Text Your Doctor

If Symptoms Persist, Text Your Doctor

90% of Americans have never emailed or texted with their doctor. Shouldn't they? More »

HIV+ Baby Cured

HIV+ Baby Cured

A day for medical history More »

Weekend Aphrodisiac: Bear

Weekend Aphrodisiac: Bear

"Bear meat turns people into spinning wheels of lust." More »

Feet on the Autism Spectrum

Feet on the Autism Spectrum

An observation in body language and social norms More »

At Least 7 Glasses of Wine Each Week

At Least 7 Glasses of Wine Each Week

Pivotal research in the New England Journal of Medicine today confirmed well-worn notions that the Mediterranean diet significantly reduced rates of heart attacks and strokes. More »

How 'Missed Connections' Happen in Our Own Homes

How 'Missed Connections' Happen in Our Own Homes

Craigslist, help! More »

A Mapped History of Taking a Train Across the United States

A Mapped History of Taking a Train Across the United States

The first steam engine railway travel took place 209 years ago today. Here, the story of how the Civil War impeded, and then accelerated, the progress of America's trains. More »

Issue March 2013

You Can Be Too Beautiful

Robots Taking Record Number of Human Uteri

Robots Taking Record Number of Human Uteri

Robot-assisted hysterectomy became 20 times more common between 2007 and 2010. More »

Should You Buy a Facebook Girlfriend?

Should You Buy a Facebook Girlfriend?

$750 for 3 months More »

The Tea That Might Have Been

The Tea That Might Have Been

It's not too late to invent something. More »

A Brief History of Coffee Enemas

A Brief History of Coffee Enemas

Not recommended More »

The Biggest Story in Photos

Photos of Tornado Damage in Moore, Oklahoma

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