James Hamblin
The Big-Data Quest to Treat Every Disease
Inside Obama's new initiative to personalize health care
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Tom Maniatis / Columbia Zuckerman Institute A New Understanding of Inflammation in the Spine
Research on the mysterious ways that ALS destroys the nervous system highlights the role of the immune system in doing both good and harm.
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NOAA / AP It Is a Time to Talk About Climate Change
A note on the false dichotomy between prevention and treatment
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Marc Gutierrez / Getty How to Turn Tap Water Into Bottled Water
A technique to prevent dehydration during a natural disaster, or at other times
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Hannibal Hanschke / Reutuers New Nutrition Study Changes Nothing
Why the science of healthy eating appears confusing—but isn’t
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Lucas Jackson / Reuters The Looming Consequences of Breathing Mold
Flooding means health issues that unfold for years.
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Fuentes Tatiana / Getty Vitamin B6 and B12 Supplements Appear to Cause Cancer in Men
A newly discovered risk associated with common energy and metabolism pills
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(Jupiterimages / Getty) What Are Sound Weapons?
Attacks on Americans in Cuba are calling attention to how inaudible sound waves can alter moods and perceptions.
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Eric Gay / AP ESPN's Robert Lee Blunder—and the Backlash It Provoked
A sports commentator was reassigned from a football game at the University of Virginia based on his name—provoking howls of outrage.
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Andrew Harnik / AP The President Who Looked at the Sun
Despite warnings, Trump gazed directly at the eclipse.
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Vivian Rosas / Katie Martin / The Atlantic Smoking Versus Edibles
What is the lowest-risk route of cannabis administration? (Please don’t come at me with a vape pen.)
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Yannis Behrakis / Reuters The Eclipse Conspiracy
Something doesn’t add up.
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Alex Brandon / AP A Pharmaceutical CEO Breaks With Trump
Merck CEO Kenneth Frazier resigned this morning, citing “a responsibility to take a stand against intolerance and extremism.” The president quickly attacked him.
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AFP / Getty Cats Are Not Medicine
Pets don’t actually make people healthier, according to a new analysis. Ability to own a pet does.
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Andrew Harnik / AP A Burdensome Regulation Screening Truck Drivers for a Sleep Disorder
The Trump administration has withdrawn a proposed requirement to screen drivers for a condition that causes them to spontaneously fall asleep.
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Mario Tama / Getty If Everyone Ate Beans Instead of Beef
With one dietary change, the U.S. could almost meet greenhouse-gas emission goals.
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Vivian Rosas / Katie Martin / The Atlantic How Scared Should I Be of Macaroni and Cheese?
A calm assessment of risk
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Sandy Huffaker / Getty The Cost of Banning Transgender Service Members
Exclusion leaves the military weaker and the country more divided.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters He's a Fighter
John McCain is being urged to persevere based on strength of character, a quintessentially American approach to thinking about health.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters How John McCain’s Brain Became 'Fake News'
A polarizing debate about a reversible cause of dementia
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Vivian Rosas / Katie Martin / The Atlantic If My Friend Smokes Sometimes, Should the Cigarettes Have Filters?
An honest question
