Olga Khazan
Being Black in America Can Be Hazardous to Your Health
In Baltimore and other segregated cities, the life-expectancy gap between African Americans and whites is as much as 20 years. One young woman’s struggle shows why.
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MA8 / Mukesh Kumar / Shutterstock / The ... America’s Health-Care System Is Making the Opioid Crisis Worse
Arcane rules and outdated beliefs about addiction are keeping many people from getting treatment.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters How Sheryl Sandberg Lost Her Feminist Street Cred
The latest news about Facebook is a wake-up call that “leaning in” doesn’t mean doing right.
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China Daily / Reuters Your Mother’s Romantic Past Affects Your Own Dating Adventures
A new study suggests that people whose mothers had several serious romantic partners tend to follow the same trajectory.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Did Obamacare Repeal Hurt the Republicans?
How the GOP repeal effort did—and did not—come back to bite those who championed it
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters The Problem With Being Perfect
A trait that’s often seen as good can actually be destructive. Here’s how to combat it.
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Nguyen Huy Kham / Reuters Just Months of American Life Change the Microbiome
Immigrants’ gut bacteria “westernize” soon after they move to the U.S., which might influence obesity in immigrants and Americans alike.
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Toby Melville / Reuters Why Women’s Shoes Are So Painful
One sufferer seeks relief for her bleeding feet.
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Andrew Kelly / Reuters It’s Too Soon to Celebrate the End of the Opioid Epidemic
Drug-overdose deaths have been down for six months, but it’s too early to know whether the good news will continue.
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Jacquelyn Martin / AP Why the Trump Administration’s New Gender Definition Worries Doctors
Discrimination against trans people is rife in the medical field, and it could get even worse if sex is defined as unchangeable.
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Ilya Naymushin / Reuters Fewer Sex Partners Means a Happier Marriage
People who have had sex with fewer people seem to be more satisfied after they tie the knot. Is there hope for promiscuous romantics?
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Jerry Lampen / Reuters Women in the U.S. Can Now Get Safe Abortions by Mail
The founder of a global abortion-pill provider that has never shipped to the U.S. has quietly started a new service for Americans.
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Gary Cameron / Reuters Inherited Trauma Shapes Your Health
A new study on Civil War prisoners adds to the evidence suggesting that our parents’—and even grandparents’—experiences might affect our DNA.
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Marcos Brindicci / Reuters When Abortion Is Illegal, Women Rarely Die. But They Still Suffer.
A look at what happens when abortion is forbidden, from countries where it still is
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Airdone / Shutterstock / The Atlantic Why Men Sexually Harass Women
Men vastly outnumber women among sexual harassers. The reason has more to do with culture than with intrinsic maleness.
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Bebeto Matthews / AP The $1 Tool That Might Curb the Overdose Epidemic
A new study shows that fentanyl test strips nudge drug users to take extra precautions.
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FBI / AP / James Marshall / Evening ... How Racism Gave Rise to Acupuncture for Addiction Treatment
Black Panthers and other activists brought the ancient Chinese practice into addiction medicine in New York in the 1970s. Despite a lack of firm evidence, it’s still popular in some communities.
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Vivek Prakash / Reuters How to Write a Book Without Losing Your Mind
Expert advice on ending procrastination and finishing that manuscript, dissertation, or other big project
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John Gress / Reuters Why Conservatives Find Life More Meaningful Than Liberals
It has nothing to do with Trump.
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Youtube / photka / FocusStocker / Shutterstock / ... After the Police Brutality Video Goes Viral
Three years after a pool-party video made McKinney, Texas, infamous, I returned to find suburbanites who feel threatened, a mayor and activists at odds, and socioeconomic divisions that persist.
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Chlophoto / Shutterstock The Frightening Link Between Beef Jerky and Bipolar Mania
In humans and rats, eating cured meats might induce manic episodes.
