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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BSIP / Getty Why So Many of Us Die of Heart Disease
Evolution doomed us to have vital organs fail. For years, experts failed us, too.
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Gustav Stening / Getty Uber, but for Getting to the Hospital
The ride-sharing company is launching a service that allows doctors to hail cars for their patients.
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Kevin Riddell / AP Trump's Call for Mental Institutions Could Be Good
Bringing back asylums isn't actually the worst idea.
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Bogdan Cristel / Reuters The Frustrating Inadequacy of Antidepressants
Why Prozac and its ilk so often fail, and why the future of psychiatry might be psychedelics
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TT News Agency The More Gender Equality, the Fewer Women in STEM
A new study explores a strange paradox: In countries that empower women, they are less likely to choose math and science professions.
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Broward County Sheriff / Reuters So You Think Someone Might Be Mentally Ill
In the wake of mass shootings, some blame a failure to spot the signs of mental illness. But myriad obstacles stand in the way of getting someone good mental-health treatment.
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Mike Hutchings / Reuters Big-City Life on Very Little Water
In Cape Town, people are restricted to just a fraction of the typical amount of water. From showering in buckets to special pee spray, here’s how they’re coping.
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Brian Snyder / Reuters The Surprising Ease of Buying Fentanyl Online
To get extremely potent opioids, users turn to the dark web—and sometimes, Google.
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Tim Wimborne / Reuters The Startling Link Between Sugar and Alzheimer's
A high-carb diet, and the attendant high blood sugar, are associated with cognitive decline.
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AJ Photo / BSIP / Getty When the Religious Doctor Refuses to Treat You
The Trump administration is making it easier for medical providers to object to procedures on religious grounds. Will patients suffer as a result?
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USA Today Sports / Reuters Better Than Willpower
A new book argues that reason and perseverance aren’t enough. Instead, three emotions are the secret to getting things done.
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Dado Ruvic / Reuters Just Eat More Fiber
Diets can be overwhelming, but one small change can do a lot.
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Why Women Prefer Male Bosses
The overbearing “queen bee” boss stereotype is a toxic feedback loop.
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Nir Elias / Reuters Is This the End of Legal Medical Marijuana, Too?
Jeff Sessions changed an Obama-era policy on cannabis, and it could affect medical use.
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Matej Leskovsek / Reuters I Went to a Silent Disco as an Old
My night dancing with wild abandon in a silent hotel lobby
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Shaun Best / Reuters Food Swamps Are the New Food Deserts
It’s not just a lack of grocery stores that’s making us fat. It’s an overabundance of fast food.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Signing Up for Obamacare After Trump Proclaims It 'Dead'
The difficult job of an insurance-enrollment counselor in a time of tight budgets and confusion
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Brian Snyder / Reuters A Shocking Decline in American Life Expectancy
Because of the opioid epidemic, Americans have been dying younger for two years in a row.
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Ivan Aguirre / Reuters America Experiences More Pain Than Other Countries
A third of Americans have pain “often” or “very often”—here’s why.
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Alessandro Garofalo / Reuters Even Small Amounts of Alcohol Impair Memory
Drinking moderately might still be affecting your brain, even if you never black out.
