How Therapy Can Cure Overeating
Many struggling dieters actually suffer from binge eating disorder, and could manage their condition—and lose weight—with the help of a psychologist.
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The Health-Care Cost of Homelessness
Anthony Ruffin’s personal mission to place the most vulnerable people living on the street in housing
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Christophe Simon / Getty The Case for Sharing All of America's Data on Mosquitoes
The U.S. is sitting on one of the largest data sets on any animal group, but most of it is inaccessible and restricted to local agencies.
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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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Roc Morin Transplantees Find Catharsis in Holding Their Old Hearts
An initiative reunites transplant recipients with their former organs for education and therapy.
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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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Toby Melville / Reuters Are You Sure You Want Single Payer?
“Medicare for all” is a popular idea, but for Americans, transitioning to such a system would be difficult, to say the least.
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Sergey Pashko Why It’s Better to Carry Weight on Your Head
People have done it for centuries. Maybe everyone still should. An Object Lesson.
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baobao ou / Getty Why Do Humans Talk to Animals If They Can’t Understand?
The tendency to converse with dogs, cats, and hamsters ultimately says more about people than it does about their pets.
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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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Justin Paget / Getty / Zak Bickel / ... Constant Anxiety Won't Save the World
Spreading fear and worry about issues you care about on social media can lead to burnout rather than action.
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Brent Stirton / Getty How Arsenic Is Poisoning a Nation
Despite simple solutions, a fourth of Bangladesh’s population is still exposed to drinking water contaminated with the deadly element.
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Danish Siddiqui / Reuters At Last, a Big, Successful Trial of Probiotics
A large Indian study of 4,500 newborn babies found that the right microbes can prevent a life-threatening condition called sepsis.
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Tim Clayton / Corbis / Getty Breastfeeding at Any Cost?
Mothers who have difficulty nursing report being denied formula by some lactation specialists, possibly putting their babies at risk.
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Keith Bedford / Reuters The Ethics Issue Blocking Organ Transplant Research
Doctors have a short window of time to experiment on brain-dead donors to improve procedures—and that's if they can get permission.
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Michaela Rehle / Reuters The Next Chapter in a Viral Arms Race
A highly lethal disease that controlled Australia’s rabbit problem initially evolved to be milder—but has since rebounded into a newly nasty form.
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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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Nico De Pasquale Photography / Getty Why Scientists Can’t Agree on Whether It’s Unhealthy to Be Overweight
Some studies show being overweight leads to a greater risk of death; others show it doesn’t. Here’s what’s really going on.
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Christian Petersen / Getty The Average Guy Who Spent 6,003 Hours Trying to Be a Professional Golfer
Dan McLaughlin got famous for valuing hard practice over talent. Then he didn’t reach his goal.
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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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Lexi Browning / Reuters The Early Deaths of Appalachians
The region is falling behind the rest of America in life expectancy and infant mortality, a new study finds.
