The People Helped by the Republican Health-Care Bill
Though most old and sick people will be worse off under the GOP bill, it might be a boon—real or perceived—for people earning just above the Obamacare subsidy cutoff.
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When a Long Life Is Too Much to Bear
Living a long life seems the obvious goal for most people, and many of them, like Dylan Thomas…
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Jonathan Alcorn / Reuters Inside the Heads of People Who Don't Like Music
For those who experience “musical anhedonia,” listening to a song is halfway between boring and distracting—and their brain activity reflects that.
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP The Biggest Criticism of Paul Ryan's Health-Care Pitch
Healthy people pay for sick people in health insurance, like it or not.
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Dieu Nalio Chery / AP Doctors, Nurses, and Hospitals Oppose the New Health-Care Bill
Professional organizations are speaking up.
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Henry Romero / Reuters How Health Care Can Reduce Domestic Violence
Access to medical treatment may help solve unrelated, difficult societal problems, a study finds
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Chelsea Beck Is This Going to Kill Me?: Beauty Parlor Stroke Syndrome
Rarely, extending your neck over the ledge of a sink can cut off blood flow to the brain.
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Marie Docher The Still-Misunderstood Shape of the Clitoris
Can a 3-D printed model of the organ change views on female sexuality? Yes and no. An Object Lesson
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Juan Carlos Ulate / Reuters Why Dentistry Is Separate From Medicine
The divide sometimes has devastating consequences.
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Toby Talbot / AP The California Doctors Who Found a Way to Quit Overprescribing Opioids
An innovative program has helped patients taper off addictive painkillers, but is it cutting some people off from the medications they need?
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Pablo Martinez Monsivai / AP How Pharma Companies Use 'Citizen Petitions' to Keep Drug Prices High
Ninety-two percent of citizen petitions filed against generics come from brand-name drug companies.
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Brennan Linsley / AP How Planned Parenthood Could Derail Obamacare Repeal
In yet another political fight over abortion, Republicans are divided over a provision in the new House bill that blocks funding for the women’s healthcare provider.
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Yuri Gripas / Reuters A Mandate, in Other Words
The proposed health-care bill has a different name for penalizing uninsured people.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters The Conservative Uprising Against the Republican Health-Care Bill
The new GOP proposal drew immediate criticism from lawmakers who argued it doesn’t go far enough in erasing the Affordable Care Act.
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Is a Long Life Really Worth It?
That’s the question that reader John Harris has been asking himself lately. He’s not alone: In 1862, one of The…
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Jim Lo Scalzo / Reuters / Pool It's Do-or-Die for Repeal-and-Replace
The long-awaited Republican alternative to Obamacare is due out this week, but the scramble for votes has already begun.
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Ueslei Marcelino / Reuters Zika Makes Microcephaly 20 Times More Likely
A new CDC report begins to quantify the devastating effects the virus has on children.
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Matthew Mead / AP The Trick Smoothies Play on the Stomach
Strategic blending can delay hunger.
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Pichi Chuang / Reuters Can Salted Doorknobs Prevent Superbug Infections?
In the battle against antibiotic resistance, salt might be a simple but effective weapon.
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Ryan McVay / Getty How to Find Meaning in the Face of Death
The time between diagnosis and death presents an opportunity for “extraordinary growth.”
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Jonathan Bachman / Reuters The Geography of Medical Debt
The prevalence of unpaid medical bills varies widely by state, but it affects the South disproportionately.
