A new machine could cut medication costs by allowing hospitals and pharmacies to make their own pills.
A review of the available research finds that physical punishment is significantly linked to bad outcomes for kids.
My recent piece for The Atlantic on tokophobia received a lot of email from readers discussing their own personal fears…
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The psychotherapist Marty Klein argues that most anxiety about its pervasive influence is misplaced.
I always thought I was missing some important maternal chip in my system, some crucial feminine widget in my consciousness…
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Federal officials also caution against letting kids sneak a taste of homemade dough projects.
People who predict happy endings with their partners have better relationships in the now.
A resurgence of traffic this week to our abortion series has attracted many more readers with personal stories of miscarriage…
In the past, red cheeks have variously been linked to innocence, guilt, and repressed cannibalism.
New research shows brain damage among Zika-infected babies, even when they are born with normal-sized heads.
Here are two very different pro-life stories from readers. The first: My birth mother was 18 when…
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Tokophobia—a pathological dread of giving birth—might be causing some women to avoid pregnancy.
A psychology professor sketches a debate that captivates many in his field.
The environmental cost of boxes, cans, and jars has sparked a movement to change how food is stored.
This reader’s account is matter-of-fact and even jocular at one point: I aborted a baby at 14…
This is perhaps the most bleak and vivid account of an abortion we’ve received so far. The reader’s procedure resulted…
The 18th-century ailment was on the brink of elimination before budget cuts helped resurrect it.
This anonymous reader was determined to prevent pregnancy at all cost—not just to avoid the difficult choice of whether to…