The country has a whole arsenal of unique drugs locked behind the U.S. embargo.
Many of you have responded to Olga’s call for stories about why you decided to have kids or not. One…
Hearing discriminatory comments changes how people think.
Some neuroscientists are trying to change school and work hours that discriminate against night owls.
The Republican nominee has dismissed his misogynist speech as “just words.” But multiple studies show rude rhetoric can have a major impact on thinking, stress, and self-esteem.
For men and women, extending adolescence has the potential to make the brain more capable in adulthood.
There’s no real evidence that consumer devices keep infants safer, and doctors say “peace of mind” isn’t a good enough reason to buy them.
During the recent record-breaking outbreak, the virus picked up a mutation that made it better at infecting human cells.
He said she was oversensitive. She said his constant criticism was tantamount to emotional abuse.
A new study explores how children develop a preference for equality and fairness—research that seems relevant as America prepares to elect its next president.
Here’s a very rare experience that we haven’t seen in our reader series yet: embryo adoption. It’s a middle ground…
The candidate called a special “meeting” to discuss the future of medicine. Here’s how that went.
Even after Obamacare, millions of women are uninsured and live in counties with few family-planning clinics.
A clinical trial of contraceptives for men was halted because of side effects—side effects that women have dealt with for decades.
Yesterday we heard from a reader with uterus didelphys, a genetic condition that forms two vaginas, two cervixes, and two…
The hateful rhetoric and high stakes of the 2016 U.S. election are causing people emotional distress—as politics and uncertain futures have done throughout history.
A reader writes: I have uterus didelphys—a.k.a. having two uteri, two cervixes, and two…
Among the many emails we’ve received from readers struggling with infertility, one of the emotions that keeps coming…
Farmers have quadrupled how much milk a typical cow can make, but there are hidden downsides.
The candidate lacks a basic understanding of the enormous problems with American medical care.
Below are two very different reactions to our previous note, “When Infertility Threatens Marriage,” which featured…