Blessed or Broken? Rethinking Mental Health Across Cultures
What one culture calls mental illness, others call a divine gift.
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Why the President's 'Routine' MRI Is Bad Medicine
The President's 'routine' MRI that cost $3,000 and no doctor recommends is a perfect example of how too much healthcare can be just as harmful as too little.
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Where Goat Births and Human Births Meet
When veterinarians vaccinating goats in India discovered women were dying in childbirth along migration routes, the solution came from recognizing that herders already knew how to save lives—just not their own.
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Not That Kind of Doctor
You're in the exam room. The person in the white coat says they're a doctor. But what kind of doctor? A federal court just decided that training matters more than free speech.
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Rethinking the Pap Smear
The pap smear has saved countless lives, but it's also dreaded by millions of women. Now there's an alternative that's easier, more private, and just as accurate.
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