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My Spare Embryos
I used IVF to start my family. Years later, I’m still wrestling with what to do with the embryos I didn’t use.
December 12, 2025
Justine El-Khazen
Why Republicans Lose Every Healthcare Debate
The new fight over Obamacare shows why the GOP keeps getting dragged into debates it can’t win.
December 11, 2025
Yuval Levin
I’m Finally Practicing Medicine the Way It Should Be Done
A new model of medicine lets doctors, not insurers, decide on care.
December 10, 2025
Charlotte Grinberg
The Drug Turning Philadelphia into a Zombieland
First heroin, then fentanyl, then tranq. Now medetomidine is hollowing out Kensington Avenue in Philadelphia, the country’s most notorious open-air drug…
December 9, 2025
Mattha Busby
‘We’re All Just Winging It’: What the Gender Doctors Say in Private
In footage obtained exclusively by The Free Press, gender doctors acknowledge they perform life-altering procedures on vulnerable youth with no…
December 3, 2025
Leor Sapir
Could Massachusetts Become the First State to Undo Legal Weed?
Marijuana opponents are racking up wins across the country—thanks in part to Kevin Sabet, the bipartisan adviser leading the charge.
December 3, 2025
Josh Code
I Got Surgery to Restore My Hearing. I Regret It.
Speech-to-text and AI-assisted hearing aids are erasing the line between deaf and hearing.
December 2, 2025
Richard Vigilante
Bye-Bye, Body Positivity
Let’s face it, even famously curvy women, like Meghan Trainor, want to be thin now that they have the option. Can you blame them?
November 18, 2025
Suzy Weiss
Estrogen Is Back
Estrogen for menopause was demonized for decades. Now some vocal, very online doctors are saying it’s a miracle drug. The FDA appears to agree.
November 11, 2025
Jennifer Block
Trump’s Ozempic Deal Will Make America Slim Again
Rarely does the U.S. subsidize a treatment that may prevent the problem of obesity altogether.
November 9, 2025
Kara Kennedy
Two Drinks with . . . ‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli
He was called ‘the most hated man in America’. He spent four years in prison, and months under house arrest. But now he’s free, in love, and drinking…
October 31, 2025
Suzy Weiss
The Straight-Male Case for Pilates
It is inescapably associated with ladies in Lycra, but guys: It’s not a bad workout.
October 31, 2025
Will Rahn
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