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The Machines Making People Human Again
ALS patients slowly lose their voices. Neuralink, a medical start-up owned by Elon Musk, can restore them.
Maya Sulkin
Scrapping the SAT. Plus. . .
When GLP-1s go wrong. Pastor Ezra Jin’s case takes a dark turn. Why John Steinbeck lives with us still. And more.
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Mayim Bialik: My GLP-1 Nightmare
Even when I was too sick to stand, drink water, or think straight, I thought to myself, ‘at least you might lose some weight.’
Mayim Bialik
Stop Protecting Your Children—It’s Backfiring
Childhood is supposed to involve contact with the world itself. Modern parenting has forgotten that.
Charlotte Grinberg, MD
Your Health Obsession Is Narcissism
Have a glass. Get some sleep. Stop tracking yourself. The millennial fixation with wearable devices and health optimization is pointless quackery.
Alex Berenson
I’m an IVF Doctor. ⁠The Annual Ob-Gyn Visit Needs a Redesign.
The 33-year-old patient who comes to me in tears is the one the gynecologist never properly educated because the insurance codes wouldn’t pay for it.
Brian A. Levine, MD
Going for the Gold—on Steroids
Athletes at this weekend’s Enhanced Games are encouraged to use drugs that would otherwise destroy their reputations. Could this be the future of…
Noah Bernstein
Is Therapy Tearing Us Apart?
Therapy promised Americans greater agency and insight. Instead, it delivered a more satisfying story about why someone else is to blame.
Jonathan Alpert
He Survived South Korea Skincare Hell
Plus: hanging out with Sergey Brin’s ‘MAGA girlfriend.’ Who was the worst-dressed at the Met Gala? And more!
Suzy Weiss
Nothing Can Sink the Cruise Ship
Thirty-eight million people went on a cruise last year. They’ll keep going—and that’s a good thing.
Jillian Lederman
EXCLUSIVE: Cannabis Giants Sued for Marketing Weed as Medicine
A new class-action lawsuit alleges three of America’s largest marijuana companies know that science doesn’t support their health claims—but keep saying…
Josh Code
How Perimenopause Became America’s New Health Scare
Influencers are selling lubricants. Gwyneth Paltrow is talking about hormone replacement therapy. Drug companies are paying for ghostwritten articles…
Kara Kennedy
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