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Arthur Brooks: Do GLP-1s Make Us Happy?
From weight-loss drugs to hair transplants, science offers faster ways to change how we look. But does removing struggle actually improve well-being?
Arthur Brooks
What I’ve Learned from Watching People Wait to Have Children
As doctors, we owe our patients the truth: You cannot defy biology.
Sarah Poggi
I’m Finally Practicing Medicine the Way It Should Be Done
A new model of medicine lets doctors, not insurers, decide on care.
Charlotte Grinberg
Should We Legalize Assisted Suicide?
New York might legalize assisted suicide. Two medical ethicists, Lydia Dugdale and David Hoffman, face off over what’s at stake, autonomy, access, and…
Bari Weiss and Rafaela Siewert
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‘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…
Leor Sapir
Letters to the Editor: The Fight over Conversion Therapy
‘We can’t stop conversion therapy. But we have to try,’ wrote River Page on Monday. Our readers continue the conversation.
The Free Press
Have American Institutions Become Overly Feminized?
Helen Andrews says that wokeness and cancel culture are a byproduct of ‘the great feminization.’ Is she right? Seven women discuss.
The Editors
Scientists Want to Make Real-Life Zombies
Researchers say growing brainless human bodies could help save lives. But is it ethical?
Aaron Kheriaty
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…
Suzy Weiss
Grass Sick: The Mysterious Marijuana Syndrome Filling Emergency Rooms
Nonstop vomiting, involuntary screaming, and the worst pain of their lives. The only way to stop the symptoms? Stop getting high.
Josh Code
When Freebirth Ends in Death
The Free Birth Society encourages women to have babies without medical assistance. The Free Press investigates why some former members now say it is a…
Kara Kennedy
Trump and RFK’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Autism Press Conference
What made the president and his health chief’s comments on Tylenol and autism such a disaster? Let us count the ways.
Joe Nocera
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