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You Get Testosterone! You Get Testosterone!
Secretary Hegseth plans to screen soldiers over 30 for testosterone to keep them on the ‘leading edge of lethality.’ Doctors have doubts.
Rafaela Siewert
Death by Telehealth
A dental student went to the ICU. He died without ever being examined by a doctor.
Tanya Lukyanova
Why the Left Hates the Medicine That Made Me a Mom
The media has called my fertility treatment right-wing quackery. A year after my daughter’s birth, it still won’t give restorative reproductive medicine…
Madeleine Kearns
The Women Who Help People Die
They’ll plan your funeral, navigate medically assisted dying laws, and keep you company at the end. Death doulas are on the rise, across America—and I…
Kat Rosenfield
Texas Supreme Court Hands Detransitioner Historic Win
Detransitioners often miss the statute of limitations before they realize they have malpractice claims. On Friday, the Texas Supreme Court gave Soren…
Madeleine Long
Puberty Blockers for 11-Year-Old Girls? It’s Happening.
The British government commissioned the most comprehensive review of puberty blockers ever conducted and banned the drugs indefinitely. Now it plans to…
Julie Bindel
A Manufacturing Revolution Is Happening—in Space
Drugs. Fiberoptic cables. Data centers. Thanks to SpaceX, it’s a boom time for manufacturing goods in space.
Sean Fischer
A Medical Student Took His Own Life. His Parents Blame the School.
After an accusation of wrongdoing and a late-night email from a school dean, Vaibhav Duggal died by suicide. Is the school responsible?
Frannie Block
How the Trans Agenda Left Gay and Lesbian People Behind
In a speech delivered at the Cambridge Union, Maeve Halligan argues that the activist movement that was built to protect gays and lesbians has abandoned…
Maeve Halligan
I De-transitioned. My Body Will Never Be the Same.
Doctors told me I was transgender at 13. I’m 23 now, permanently altered, and fighting to make sure it never happens to another child.
Jonni Skinner
Will We Ever Have Viagra for Women?
A new documentary argues that the sexism of the medical industry explains the pink pill’s failure to launch. That’s not strictly true.
Jennifer Block
This Week in Canada: Like It or Not, We Still Need the U.S.
Bluster about trade talks won’t change economic reality, nurses need help that they won’t get, and more.
Rupa Subramanya
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