MAHA Isn’t About Health. It’s Healthism.
RFK Jr. pushes diet and exercise while millions of Americans face hunger, poverty, and worse.
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Occasional criticism at the intersection of health, culture, and politics.
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Pills and Illusions
Bending science for political gain doesn't restore trust. It grows the market for false cures.
Killing Rural Hospitals by Executive Order
The government claims it cares about rural healthcare. Its actions say otherwise.
Surgery and Sex: Are They Related?
When research, media hype, and gender politics meet in the OR, the truth gets sliced up
On Dr King, Luigi Mangione and the TikTok Ban
Revisiting Dr King’s fight against not only racism, but also capitalism and militarism, might explain the moment we're in.
A Homeless Man, an Ex-Marine and a Health Insurance CEO
The fates of the late Jordan Neely, Daniel Penny who killed him, and the slain United Healthcare CEO, Brian Thompson, were all connected, and say a lot about America.
Another Highly Ranked Medical School Goes Tuition-Free
For What, exactly?
Dying For Recognition: Reviewing "Luther: Never Too Much"
On Luther Vandross striving and struggling for respect and recognition in the music industry
We Need to Talk about Doctors’ Politics
The Case of Conservative Physicians in Elected Office
The War on Diversity
Please Make it Stop
The Price of 30 Minutes at the Bedside
A Case Against Efficiency
Strike it While It's Hot
Resident Physicians in Heated Labor Fights
Absence of Evidence or Evidence of Absence?
Cultural criticism from the bowels of the hospital
Not Verified
Twitter may be the most democratic platform of expression we have nowadays.
Lessons to Learn from Reggie: The Importance of Medical Humanities
Nearly six months ago, while studying for USMLE Step 1, I visited one of my go-to online forums during a study break: a discussion board…
Who Went to Med School with Northam?
In 1984, on Ralph Northam’s yearbook page at Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS), appeared two men dressed respectively in Blackface…
California’s Use of Prison Labor to Fight the Fires Is a Health Justice Issue
Last week, an old tweet from the California Department of Corrections resurfaced.
Racial Awareness, If You Will
A week after the 2016 election, I rushed to Yale Law School after class to hear one of America’s most prominent health policy experts, Dr…
Our Hospitals’ Unsung Heroes
Being a medical student on clerkships often feels like performing on a stage while wearing a straitjacket.
Is Tuition-Free Medical School for All the Best Use of Resources to Address Shortage of Primary…
Is Tuition-Free Medical School for All the Best Use of Resources to Address Shortage of Primary Care Physicians and the Lack of Socioeconomic Diversity in Medical School?