Olga Khazan
Chronic pain relief: Why Gabapentin may not be a ‘safe’ alternative to opioids
Gabapentin was supposed to be the answer. Chronic pain afflicts about a fifth of American adults, and for years, doctors thought it ...
‘Superhero therapy’: How comic book characters can help us navigate life
Why adults flock to this kind of therapy speaks volumes about the importance of superhero stories—and the nature of the ...
Could common infections be causing eating disorders?
Infections might, in fact, spark eating disorders in some people. For the study, Lauren Breithaupt, a clinical psychologist at Massachusetts ...
Women are more likely to get autoimmune diseases. Is the placenta to blame?
In the United States alone, women represent 80 percent of all cases of autoimmune disease. ... Some scientists now think ...
Legalizing pot won’t slow the opioid epidemic, study suggests
Nearly five years ago, a team of researchers performing a study on medical cannabis came to a startling conclusion: The ...
High production costs, regulation: Obstacles keeping lab-grown meat off our plates
The thought I had when the $100 chicken nugget hit my expectant tongue was the one cartoon villains have when ...
Why growing up poor could hurt your brain in old age
In 2004, a study titled “The Long Arm of Childhood” found that whether children were rich or poor could influence their health ...
Childhood sexual abuse major trigger for adulthood obesity, eating disorders
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Christine White was a ...
Will chronic fatigue syndrome receive attention it deserves?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. This past July, Brian ...
Don’t pick on three-parent IVF: We already create ‘designer’ children
A new type of in-vitro fertilization procedure allows doctors to transfer the mitochondrial DNA from one woman into the egg ...
