How weight-loss drugs ended the era of “lifestyle changes”
When drugmakers pulled the weight-loss drug fen-phen off the market in 1997, my mom was devastated. Not because the FDA ...
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Sports gambling should have stayed in Las Vegas
Sports betting feels like it’s everywhere. Ads for online sportsbooks like BetMGM, DraftKings, or FanDuel are ubiquitous, whether on social ...
Assad is gone. Will Syrian refugees go home?
Millions of Syrians around the world are celebrating the sudden fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime dictatorship and the end ...
How UnitedHealthcare became the face of a broken health care system
On Monday, police in Altoona, Pennsylvania, arrested Luigi Mangione in connection with last week’s shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian ...
Y2K is so back
Twenty-five years ago, millions of people were nervously looking ahead to New Year’s Eve.When the clocks struck midnight, they wondered, ...
The author of the seminal book about loneliness explains what we’re getting wrong
With the holiday season upon us, it’s important to grapple with the loneliness many Americans face every day. It’s often ...
The Democrat who won in Trump country
The Democratic Party struggled in the 2024 elections, losing control of the Senate and the presidency, and failing to regain ...
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