The Promise of Multi-Cancer Screening
Emily Kim reports on provocative multi-country research into the Holy Grail of cancer screening: a single test that can perform early detection of many types of cancer.
RED-S: The Little-Known Condition Harming Athletes
In a new longform story, student and athlete Annika Urban explores how pressure to be lean and to achieve peak performance creates the little-known condition RED-S and undermines athletes' health.
Not All Sports are Created Equal
Andrew Feld discusses the research challenges of determining how different types of sports impact youth mental health, and how to help parents understand the findings.
Health and the Winter Olympics
The 2022 Winter Olympics showed us that shared health events–pandemics and their aftermath–affect the health of elite athletes in unpredictable ways.
Mindfulness in Schools: Improving Children’s Mental Health and Learning
Mindfulness education can reduce stress and aid learning in middle and high schools, and may also help lessen the psychological impact of Covid – but it can be costly to implement.
Down Syndrome: The Effects of an Extra 21st Chromosome
The chromosomal defect known as Down syndrome may have made people who carry it more vulnerable to the worst effects of Covid-19.
Atlanta: “The Public Health Capital of The World”
Thanks to the presence of the CDC and other agencies, Atlanta is the capital of public health in America – but that position obscures how racism and inequality affected the evolution of public health.
Incarceration, Mortality, Race: Health Impacts of Prison for Black Americans
In the US, unequal incarceration rates exact a cost on Black Americans that have long-lasting health implications.
Chimeric Antigen Receptor Therapies: The Future of Cancer Medicine
The field of CAR-T cell therapies has skyrocketed in the past decade. What are the implications for these novel cancer treatments?
The Placebo Effect: Refining the Definition of Healing
Understanding the almost-magical, still-mysterious placebo effect could reorient healthcare by giving us a new perspective on healing.