Doctors must be comfortable with the fact that the working answer may not be the correct answer.
The Homicide Virus
Using disease models to identify the conditions under which violence spreads.
How School-Based Health Centers Can Help Save Our Kids
Increasing the number of health centers and professionals—nurses and school psychologists in particular—can greatly improve child health, as well as academic performance.
Catching the Next H5N1 Before it Hits
How understanding our interactions with animals could prevent the next global pandemic.
Determinism and Media Coverage of Neuroscience Research
Our lopsided picture of the brain.
Fat Chance!
A study that casts doubt on whether being overweight is associated with a shorter life span has sparked 2013’s first public health controversy.
Beyond Buoying the Boys
The long-term population health effects of sex-selective abortion.
The Trauma Signature of Hurricane Sandy
How do we begin to make sense of the potential health effects of such a novel event?
Hurricane Sandy and Public Health
By Abdul El-Sayed Published October 30th, 2012 In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy’s devastation, it would be all too easy to blame some of its victims for refusing to heed mandatory evacuation orders. Twenty-six people are dead along the storm’s path, and nearly 100 homes are destroyed. New York’s iconic subway system is under water,…
Three Strikes For Aging Inmates
By Josh Brooks Published November 5, 2012 Imagine your run-of-the-mill nursing home—a brick building with individual rooms for each of the elderly residents many of whom have chronic conditions, periodic infections, and the need for continued care. Now, pack two or more of those residents in each room, put bars on the doorway, wrap a…