Science of Us

health 3/16/2023
Morning-After Pills Are Getting a Rebrand A handful of companies say they want to provide a better experience than buying Plan B, but something’s still missing.
By Claire Lampen

health is wealth 3/15/2023
Do I Really Want to Know What Rectal Ozone Therapy Is? Gwyneth Paltrow’s “weirdest” wellness practice sounds … unpleasant.
By Claire Lampen

health 3/7/2023
WeightWatchers Is Getting In on the Ozempic Boom The company acquired telehealth provider Sequence, which prescribes weight-loss drugs, for $106 million.
By Matthew Schneier

health 3/6/2023
What to Know About Mounjaro The newest diabetes drug’s boom in popularity has already led to supply shortages.
By Bindu Bansinath

first person 3/1/2023
Mounjaro and Me Body positivity was my salvation from an anti-fat world. Then my doctor prescribed me an injectable weight-loss drug that upended everything.
By Samhita Mukhopadhyay

health 2/27/2023
Life After Food? A diabetes miracle drug has become an off-label appetite suppressant, changing the definition of being thin and what it takes to get there.
By Matthew Schneier

health 2/17/2023
Bruce Willis Has Been Diagnosed With Frontotemporal Dementia His family shared an update on the actor’s condition.
By Tariro Mzezewa

health 1/31/2023
How Our Definition of Healthy Fails Black Women What I’ve learned in my years as a dietitian.
By Jessica Wilson

life after roe 1/18/2023
This Calendar Supports Your Right to an Abortion Today, HommeGirls launched a calendar featuring art by Jenny Holzer and a foreword by Paloma Elsesser.
By Danya Issawi

health 1/12/2023
Do Greens Powders Actually Do Anything? We asked experts if buzzy supplements like Athletic Greens and Bloom really improve your health.
By Julia Craven
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