Medicine - The Cut

the doctor is in 8/29/2018

9 Doctors on the Strangest Objects They’ve Removed From Patients’ BodiesQuarters and candles and dinosaurs, oh my!

By Katie Heaney

cool 8/7/2018

Tokyo Medical School Admits to Tampering With Test Scores to Keep Women OutOfficials were apparently worried women would get pregnant, and thus wouldn’t be able to work long hours in the hospital.

By Madeleine Aggeler

medical breakthroughs 4/24/2018

U.S. Veteran Receives First Penis-and-Scrotum TransplantDoctors at Johns Hopkins successfully performed the procedure on a soldier who lost his genitals during an IED explosion in Afghanistan.

By Madeleine Aggeler

horror stories 4/9/2018

How One Woman Ended Up ‘Embalmed Alive’Ekaterina Fedyaeva checked into the hospital for what was supposed to be a simple procedure.

By Amanda Arnold

science of us 3/7/2018

Doctors Don’t Know How to Deal With Women’s PainThree new books explore how women have been conditioned by the medical system to downplay their own suffering.

By Deanna Pai

5/4/2017

What Malpractice Lawsuits Can Teach Us About Coping With Uncertainty“Sometimes there is simply nothing and no one to blame.”

By Elizabeth L. Silver

doctors 3/22/2017

These Are the Most Prestigious DiseasesA sociologist in Norway has been studying how doctors there view various diseases, and his results are telling.

By Jesse Singal

health 1/20/2017

Many People Who Are Diagnosed With Asthma May Not Actually Have ItA new study out of Canada found that, in a surprising number of cases, the condition was misdiagnosed.

By Jesse Singal

1/17/2017

Your Cough Syrup Probably Isn’t Doing AnythingMost research suggests that cough medicine isn’t any more effective than a placebo.

By Cari Romm

1/6/2017

Doctors Found a Tiny Second Brain Growing Inside This Woman’s TumorIt’s called a teratoma, and in some cases, it can actually cause personality changes.

By Cari Romm

12/22/2016

You’re Less Likely to Die If Your Doctor Is Female, According to a New StudyThe study says 32,000 fewer patients would die each year if men achieved the same outcome as women.

By Lisa Ryan

11/15/2016

A Mad Doctor and a 19th-Century Medical Mystery We’re Still Learning From TodayAfter making one of the most significant discoveries in modern medicine, Ignaz Semmelweis was beaten to death in an insane asylum.

By Steven Poole

race 4/5/2016

Is Racism ‘Saving’ Black People From Opioid Overdoses?There could be an unanticipated positive side effect to how bad some white doctors are at dealing with black pain.

By Jesse Singal

3/15/2016

The Psychology of ‘Unnecessary’ MastectomiesMany women know it makes little medical sense. That’s almost beside the point.

By Melissa Dahl

man vs. nature 3/14/2016

We Need to Stop Acting Like Nature and Medicine Are EnemiesA new study finds that the words health-care providers use matter a lot.

By Laura June

2/2/2016

Your Vaginal Bacteria Is Good For Something!Swabbing newborns may support health later.

By Laura June

medicine 10/26/2015

Rudeness in Medical Settings Could Kill PatientsA recent study paints a grim picture of what rudeness does to doctors’ and nurses’ performance.

By Travis McKnight

medicine 7/15/2015

Read Young Doctors’ Reflections on Their Work“Today I felt helpless, overwhelmed, scared.”

By Jesse Singal

dying 7/15/2015

What Happens When EMTs Encounter Dying Patients — and Their Families“We are strangers walking into their life-changing event.”

By Jesse Singal

synesthesia 7/14/2015

Meet a Doctor With the Almost-Superpower of Mirror-Touch Synesthesia“When Salinas performs a spinal tap on a patient, he can feel the needle going into his own lower back.”

By Jesse Singal

edibles 6/24/2015

The Case for Regulating Pot BrowniesA new study says the THC content is all over the place.

By Susan Rinkunas

pain and suffering 4/20/2015

So, Is Shapewear Going to Kill Us All or What?“Ominous tingling,” acid reflux, and more!

By Alex Ronan

interview 4/6/2015

Talking to the Doctor Behind the World’s First Successful Penis Transplant“Why is the penis so important to us? I’m not sure, but it is,” says Dr. Andre van der Merwe.

By Allison P. Davis

migraines 11/6/2014

In the Future, Nasal Sprays May Help Treat MigrainesIt could take a while, though.

By Jesse Singal

very alternative medicine 5/21/2014

Botox Now Used to Treat Premature EjaculationAnd a whole bunch of other things that aren’t wrinkles.

By Allison P. Davis

bad habits 6/25/2013

Lady Who Drank Nothing But Soda for 16 Years Not Doing So Well“Since the age of 15, she had not drunk any water.”

By Maureen O'Connor

the rules for passing judgment 6/19/2013

Etheridge Says Angelina Isn’t ‘Brave’: The Etiquette of Passing JudgmentWhen celebrities criticize each other, there are rules.

By Maureen O'Connor

timeline 5/15/2013

Everything Angelina Did During Her SurgeriesRed carpets, business ventures, and a refugee camp on three continents.

By Maureen O'Connor

angelina jolie 5/14/2013

Angelina Jolie: Breasts Don’t Define FemininityMastectomy “in no way diminishes my femininity.”

By Maureen O'Connor