When the 2026 FIFA World Cup begins on June 11, 2026, matches will be played across 16 cities in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Millions of fans will arrive…
Category: Anthropology
What Pennsylvania’s AI chatbot lawsuit teaches us about the psychology behind medical trust
In May 2026, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration filed suit against Character Technologies Inc., the company behind the popular chatbot platform Character.AI. A state investigation found that a chatbot character…
Despite bans, these forever chemicals linger in wax rooms, study shows – so does their health risk
For more than 30 years, manufacturers of ski and snowboard waxes used PFAS – per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances – to make skis and snowboards glide faster over snow. These synthetic…
Breakthrough drug nearly doubles survival with advanced pancreatic cancer – an oncologist explains how daraxonrasib overcame an ‘undruggable’ disease
For a long time, the likelihood of surviving pancreatic cancer has been extremely low. For patients who were diagnosed with metastatic pancreatic cancer between 2015 and 2021, about 97% died…
Dr. ChatGPT is getting remarkably good at diagnosing health problems
A father is worried about his toddler, who has been running a fever for two days and pulling at one ear. A 65-year-old woman has been getting winded on her…
Poop tests and blood tests join colonoscopy as options for colorectal cancer screening
It’s increasingly common to see headlines and social media conversations about the rise in colorectal cancer among younger adults. In fact, the growing incidence of colorectal cancer in people under…
What’s wrong with how US and Uganda plan to stop Ebola spreading
As public health workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo work to rein in a growing outbreak of a rare Ebola virus, other countries are establishing protocols for keeping their…
PFAS leave fingerprints in your blood – researchers are figuring out how forever chemicals transform in your body to read these clues
Virtually every living thing on Earth, from Patagonian penguins to newborn human babies, has been touched by the synthetic chemicals known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS. In fact,…
I’m a doctor who helped rename PCOS to PMOS – a 10‑year process of listening to 14,000 patients and health professionals speak on how to improve care
A disease’s name can have a significant influence on its diagnosis and treatment – or lack thereof. Polycystic ovary syndrome, or PCOS, is a condition that affects millions of people…
Should you get a second medical opinion? A surgeon explains why doing so can make you a more confident patient
Imagine you have heartburn. For years you’ve managed with antacids, but one day you’re struggling to swallow steak without vomiting. Your gastroenterologist finds a large hiatal hernia, an enlarged opening…
