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Redefining Obesity

For obesity patients, improved treatments and a nuanced understanding of the disease may lead to better health.

by Chris Berdik

Redefining Obesity

For obesity patients, improved treatments and a nuanced understanding of the disease may lead to better health.

by Chris Berdik

Vision and Justice

How photographs promote social justice

by Nina Pasquini

AI as Cancer Oracle?

How is artificial intelligence (AI) being used for cancer detection and prevention?

by Daniel Oberhaus

Diversifying Diet

A little-known diet improves cardiovascular health through several distinct mechanisms. 

by Nina Pasquini

Private Equity and the Practice of Medicine

Hundreds of U.S. hospitals are owned by private equity firms—does monetizing medicine affect the quality of care?

by Colleen Walsh

Computational Control of a Living Brain?

How an AI agent learned to guide an animal to food—and what it might mean for Parkinson’s patients.

by Jonathan Shaw

Fictions about the Forces Driving Migration

Glenda Carpio on the new migration narrative

by Nina Pasquini

Controlling AI Influence over Consumers

When pricing algorithms take advantage of an individual’s ignorance, legal scrutiny is in order.

by Max J. Krupnick

Deciphering Lyme Disease

Whole-genome analysis exposes the sophistication and vulnerabilities underlying Lyme disease.

by Jonathan Shaw

Values and Voting Patterns

Thinking globally versus locally is predictive of political views