Have you ever wondered why you feel better after a good, hearty sob? Well, it turns out the reasons are kind of a mystery, and they range from social support to brain temperature.

In recent years, life expectancy in the US has been dropping. A significant contributor to that drop has been deaths of despair. Drug overdoses and suicides have increased in tandem with the opioid crisis, and the outcome is shorter...

On Thanksgiving, we destroyed the myth that turkey makes you sleepy. But there are lots of holiday myths, and in this episode of Healthcare Triage, we take apart some more. These all come from a paper Aaron co-wrote in the BMJ.

Health policies, including those related to abortion, should be guided by data. So what do the data have to say about restricting abortion access? How might it impact public health in the United States and what are some of the best ways...

From schizophrenia to depression we assume our psychiatric diagnoses are real. But as the mental health epidemic turns global, the categories now seem like the cause. Is it time to abandon our biological account of mental illness? Or is...

In recent years, life expectancy in the US has been dropping. A significant contributor to that drop has been deaths of despair. Drug overdoses and suicides have increased in tandem with the opioid crisis, and the outcome is shorter...

On Thanksgiving, we destroyed the myth that turkey makes you sleepy. But there are lots of holiday myths, and in this episode of Healthcare Triage, we take apart some more. These all come from a paper Aaron co-wrote in the BMJ.

The organisations and people assisting in recovery efforts after the 2010 Haitian earthquake.