Although now discredited, the idea that mothers’ behavior is responsible for autism lives on in the social pressure that mothers feel to save their autistic children, at a cost to both the self-blaming parents and people with autism.

A paradigm shift in circadian science is underway, exposing ethical tensions from a legacy of pervasive neglect of circadian disorders.

Modern epidemiological science developed as domestic and international infectious disease transmission accompanied industrialization and colonial military expansion.

Black and queer community-based harm reduction practices can help guide development and implementation of anti-overdose interventions.

This brief visual and narrative history explains why dentistry exists outside medicine, rather than as a specialty within it.

Before the late 20th century, overweight and obesity were not considered population-wide health risks, but the advent of weight loss drugs in the 1990s accelerated hypermedicalization via BMI use. 

Antibiotics can be compared to other forms of “tragedy of the commons,” whereby a common good (effective treatment of infections) is jeopardized by individual consumption and lack of stewardship.

In March and April 2020, more than 90% of dental practices were closed entirely or seeing emergency patients only.

En marzo y abril de 2020, más del 90% de los consultorios dentales cerraron por completo o solo atendieron a pacientes de emergencia.