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America Dissected

Wellness isn’t just about mindfulness, exercise, or the right skin routine. Science, politics, media

Episodes

Total: 295

What is gender-affirming care — and why is the far right trying to ban it? Abdul reflects on the way

For most of America’s medical history, the idea of a doctors’ union has been an oxymoron. Doctors we

Putting a taste-less, odorless, colorless chemical in our water is among the most effective public h

We don’t have definitive proof of how COVID-19 emerged. But several agencies in the US Intelligence

DrGPT with Dr. Eric Topol

2023/6/13

ChatGPT set off a flurry of excitement — and anxiety — over the impact Artificial Intelligence will

The pandemic took a major toll on the mental health of young people. But truth be told, mental illne

Food is life. But just like lives, some foods are valued more than others — some are told they don’t

The murder of George Floyd three years ago set off an uprising at the very core of who we are as a c

Treatment-specific online companies have exploded since the pandemic. But the ethics are… complicate

Menopause is the most ubiquitous experience nobody talks about. Pain, hot flashes, mental clouding —

There are two central challenges to public communication: knowing how you're perceived and knowing w

It’s World Immunization Week! Aside from basic plumbing, no public health intervention has saved mor

Access to the abortion medication mifepristone is in question after a dubious ruling from an ideolog

“Public health is a load of crap!” Not quite. More like, “Public health is about a load of crap!” Ab

“Those who cannot remember the past are doomed to repeat it.” That’s for damn sure when it comes to

What happens when we can program our biology like we do software in a computer? Humanity’s finding o

Puberty is awkward. But that’s, in part, because we continue to feed the stigma around it. Now, pube

Semaglutide — sold as Ozempic or Wegovy – offers nothing short of a revolution for changing body wei

Across the country, healthcare chains have been buying hospitals up like properties on a Monopoly bo

It’s been a long three years since the COVID-19 pandemic began. And though the pandemic isn’t over —