Health - Quillette

Dogmatism, Data, and Public Health

A look back on the 2003 BMJ controversy over passive smoking and mortality.

15 Sep 2023 · 20 min read

Ending the Hunger Games

New pharmaceuticals appear to offer a genuine solution to the problem of excess appetite, that uncontrollable urge to eat more than we need to that keeps so many of us fat.

Iona Italia

7 Sep 2023 · 25 min read

Unconscious Bias in Medicine: A Canard

Evidence that clinical decisions are driven by unconscious bias remains conspicuously lacking.

Stewart Justman

5 Sep 2023 · 7 min read

Medications Can Help Keep Alcoholics Sober. Why Are They Being Ignored?

Affordable, safe, generic anticonvulsants restore homeostasis to the brains of chronic drinkers, but they are not being promoted.

Frank Celia

28 Aug 2023 · 6 min read

Faith Goes to Switzerland

When should we allow a person to hasten her own death?

Brent M. Kious / Margaret Pabst Battin

7 Aug 2023 · 24 min read

Neuroaffirmation—A Therapist’s Concerns

I worry about the unintended consequences of the neurodiversity movement, particularly when their demands are promulgated religiously and without nuance.

Rita Range

29 Jul 2023 · 10 min read

The Limits of Self Love

Scholars and activists in the field of fat studies do not believe that there is an obesity-related health crisis at all.

Jack Butler

27 Jul 2023 · 11 min read

Four Corners' Failure

In its treatment of gender clinics, the flagship investigative program of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation failed to present crucial evidence.

Bernard Lane

21 Jul 2023 · 11 min read

Heavy Lifting

Natalia Mehlman Petrzela’s ‘Fit Nation’ offers a fascinating but frustratingly selective history of America’s physical fitness obsession.

Joe Lombardo

7 Mar 2023 · 9 min read

Death on Demand: Cautionary Tales from Canada

Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying program, once reserved for the terminally ill, is increasingly attracting applicants experiencing poverty and depression.