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Secrets Of Sleep

Harvard Medical School investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital have developed a system to accurately track the dynamic process of falling asleep,…
Trends & Times

Just Seeing Charts And Graphs Makes Drug Claims More Credible

Katherine Hobson

Graphs look so impressive. Even graphs that include no new information made people more likely to think that a drug is effective, a study finds. Can you inoculate yourself against that bias?

Sick Season 2

Incarcerated people are some of the sickest people in our country. Many have chronic conditions such as diabetes or lung disease. And they’re far more likely to suffer from mental illness and addiction. On Season 2 of Sick, listen to stories of what goes wrong in corrections facilities — places meant to keep people healthy, but built to punish them.

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