Each issue opens with a closely observed scene of an older stranger in New York, then reads it as a clue to health or money, rating the evidence behind it. A reader gets short, sourced explainers on aging, symptoms and Medicare costs with the caveats left in.
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A blog by an emergency physician that examines medical research, health misinformation and science communication. Readers get personal clinical stories alongside critical, method-focused reviews of studies and claims.
A personal newsletter of first-person essays about living with multiple sclerosis, covering symptoms, medical experiences like MRIs, and physical challenges such as hiking the Grand Canyon. Readers get vivid, reflective storytelling about uncertainty, fear, and resilience.
Personal essays from a Toronto-based writer and former academic on books, illness, grief, housing and disability. Issues blend memoir with cultural criticism, covering a book on a Toronto homeless encampment, a tribute to a mentor, and the experience of chronic illness diagnosis.
Each issue takes a popular food or wellness claim, traces its history, and checks it against the actual studies, noting where the evidence stops. Issues also include practical elements such as a congee recipe and kitchen advice.
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