For those of us who work in the psychedelic field, the April 18 press conference announcing several actions to speed up psychedelic research was a watershed moment.
In January 2026, OpenAI launched ChatGPT Health. OpenAI promises ChatGPT Health will help users clarify medical concepts, understand test results, prepare for appointments, and explore healthcare and wellness strategies — all while leveraging user-uploaded health records.
On Oct. 8, 2025, I suffered a perforated bowel. My treatment included a great deal of inpatient and outpatient care over a period of six months. Yet I was lucky — not in experiencing a…
Some state laws allow people with serious, life-threatening illnesses to choose when to die. But few jurisdictions allow people to choose how to experience their deaths.
We live in an age shaped by genetic biotechnology, yet an alarming number of Americans remain unequipped to understand and apply the basic concepts of genes and heredity.
The United States is a global leader in mass incarceration. It holds nearly 2 million Americans in prisons and jails, and it costs a whopping $445 billion annually to do so. About 65 percent of people in American prisons have…
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), representing the president’s administration, has taken aim at three of the nation’s top medical schools.
We often think of medical care as between a patient and a doctor. Insurance becomes involved to determine the pricing of that care and whether a procedure or drug is covered.
The False Claims Act — the centerpiece of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) efforts to combat health care fraud — is under constitutional attack.
When AI chatbots are asked about mixing substances, managing withdrawal, or reducing overdose risk, they increasingly provide substantive guidance.
