This federal rule didn't stop coercive sterilization — but it blocked contraceptive access. Can it be fixed?

Part 3 of STAT's investigative series "Coercive Care" looks at how a federal regulation designed to prevent unwanted sterilizations can be a barrier to those who want the procedure. Read more.

By Eric Boodman

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Opinion: Journals that published Richard Lynn's racist 'research' articles should retract them

Richard Lynn's work has been repeatedly condemned for using flawed methodology and deceptively collated data to support racism. A group argues it's past time to retract the studies. Read more.

By Dan Samorodnitsky, Kevin Bird, Jedidiah Carlson, James Lingford, Jon Phillips, Rebecca Sear, and Cathryn Townsend

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Substance use experts are sounding the alarm on another addiction: gambling

There may have been no better venue than the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas for the stark warning being offered in a ballroom there: America's addiction professionals are ignoring gambling. Read more.

By Lev Facher

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To treat obesity in children, task force favors behavioral therapy over drugs like Wegovy
How a Baltimore neuroscience study is rewriting Black America's relationship with medical research
How a tweet about a gene discovered long ago led to a $190 million startup and, maybe, hope for heart disease
Supreme Court outlawed segregation of disabled people 25 years ago. But change has come slowly
Oncologists turn to blood test for circulating tumor DNA, but questions remain on how to use the data