canada Canadian doctors won't treat American trans patients — and here's why Séamus Bellamy

News Doctor abandons patient for mid-surgery sex with nurse Ellsworth Toohey

News Former AmeriHealth director sues HBO's John Oliver over Medicaid segment (video) Ellsworth Toohey

News What is the most shameful line of work? Mark Frauenfelder

medical ethics Woman charged for crying during surgery Mark Frauenfelder

brains UT Austin has one of the world's largest collections of human brains in jars Thom Dunn

politics Yale professor says she was fired at Alan Dershowitz's behest after criticizing him Rob Beschizza

whistleblowers New whistleblower complaint alleges that ICE is forcing hysterectomies on detainees Thom Dunn

medicine It's ok for dead men to donate sperm, according to medical ethics study David Pescovitz

toronto Psychiatrist who "cured" gays busted for gay sex with clients Andrea James

health Survey: 23 percent of Zurich doctors prescribe homeopathy, but many of them believe it to be a placebo Cory Doctorow

Science A 1992 paper proposed classifying happiness as a psychiatric disorder Ellsworth Toohey

competition New sport of sperm racing is (ahem) coming to Los Angeles Allan Rose Hill

criminal justice reform Freedom-hating Texas Attorney General sues Dallas for voter-approved measure to end pot arrests Ellsworth Toohey

Disney John Mulaney learns about the no-fly zone over Disneyland, but don't tell fleeing felons Ruben Bolling

politics The pill-popping presidency: Trump's team "awash in speed" and Xanax Mark Frauenfelder

politics Republicans ask SCOTUS to limit women's access to health care further Jason Weisberger

cabinets of curiosity Medical museum embroiled in brouhaha over bequeathed body parts David Pescovitz

conspiracy theories MAGA grifters cash in selling fake cures to imaginary disease Mark Frauenfelder

books Zena Sharman's "Queering Death" series tackles end of life care for LGBTQ+ people Elías Villoro