Brenda* was in her late 40s, and living with severe rheumatoid arthritis. She sought treatment with me because she was…
When I interviewed Kim Dabelstein Petersen in the back of an empty midtown-Manhattan coffee shop, he had just attended a…
August 1 is World Lung Cancer Day. Although this is the 12th iteration of an annual bid to spread awareness,…
A 15-second YouTube video begins with a white car passing across the frame. The camera reveals two young white people,…
In the past month, the San Francisco Chronicle has published a series of articles ostensibly aimed at getting to the…
Truth Initiative, a leading anti-smoking nonprofit, has released a report laying out its “strategy to move toward the end of…
It seems today that everyone and their brother knows about the dopamine hypothesis of drug addiction. The popular version, simply…
One of many powerful impressions from the Psychedelic Science conference was of a constant need to make difficult choices. Should…
Does anyone care that people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders have devastatingly high rates of smoking? Research has found the prevalence…
It’s a Saturday evening, the day before Mother’s Day. My husband and I are having dinner and watching a movie…