Over the last four years, GLP-1 agonists such as Ozempic, touted by many as miracle weight-loss drugs and popularized by celebrity culture, have seen a 700% increase in use among patients without diabetes. Their use for weight loss has more than doubled since early 2024. On November 6, 2025, the Trump administration announced that the cost of these drugs […]
When I was promoted and received tenure, I received a card from another Black woman professor that said, “The ancestors are moving mountains to see you rise.” As I made the news public, other Black professionals made reference to our ancestors, telling me things like “I’ve made the ancestors proud” or “I am my ancestors’ […]
Used by one-third of US adults and the majority of teens, the social media platform TikTok, has emerged as a hotbed for social and political commentary. Viral TikTok content regularly amasses millions of views and hundreds of thousands of comments. The platform has become the most popular app in the last four years, creating some […]
Bioethics exists to help us think clearly about difficult medical decisions, especially when those decisions affect individuals who cannot speak for themselves. At its core, bioethics asks a set of enduring questions: Who decides? Who bears the risks? And what obligations do we have to protect the most vulnerable? These questions arise across medicine, but […]
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