Side Effects

The Brave New World of Embryonic Screening

And deciding who belongs in it

Aug 22 • 

Devorah Goldman

July 2025

Children's Hospitals are Shutting Down Transgender Services.

Doctors must reclaim moral agency.

Jul 25 • 

Devorah Goldman

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The "Swinging Sixties" Club, paid for by Medicaid

The realities of "social adult day care" centers

Jul 11 • 

Devorah Goldman

5

June 2025

Understanding the MAHA Report

Are doctors failing to keep Americans healthy?

Jun 20 • 

Devorah Goldman

May 2025

Assisted Suicide in New York and the Physician's Temptation

"A life not worthy of living. Well, I’ve heard that before. From peers, from rivals, sometimes from myself."

May 16 • 

Devorah Goldman

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April 2025

The "Cost Conundrum" Revisited

Has Atul Gawande failed upward?

Apr 25 • 

Devorah Goldman

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March 2025

Obama Celebrates the Anniversary of the ACA. Doctors React.

Doctors don't own the pen caps. Hospital executives do.

Mar 28 • 

Devorah Goldman

With the Prison-Guard Strike, the NEJM Erodes its Scientific Authority

On "Carceral Health Care"

Mar 14 • 

Devorah Goldman

February 2025

Who's Afraid of Ozempic?

The role of the blockbuster drug in American culture

Feb 28 • 

Devorah Goldman

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What American Health Authorities Fail to Understand About RFK, Jr.

A time to look inward

Feb 14 • 

Devorah Goldman

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January 2025

Happy 2025! The TikTok politics of medical note taking and what's next for Side Effects

A biweekly Friday column and more

Jan 31 • 

Devorah Goldman

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December 2024

"Frankly, these parasites had it coming."

On Luigi Mangione's cheerleaders and the state of U.S. health insurance

Dec 20, 2024 • 

Devorah Goldman

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