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Derek Beres
Derek Beres is a freelance writer. Based in Portland, Oregon, he has served in senior editorial positions at a number of tech companies and has years of experience in health, science, and music writing. He is the co-host of the Conspirituality podcast and co-author of Conspirituality: How New Age Conspiracies Became a Health Threat.
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As John Hopkins, Duke, Yale, and others integrate yoga and acupuncture, will it harm or help patients?
Yuval Noah Harari warns that the constant pursuit of happiness is neurotic—and technology isn't helping.
A spoonful of sugar has always made the medicine go down – but shouldn't we be asking whether we need this type of medication in the first place?
Cognitive scientist Guy Claxton believes we should think of our entire body as our brain.
There’s only medicine that works and medicine that does not, writes Paul Offit.
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