All politics may be local, but not all incentives are perverse — One autumn afternoon in 2000, a Zenair CH 601 HDS strained upward from the Morehead-Rowan County Airport near Morehead, Kentucky. …

Drug-herb interactions are rising; so are herbal supplement sales — In 2018, a 69-year-old man was admitted to a hospital in China. His complaints included lower limb weakness, unsteady gait, and muscle pain. He was found to have severe rhabdomyolysis, a potentially fatal type of myopathy (neuromuscular disorder) believed to be caused by statin (cholesterol-lowering drug) use. …

John Ferguson lost his own mind before revolutionizing drug therapy in mid-20th century America — “If you’re going to write about my work, you kids’d better know and tell right out what’s been bad about me,” Dr. John (Jack) Ferguson said in the spring of 1956 at the lakeside home of one of Michigan’s most celebrated medical writers, Dr. Paul de Kruif. …

A Cold War-era secret wouldn’t evade Sandra Marlow for long — A concise yet illuminating history of the Walter E. Fernald State School is at once a sine qua non and an astoundingly difficult and nuanced proposition. Inseparable from the institution’s past is the unquestionable influence of a social movement revelatory of the ugly underbelly of human nature: the eugenics movement…

To design for those with altered perception, Kyoshi Izumi first had to have his perception altered — This essay contains historically accurate words and phrases that may be considered insensitive or offensive today. Like a swift descent into cold water, Kyoshi Izumi’s first sensation was that of muscle tightness. Despite an acute astigmatism, titles of books 15 feet away were legible without glasses. …

Narrative isn’t just a thing — it’s a competency — Want cool Future Vision Merch? Check out our store here “I type inquiry into a search engine. In 0.36 seconds, I receive nearly 290 million results.” These are the words of Professor Tom Liam Lynch in a punchy piece titled “Inquiry in an Age of Query,” but I could have…