Coverage of IVF 20 years ago vs today: It's too regulated!

Wow to some of the comments are the first IVF baby was born. "Something frogs do in a dirty stream"!

The contentious public hearing is one of my favorite genres of news stories.

It's absolutely bonkers that this book is still in print.

I promise you, douching with vinegar is definitely not a good way to guarantee a girl. It IS a good way to mess up your vaginal microbiome, though!

This is why AI poses a threat to the medical profession. Not that it can offer anything a doctor can't (at least not right now)! www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

This is what we all need and want though!

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/d...

Maybe my first encounter with an exclamation point in a scientific publication

This bit from @dkthomp.bsky.social's latest Atlantic cover story really resonated. My habits have definitely changed since the pandemic: More often I eat at home, watch movies at home and even socialize at home, inviting people over in lieu of going out.

www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

My mom used ChatGPT to help buy presents this year. The prompt: poetry books for a nearly 40 female journalist. Here’s what it came up with:

Fun fact: The doctor in this scandal was Pedro Pascal's dad

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Anyway, here is my baby princess angel, Avalanche, sporting her very sleek but ultimately not very helpful tracking collar

Tomorrow: AMA about sharing your DNA data. R/health at 1pm EST. Bonus points if you can read my handwriting.

It turns out the Aztecs shared the same values as @tcolicchio.bsky.social !