LGBTQ+ patients stay up-to-date on preventive care when their doctors are supportive, saving money and lives throughout society

When LGBTQ+ patients can be open with their providers about their identity, they are much more likely to get essential care.

Nathaniel M. Tran, Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Administration, University of Illinois Chicago • conversation
June 10, 2025 • ~5 min

People's bodies now run cooler than 'normal' – even in the Bolivian Amazon

'Normal' body temperature has declined in urban, industrialized settings like the US and UK. Anthropologists find the trend extends to Indigenous people in the Bolivian Amazon – but why?

Thomas Kraft, Postdoctoral Scholar in Anthropology, University of California Santa Barbara • conversation
Oct. 28, 2020 • ~8 min

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