Mara Gordon

What’s a typical vacation activity for doctors? Work. A new study finds that most physicians do work on a typical day off. In this essay, a family doctor considers why that is and why it matters.

Kate Manne tried to shrink her body for years before embracing her size as part of a “natural, normal human variation.” She says the fight against fat phobia must start in the doctor’s office.

A new book argues that the arts have a role to play in shaking up the status quo in the American health care system and creating ‘desperately needed culture change.’

A physician decided to stop talking to patients about weight, and focus on health instead. But the new weight-loss drugs forced her to rethink how to help patients without feeding into stigma.

A judge’s ruling puts access to the abortion drug mifepristone in limbo, pending further court decisions. But there’s another drug that is safe and effective at ending early pregnancy.

Getting abortion medication online is easier than ever thanks to regulatory changes. The practice is pushing the boundaries of the traditional doctor-patient relationship.

Dr. Mara Gordon spent ten years observing the health care system as a medical student and physician. When she got pregnant she finally understood how vulnerable it can feel to be a patient.

As a doctor, I was eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine in December, but I also was pregnant, and there wasn’t yet much data to inform my decision. What I needed was a different kind of information.

Female physicians spend more time with each patient than male doctors do and their patients report increased satisfaction. But the extra time adds up and results in less money.

More than 35% of students surveyed experienced mistreatment in a U.S. medical school. “There’s a direct link between this abuse and how some … health care disparities play out,” a black doctor says.