Things I’m Thinking About

Our obsession with the scale is bad medicine.

Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs) is startlingly common and often unintentional.

The science on heat and exercise is only half-baked — here’s what’s known, what’s not, and what keeps you safe.

Social and political dysfunction can push transgender people into dark places. They need allies.

The boundary was always more regulatory than philosophical — and now even that is blurring.

This isn’t a scientific breakthrough, it’s a buzzword designed to make you worried enough to buy something.

We still diagnose and treat based on disease models built on men.

Fear-based messaging erases nuance to imply you’ve been lied to and there’s a quick fix.

Context doesn’t fit a one-to-many format, and absolutes make great soundbites.

More decimal places say nothing about whether a measurement is valid. Precise isn’t the same as useful.

Averages help us see big-picture trends — and they also leave individuals unseen.

Research shapes everything we know about health, and it isn’t neutral.

The lesson isn’t really about running. It’s about calling your shot deliberately.

Symptoms rarely show up alone — but healthcare tends to treat one at a time.

“Evidence” comes from average effects across a study population — a blunt instrument for helping any one person.

“Can we?” is a fine start, but it needs “should we?” and “how should we?” right behind it.

Healthcare was largely designed by and for men — the business case for building better is already there.