A qualitative exploration of menstrual management practices and the impact of menstruation on the livelihoods of female sex workers in a peri-urban area of western Kenya

• by Elish McCullough, Garazi Zulaika, Edyth A. Osire, Cynthia Akinyi, Fredrick O. Otieno, Penelope A. Phillips-Howard, Supriya D. Mehta, Linda Mason

• June 5, 2026

Kissing's Origins Go Back 20M Years

Bayesian phylogenetic modeling suggests kissing emerges deep in primate evolution and persists across multiple ape lineages, including extinct hominins.

• by Kathryn Wighton

• February 3, 2026

• 3 min

AI Scribes Lag Clinicians on Note Quality

A VHA study across 11 vendors finds AI-generated primary care notes score lower than clinician-written notes, with the largest deficits in thoroughness, organization, and usefulness

• by Kerri Miller

• April 17, 2026

• 6 min

Side Effects: Nobody Trained for This

Chemsex at the pharmacy counter. Gut bacteria tracking helmet impacts. PMD predicting psychiatric illness bidirectionally. This week's research keeps landing in the same uncomfortable place: medicine is improvising.

• by Kerri Miller

• May 11, 2026

• 6 min