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Five Thirty Eight
Are Mammograms Worth It?
Five Thirty Eight
Are Older Men’s Sperm Really Any Worse?
Five Thirty Eight
Eat More Nuts (And Vegetables, And Don’t Forget to Exercise And Quit Smoking)
Five Thirty Eight
How a Woman’s Weight Before Pregnancy Affects Childbirth
Five Thirty Eight
What Do We Really Know About the Safety of E-Cigarettes?
Five Thirty Eight
Why States Should Aim For 100 Percent Vaccination
Five Thirty Eight
Don’t Take Your Vitamins
Five Thirty Eight
Calorie Counts On Menus Won’t Change What Americans Eat
Five Thirty Eight
Do Concussions Lead To Suicide?
Five Thirty Eight
New Prenatal Tests Aren’t Perfect — But They’re Close
Five Thirty Eight
Cellphones Do Not Give You Brain Cancer
Five Thirty Eight
Men, Those Tightie Whities Really Are Killing Your Sperm Count
Five Thirty Eight
‘Screen Time’ For Kids Is Probably Fine
Five Thirty Eight
Is Your Toddler Straight-Up Refusing to Poop in the Toilet? Join the Club.
Five Thirty Eight
Why Parents Panic Way Too Much Over Kids Who Learn to Walk Late
Five Thirty Eight
Nearly All Infants Lose Weight After They’re Born
Five Thirty Eight
When You Give Birth, Your Body … Rips
Five Thirty Eight
The Complicated Truth About C-sections
Five Thirty Eight
An Economist’s Data-Backed Case for Vaccines
Five Thirty Eight
What to Expect When You Have a Miscarriage
Five Thirty Eight
How Much Does Diet Matter When You’re Breastfeeding?
Five Thirty Eight
Thinking About Pregnancy Like an Economist
Five Thirty Eight
End the Plague of Secret Parenting
Five Thirty Eight
When Parents Try to Do It All, They Do It Poorly
Five Thirty Eight
New Evidence on Pot During Pregnancy
Five Thirty Eight
Why the C-Section Rate Is So High
Five Thirty Eight
Take Back Your Pregnancy
Five Thirty Eight
The Data All Guilt-Ridden Parents Need
Five Thirty Eight
There’s Evidence on How to Raise Children, but Are Parents Listening?
Five Thirty Eight
Reports of a Drop in Childhood Obesity Are Overblown
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