Jonathan has written for the New York Times, Washington Post, Slate, Discover Magazine and others.
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New York Times 2/14/23The USDA's 1971 ban on selling animal lungs as human food makes no sense, and virtually every other advanced country has no such ban. That's why I submitted a petition to change the rule.
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Slate 3/29/22Mucus might be the grossest bodily fluid, but it's also amazing and it keeps us alive.
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Washington Post, March 9, 2018With a national epidemic of opioid misuse, I reflect on the decision of whether or not to prescribe the strongest painkillers.
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Slate, October 9, 2017A nursing home in Arctic Alaska battles against the federal government and wins the right to serve traditional Inupiat foods to its elders.
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Washington Post, Nov. 23, 2016Urine is the most fascinating of all bodily fluids. Here's why.
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Slate, August 30, 2016Learning all about the liver in medical school taught me to enjoy eating chopped liver.
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New York Times, Oct. 4, 2014Diagnosing disease and identifying wild edible mushrooms both use the same ancient processes of cognition that make us human.
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New York Times, April 26, 2014As a medical student, a trip to a slaughterhouse gave me a unique insight into the make-up of our bodies.
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Four Seasons Magazine, July 2021A horseback trip through the roadless mountains of Kamchatka, Russia later gave me perspective on how heart attacks are diagnosed.
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Discover Magazine, May 21, 2016A medical mystery in my patient: a boy's eyes are the bright yellow color of a highlighter marker. A thorough history gives the diagnosis.
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Discover Magazine, May 28, 2015An infant that I cared for in an Arctic village struggled to get air into his lungs. Without the necessary medical equipment, was diagnosis futile?
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Fungi Magazine, Winter 2016Human stool and its fungal inhabitants may hold the key to better understand human health and disease.
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Fungi Magazine, Winter 2015Phalloidin, a toxic component of the poisonous death cap mushroom, is helping to cure cancer.
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Fungi Magazine, 2014The death of a patient due to overwhelming infection with a common everyday fungus tells a story of humankind's ancient immunological dance with mold.
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Russian Life, March 2013A traveler on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula searches for traditional Koryak culture within the monumental sociopolitical changes of post-Soviet times.
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