Here’s what to read the week of November 25, from how disappearing rainforests affect medicine to research on efficacious alternative medicine • Photograph of Jia Tolentino ℅ Elena Mudd

Here’s what to read the week of November 11, from the pioneering research on Alzheimer’s to preventing a burnout • Photograph of Dorothy West ℅ The Guardian

Here’s what to read the week of October 28, from the research-backed foods for gut health to a phenomena called “identity fusion” • Photograph of Rosario Castellanos ℅ Good Reads

Here’s what to read the week of October 21, from a strange new culprit in eating disorders to an update on the recent research regarding meat consumption • Photograph of Simone de Beauvoir ℅ Gisele Freund

Here’s what to read the week of October 14, from the fight to end black maternal mortality rate to the sham of celery juice • Photograph of Billie Holiday ℅ Issac Sutton

Here’s what to read the week of October 6, from medical myths on racism to the dark origins of crystals • Photograph of Patti Smith ℅ Lynn Goldsmith

Here’s what to read the week of September 30, from keeping your cool while keeping up with politics and rebounding from a breakup • Photograph of Joan Didion ℅ Intentional Aesthetics

Here’s what to read the week of September 23, from climate justice as racial justice and the question of where all our plastic goes • Photograph ℅ Casa Azul