Casey Schwartz is a staff writer at Newsweek and The Daily Beast. She is currently at work on her first book, a personal look at the culture of modern psychiatry.
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An Embattled Scientist Speaks Out
How did a star researcher into the medical mystery of chronic fatigue syndrome end up in jail and... MORE
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When Chemo Causes Cancer
Chemotherapy helped her beat breast cancer, but did it also cause her new cancer?... MORE
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Are Doctors Doing Too Much?
The recent furor over PSA testing highlights a larger debate about over-prescribing care.... MORE
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Prostate Cancer Screenings May Be Bad for You
A government-selected panel of experts gives PSA screenings a D, reports Casey Schwarz, and critics... MORE
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8 More Horrifying Diseases
Shellfish that can kill you in 30 minutes, ‘penis fish,’ and other medical nightmares.... MORE
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Life After Flesh-Eating Bacteria
The infection leaves survivors without limbs, scarred, and coping with reduced mobility—but happy... MORE
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How ‘Flesh-Eating Bacteria’ Strike
A Georgia woman’s battle with the gruesome bacteria has captivated the Web. MORE
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Can You Get Flesh-Eating Disease?
The bacterial infection that cost a Georgia woman her leg and hands is rare, but lethal.... MORE
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Is Hoarding a Disease?
For the first time in psychiatric history, you could be diagnosed for burying yourself in stuff.... MORE
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The Concussion Puzzle
The suicide of NFL linebacker Junior Seau has reignited the debate over head trauma, but... MORE
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The Science of Forgetting
The dust-up over Ben Bradlee’s Watergate recollections reminds us that our memory is constantly... MORE
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Beauty in Madness
Inspired by her manic depression, the artist Josephine King creates striking paintings that give... MORE
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The Upside of Ignorance
Stuart Firestein, author of ‘Ignorance,’ insists in an interview with Casey Schwartz that being... MORE
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Generation Rx Comes of Age
In ‘Dosed,’ Kaitlin Bell Barnett examines the era of kids raised on psychotropic meds.... MORE
