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Women who spent their 20s and 30s fighting disordered eating, who finally made peace with food in their 40s, are now in their 50s and 60s, facing a new temptation: pharmaceutical appetite suppression. (Bayo Curry-Winchell, 5/8)

The only thing worse than hospital food is hospital food picked by D.C. bureaucrats. (5/10)

Late last month, Utah’s Medical Licensing Board called for the immediate suspension of the state’s pilot program with the AI company Doctronic. The program lets a chatbot evaluate patients and recommend prescription renewals for nearly 200 chronic condition drugs, with the state planning to phase out physician review of each case. (Alon Bergman, 5/11)

I’m used to hearing from people who disagree with me about addiction. I wasn’t expecting to hear from them about artificial intelligence. (Jonathan Avery, 5/11)

Across the vast public outpouring of grief, a common sentiment seemed to emerge: This is unimaginable. But for some parents of children who had been diagnosed with substance use disorder and mental illness, there was a more intimate resonance to the news, and a painful sense of recognition. There were, indeed, specific aspects of this grief that hit them alone. (Caitlin Gibson, 5/11)