Insights

<p>New colon cancer screening guidelines, a new study on using anti-depressants during pregnancy, new drug tests for sailors and more from our Daily Briefing.</p>

<p>The fallout of medical debt, good news for Gulf oil spill victims, a murder charge for a doctor and more from our Daily Briefing.</p>

<p>The controversy over revisions to psychiatry's bible, the DSM, isn't just about autism. Guest blogger Mary Schweitzer throws chronic fatigue syndrome into the mix.</p>

<p>An opinion piece, borne of personal experience and a decade of mental health reporting, arguing in favor of many proposed changes to the DSM-5 that would allow early intervention for common mental disorders.</p>

<p>Friday's <em>Daily Briefing</em> reading features great reporting on senior and mental health.</p>

<p>Reporters interested in exploring topics in mental health or illness stereotypes should check out The Carter Center's latest fellowship. Also listed are opportunities at Everyday Health and WebMD.</p>

It's contaminated, but they want it. The activists who fought back developers for the creation of the Rio de Los Ángeles State Park and the Los Angeles Historic State Park have their eyes set on a "crown jewel" of the LA River, a plot of land which a developer is currently interested in purchasing.

<p>A victory for contraception advocates, a ban on painkiller distribution, a new weight loss pill and more from our Daily Briefing.</p>

<p>Eban recently became&nbsp;<em>Fortune</em>'s contributing editor for health-related investigations. This week in&nbsp;<em>Career GPS</em>&nbsp;she shares her ideas about working on big stories.</p>

Why did Slate retract a critical commentary by bioethicist Carl Elliott on stem cell firm Celltex after a demand by the controversial company's CEO?