Avery Elizabeth Hurt, a health-and-science journalist, writes for a variety of publications, including Better Homes and Gardens, Newsweek, The New Physician, Heart Healthy Living, Eating Well, Family Style, Greenwise, Figure, Medizine, and Parents. In addition, she is the author of the book Bullet With Your Name On It: What You'll Probably Die From And What You Can Do About It and is just completing her second book, Don't Worry, I'm Not Contagious: Your Guide To Staying Healthy In An Infectious World. She is currently working on a book about alternative medicine. Her articles, essays, and books explore the edges of science and society, asking questions that often are more complex than they first appear, such as:

• Is fever ever good for you?
• Is natural selection the sole driver of evolution?
• Are health-screening tests really such a good idea?
• Can we protect our health by having a better relationship with bacteria?
• How can health care better serve the poor?
• What does ‘gender’ mean? Is gender a spectrum condition?
• Is high cholesterol as big a deal as we’ve been lead to believe?
• Are women overreacting to the fear of osteoporosis?

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