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Two Rival Hospitals Want To Join Forces. Will Patients Lose?
In Terre Haute, Ind., two rival hospitals want to merge, a move that supporters say will save patients money and help people live longer.
But similar hospital consolidations in Tennessee, Virginia and North Carolina have…
Beyond PMS: A Poorly Understood Disorder Means Periods of Despair for Some Women
If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing or texting “988.”
For the most part, Cori Lint was happy.
She worked days as a software…
Lack of Affordability Tops Older Americans’ List of Health Care Worries
What weighs most heavily on older adults’ minds when it comes to health care?
The cost of services and therapies, and their ability to pay.
“It’s on our minds a whole lot because of our age and because everything…
El dolor ya no se puede medir en una escala de cero a 10
En los últimos dos años, una solicitud simple pero desconcertante ha precedido la mayoría de mis encuentros con profesionales médicos: “Califique su dolor en una escala del cero al 10”.
Me formé como médica y he hecho…
Fake Therapist Fooled Hundreds Online Until She Died, State Records Say
Hundreds of Americans may have unknowingly received therapy from an untrained impostor who masqueraded as an online therapist, possibly for as long as two years, and the deception crumbled only when she died, according to state…
Pain Doesn’t Belong on a Scale of Zero to 10
Elisabeth Rosenthal
Over the past two years, a simple but baffling request has preceded most of my encounters with medical professionals: “Rate your pain on a scale of zero to 10.”
I trained as a physician and have asked…
Mississippi Lacks Black Doctors, Even as Lawmakers Increasingly Target Diversity Programs
Lauren Sausser
JACKSON, Miss. — Jerrian Reedy was 9 when his father was admitted to the hospital in Hattiesburg, about two hours northeast of New Orleans, after sustaining three gunshot wounds. Reedy recalled visiting his dad in the…
El sonido que producen las cigarras afecta a algunos más que a otros… ¿por qué?
Shhhooo. Wee-uuu. Chick, chick, chick. Ese es el sonido de tres especies diferentes de cigarras. Para algunos, esos sonidos son la canción del verano. Otros desearían que los insectos bajaran el volumen. La cacofonía puede ser…
The Supreme Court Just Limited Federal Power. Health Care Is Feeling the Shockwaves.
A landmark Supreme Court decision that reins in federal agencies’ authority is expected to hold dramatic consequences for the nation’s health care system, calling into question government rules on anything from consumer…
Idaho’s OB-GYN Exodus Throws Women in Rural Towns Into a Care Void
SANDPOINT, Idaho — The ultrasound in February that found a mass growing in her uterus and abnormally thick uterine lining brought Jonell Anderson more than anxiety over diagnosis and treatment.
For Anderson and other…