Health & Wellness

Our Healthcare System Fails Patients With Disabilities

Tara Lagu / Undark Feb 3, 2023 Patients who need special accommodations often struggle to find doctors. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Health & Wellness

“Whatever You Do, Don’t Go”: The Dangers of Unregulated Pregnancy Centers

Laura C. Morel / Reveal Feb 3, 2023 This Nurse Wanted to Help Women Avoid Abortions. Then She Saw Infection Control Problems at a Crisis Pregnancy Center. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Ear to the Ground

Pharmaceutical Companies, Physician Bring Court Challenges to State Abortion Laws

Staff / Truthdig Jan 26, 2023 Lawsuits filed in West Virginia and North Carolina have challenged those states' restrictions on the use of abortion pills. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Health & Wellness

What to Know About Cellphone Radiation

Sergio Ortiz Borbolla / ProPublica Jan 6, 2023 Based on quarter-century-old standards, the federal government denies that cellphones pose any risks. But questions remain. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Business & Economy

Doctors Seek to Bar Corporate Control of Health Practices

Bernard J. Wolfson / Undark Jan 3, 2023 Organizers are pushing for stiffer prohibitions on the ownership of medical practices by corporations not owned by licensed doctors. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Opinion

Fixing the Broken American Healthcare System is Not Actually Hard

Sonali Kolhatkar / IMI Dec 30, 2022 If only the health care system received the same treatment that military spending gets from politicians and the public. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Health & Wellness

The Importance of “Breakthrough” Designation in Drug Policy

Russell Hausfeld / Truthdig Dec 15, 2022 What’s good for Pharma isn’t always good for average drug users. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Health & Wellness

Good News for the 65 Million Americans Who Rely on Social Security

Nancy J. Altman / OtherWords Dec 12, 2022 With his re-election, Rapahael Warnock and his Democratic colleagues have a mandate to protect Social Security’s earned benefits. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Health & Wellness

No More Empty Seats at Our Holiday Tables

Ellen Glover / Other Worlds Nov 25, 2022 The Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment (MAT) Act removes barriers to accessing buprenorphine and other treatments, and many lives can be saved if we pass it. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Health & Wellness

A Tale of Toxic Fish

Tony Schick, Oregon Public Broadcasting, and Maya Miller / ProPublica Nov 23, 2022 In a region contaminated by more than a century of industrial and agricultural pollution, the Yakama people have to weigh unknown health risks against sacred practices. Dig deeper ( 17 Min. Read )

Health & Wellness

How to Talk to Someone You Believe Is Misinformed About the Coronavirus

Emma Frances Bloomfield / The Conversation Mar 17, 2020 The medical evidence is clear: The coronavirus global health threat is not an elaborate hoax. Bill Gates did not create the coronavirus to sell more vaccines. Essential oils are not effective at protecting you from coronavirus. But those facts have not stopped contrary claims from spreading both on and offline. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Fear Can Spread From Person to Person Faster Than the Coronavirus – but There Are Ways to Slow It Down

Jacek Debiec / The Conversation Mar 16, 2020 It can feel like everyone is stewing in anxiety about COVID-19 and seeing other people freak out can make you freak out more. A psychiatrist explains this phenomenon, and how to keep it in check. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )