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Health Rainesford Stauffer Jun 28, 2021

Life on the Line: A Q&A with author and journalist Emma Goldberg

Rainesford Stauffer Jun 28, 2021

Journalist and author Emma Goldberg explores the intensity, frustration, and anguish of the pandemic through the eyes of six rookie doctors in her new book, ‘Life on the Line: Young Doctors Come of Age in a Pandemic.’

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Broken Medicine Julia Sklar Apr 26, 2021

Is Menopause Causing Sleep Apnea?

Julia Sklar Apr 26, 2021

After women were excluded from sleep studies for decades, science is starting to catch up—and changing valuable statistics with it.

Disability Awareness LaVonne Roberts Nov 12, 2020

Disability Doesn’t Need to Be Seen to Be Real

LaVonne Roberts Nov 12, 2020

When the writer sustained long-term injuries from a car accident, she discovered the degree to which those with invisible disabilities feel penalized—in large part due to medical gender bias.

Coronavirus Gail Sheehy Apr 24, 2020

Nurses On COVID-19 Frontline Risk It All

Gail Sheehy Apr 24, 2020

For an El Paso nurse, leaving her family to treat patients in New York City, the epicenter of the Coronavirus outbreak, isn’t a choice at all. It’s her calling.

Disappearing Data Miranda Culp Mar 9, 2020

Trump’s Lies are a Hazard to Our Health

Miranda Culp Mar 9, 2020

Health agencies gutted. Medical research canceled. Gun violence and pandemics dismissed. Is this how our nation is protecting us?

Broken Medicine Olivia Campbell Jan 20, 2020

Women Doctors Leaving Medicine Is a Crisis

Olivia Campbell Jan 20, 2020

The cruel cocktail of sexism, pay inequity, and burnout has led to a critical shortage of women physicians. And it could be putting us all at risk.

Broken Medicine Olivia Campbell Dec 9, 2019

Ectopic Pregnancies Are Not Viable Pregnancies. Period

Olivia Campbell Dec 9, 2019

It took centuries for medicine to recognize ectopic pregnancies. Now Ohio legislators want to force doctors to "reimplant" them in a woman's uterus—which is medically impossible.

Broken Medicine Jessica Wakeman Sep 30, 2019

Why Are So Many Women Crowdsourcing Their Healthcare?

Jessica Wakeman Sep 30, 2019

Whether they're feeling dismissed by doctors, afraid of tests, or generally confused, women are seeking healthcare information online—and it's leading to an epidemic of misinformation, and a new kind of health crisis.

All the Rage Jude Doyle Sep 12, 2019

Men Don’t Understand Women’s Bodies

Jude Doyle Sep 12, 2019

From literature to the legislature to even the medical exam room, men have demonstrated a pernicious, defiant ignorance about female anatomy—and it's destroying our lives.

Broken Medicine Dr. Jennifer Gunter Aug 12, 2019

The GOP Is Going After Trans Healthcare

Dr. Jennifer Gunter Aug 12, 2019

LGBTQ people already face misdiagnosis, harassment, and refusal of treatment by the medical establishment. Trump’s Dept. of Health and Human Services is about to make it much worse.