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In May, a National Public Radio story asked, “Can a chatbot help people with eating disorders as well as another human?” It focused on a chatbot that we developed to …
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When a loved one is living with serious substance use disorder and refuses to get help, sometimes it seems like the only solution is to force them into it. In …
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Right now, it’s possible that cells from my body are growing in a lab somewhere and are being used to test new cancer drugs. After I was diagnosed with neuroendocrine tumors, …
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Now that the Covid-19 public health emergency has ended, it’s awfully tempting to put the pandemic firmly behind us. But now is the time to look at what we have …
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Several years ago, a local artist asked if she could paint my younger daughter, then a tween, as part of a series of life-size portraits of people she knew. Monica …
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The statistics are dismal, though they bear repeating: 81% of overdose deaths in the U.S. in 2021 involved an opioid. But as an addiction medicine specialist, there are figures that …
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Last Thursday, after 15 hours of deliberation, the Indiana State Licensing board ruled that our friend and colleague Caitlin Bernard, an OB-GYN, violated patient privacy laws in discussing the case …
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“Hey, I’m sorry to bother you, but I could really use your advice on something.” As fellows in oncology training programs, we’re both accustomed to fielding texts, emails, and calls …
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Since the pandemic began, thousands of child care locations have closed, exacerbating an already acute shortage. But health care worker Jada Carter was lucky. Her two children went to Hospitots, …
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