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When Covid-19 began tearing across the U.S. in March 2020, Alex Goldstein started posting on Twitter the pictures and stories of people who had died from the disease. He was …
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Sickness can beget debt, which can then turn around and beget more sickness. That’s the all-too-unfortunate cycle for people across the country who find themselves with overwhelming medical debt, the …
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Clinicians walk a tightrope when trying to help their patients with chronic pain. They want to be able to ease a patient’s suffering with medication, but must be mindful of …
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The rollout of a new mental health crisis line for the entire U.S. is scheduled to happen on July 16 — the blink of an eye in bureaucratic time. People …
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When the Covid-19 pandemic began tearing across the country, it hit nursing homes hard. More than 200,000 residents and staff members at long-term care facilities have died from the disease. …
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As a psychiatrist, Christin Drake often turns away potential new patients — there just aren’t enough hours in the day to take on everyone who seeks her out or is …
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For trans people who want to receive gender-affirming medical care such as hormone treatments or surgery, one requirement is often a diagnosis of “gender dysphoria,” which the Diagnostic and Statistical …
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Like many of us, Tom Sequist had no idea what was about to happen as he began his new job as chief medical officer of Mass General Brigham hospital system …
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Sneha Dave has been living with a chronic disease for 17 years — almost her entire life. Diagnosed with ulcerative colitis when she was 6 years old, Dave has experienced …
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