In February 2009, Lauren Lollini, a psychotherapist from Colorado, had a kidney stone removed at Rose Medical Center in Denver. It was a routine procedure, but for weeks after her surgery, Lollini experienced fl...
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This is how Warren says she can pay for Medicare for All
A new plan has joined the infamous list of senator Elizabeth Warren’s plans for her presidency: the plan to finance Medicare for All.
Although she has long expressed support for single-payer, publicly funded healthcare coverage, Warren’s platform unchara...
Doctors are prescribing off-label nicotine replacements for teens addicted to vaping
With over 800 cases and 12 deaths attributed to a mysterious vaping-related pulmonary illness (VAPI) in the United States, a growing number of teens have been going to the family doctor with concerns about their e-cigarette vaping habits....
The US just promised to adopt universal health care
Every single member of the UN doubled-down today on a commitment to provide universal health coverage to their citizens. The fact that the US will be among them is perhaps evidence of how disconnected these declarations can be from actual domestic political agendas.
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A radical approach to confronting addiction puts human connection first
In 2015, Jennifer Nicolaisen was working in consulting and getting by some days on just two hours of sleep. She was a 27-year-old statistician in northern Virginia, basking in what she called “rising star energy”—the glow that came from approval from her boss, her c...
The Gates Foundation says that inequality stands in the way of progress
The third annual Goalkeepers report from the Gates Foundation is out, and even in a year in which the world seems prey to never ending political and environmental instability, it isn’t straying from the organization’s core optimistic philosophy: Despite all the...
Going to the doctor can be a traumatic experience for trans patients—but one piece of paper would help change that
As a medical professional, I’ve experienced firsthand how increased advocacy and visibility of transgender people in recent years has made an impact—more trans patients are coming in for routine primary care, and doctors are helping to achieve more positive health outcomes.
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