As More Americans Embrace Anxiety Treatment, MAHA Derides Medications
After a grueling year of chemotherapy, surgery, and radiation to treat breast cancer, Sadia Zapp was anxious — not the manageable hum that had long been part of her life, but something deeper, more distracting. “Every little ache, like my knee hurts,” she said, made her worry that “this is the end of the road…
Trabajadores de salud pública renuncian antes de ir a Guantánamo
Rebekah Stewart, enfermera del Servicio de Salud Pública de Estados Unidos (USPHS, por sus siglas en inglés), recibió en abril del año pasado una llamada que la hizo llorar. Había sido seleccionada para participar en la nueva operación de detención de inmigrantes del gobierno de Donald Trump en la base de Guantánamo, en Cuba. Ese…
It’s the ‘Gold Standard’ in Autism Care. Why Are States Reining It In?
ALEXANDER, N.C. — Aubreigh Osborne has a new best friend. Dressed in blue with a big ribbon in her blond curls, the 3-year-old sat in her mother’s lap carefully enunciating a classmate’s first name after hearing the words “best friend.” Just months ago, Gaile Osborne didn’t expect her adoptive daughter would make friends at school.…
Advertisements Promising Patients a ‘Dream Body’ With Minimal Risk Get Little Scrutiny
Lenia Watson-Burton, a 37-year-old U.S. Navy administrator, expected that cosmetic surgery would get rid of stubborn fat quickly and easily — just as the web advertising promised. Instead, she died three days after a liposuction-like procedure called AirSculpt at the San Diego office of Elite Body Sculpture, a cosmetic surgery chain with more than 30…