The inappropriate removal of an immigrant’s uterus is not that surprising in that it seems to be part of a much larger trend across America. 

Reducing ED use isn’t as simple as it sounds, and there are competing conflicts of interests.

Happiness is not a momentary sense of joy but a sustained sense of life satisfaction.

Despite a sufficient food supply too many people remain hungry.

Despite widely documented health risks, longer hospital stays, and higher costs, caesarean sections are still performed too often and risk impacting women’s health.

Adverse childhood experiences (ACES) harm children's developing brains and lead to long term physical and emotional health issues. While we can’t go back and undo early trauma, we can intervene using “trauma informed care” approaches.

ACES are adverse childhood experiences that harm children's developing brains and lead to changing how they respond to stress and damaging their immune systems so profoundly that the effects show up decades later. ACEs cause much of our burden of chronic disease, most mental illness, and are at the root of most violence.

A new test offers some benefits, but also some risks, to finding out if you are at high risk for Alzheimer’s - a disease for which there are currently no good treatments available. 

In many ways social, economic, and medical the cards are stacked against some people getting a transplantation.

Why is a drug that can be so useful to a group of patients not allowed in the hospital?