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Anti-Choice Tactics
Soon after learning she was pregnant, Cherisse walked into what looked like a doctor’s office in the hopes of receiving medical information and guidance. Instead, she was shown graphic videos of abortion procedures before being sent to another facility for an ultrasound. At the second location, she was told, inaccurately, that if she ended her […]
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Ohio to Appeal Ruling on Abortions
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio’s attorney general says he will appeal a federal judge’s decision to put on hold a state law that bans doctors from performing abortions based on a diagnosis of Down syndrome. Republican Attorney General Mike DeWine says Ohio has “profound interests in combating discrimination against a class of human beings based upon […]
Policies
Trump Remarks Revive Debate on Asylums
Conversations on how American institutions interact with people struggling with mental illnesses have emerged once again following the Florida Parkland shooting. Experts across the country, including Penn’s bioethicists, have weighed in on solutions. A 2015 paper by Department of Medical Ethics & Health Policy assistant professor Dominic Sisti has roared back into conversations as pundits […]
Policies
California Plan Sets Stage for Government System
Obamacare is beginning to unravel, and California can’t create its own replacement — at least not yet. So health care advocates and lawmakers are working on a piecemeal approach. They want to offer a public insurance option to compete with private companies. They want to increase subsidies for those buying insurance through Obamacare. They want to cover […]
Policies
HHS Defends Official’s Efforts to Block Abortions
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar defended a Trump administration official under fire for his role in a battle over undocumented teenagers’ access to abortion, telling congressional leaders on Thursday that he believed the issue was prompted not the official’s opposition to abortion but by a decade-old government policy. During a House hearing on […]
Policies
‘Right to Try’ Treatment Law Fails in House
In a major blow to the effort to pass a federal “right-to-try” law, House Republicans failed to muster the votes to pass a key compromise measure Tuesday. The legislation was rejected by a vote of 259-140. The bill needed two-thirds majority to pass under suspension of rules. The vote was an embarrassing defeat not only for House […]
Other News
Arizona Pioneers Plan to Reduce Veteran Suicides
National statistics reveal that about 20 veterans end their lives per day, according to the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs. The state of Arizona is pioneering new policies of suicide prevention with the help of the Department of Veteran Affairs Department and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Data shows that Arizona’s suicide […]
Other News
Women of Color Need Earlier Breast Screenings
Thankfully, breast cancer has been becoming a lot less fatal over the past few decades, and scientists and medical doctors are continuing to make immense strides in understanding and treating it. Still, new research provides evidence that methods of screening and diagnosing the condition are permeated with racial biases that favor whiteness—similarly to mental health. Perhaps this is partially why black women are […]
Blogs/Opinion
Wary and Alert
As a family doctor, I prescribe opioids judiciously. My training taught me to be careful with each and every pill I prescribe, as each script could add another victim to the opioid crisis at the forefront of our country’s current health agenda. However, despite those efforts ― and the efforts of so many others in […]
Policies
GOP Bill to Let Dying Patients Try New Drugs in Limbo
WASHINGTON — A leading House Democrat announced his opposition Monday to a Republican bill making it easier for some terminally ill patients to try experimental drugs, clouding the measure’s fate. Republicans are hoping for House approval Tuesday, seven months after a similar package cleared the Senate. The “Right to Try” bill gained added momentum after […]
Policies
Drug Reverses Autism Deficits in Animals
Of all the challenges that come with a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), the social difficulties are among the most devastating. Currently, there is no treatment for this primary symptom of ASD. New research at the University at Buffalo reveals the first evidence that it may be possible to use a single compound to […]
Disparities
New Heart Protocol Reduces Gender Disparities
A four-step protocol for the most severe type of heart attack, if followed, not only can improve outcomes and reduce mortality rates, but also put an end to gender disparities in health care. Cardiovascular disease is the foremost cause of death in women. STEMI (ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction), in which one of the heart’s major arteries that supplies […]
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