The case for expanding perinatal depression screening
Ten to 25% of women in the United States suffer from perinatal depression, commonly referred to as post-partum depression (PPD).
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Law and medicine: How providers and lawyers join forces for patients
Across the United States, an unlikely alliance is happening in medical settings: lawyers and healthcare professionals are joining forces to
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Is there a right to die?
How people think about death is undergoing a major transformation in the United States. In the past decade, there has
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VA Whole Health: The paradigm shift we’ve been waiting for
“The job of medicine is not only to diagnose and treat disease,” said Tracy Gaudet, the executive director of the
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Why new DNR order regulations don’t lay ethical concerns to rest
A little over a year ago, the Texas Legislature passed legislation regulating inpatient do-not-resuscitate orders (DNRs). It’s now gone into
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Parenting from prison: How does it impact children’s health?
According to the CDC, adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), increase the risk of negative health outcomes over a lifetime. There are
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An ode to my teachers, with gratitude
My father has the most amazing memory. He can tell you what he ate for dinner one year ago to
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What if someone could be ‘kind of’ alive?
When the executioner’s assistant held up the freshly guillotined head of assassin Charlotte Corday by her hair and slapped her
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Reducing the DUI legal limit: A spirited debate
Earlier this year, Utah took a key step at reducing one of the key harms associated with alcohol: impaired driving.
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Confronting professional boundaries in medicine
Physician assistant (PA) school, clinical rotations, and patient interactions are sprinkled with unexpected, life-altering and difficult experiences at every turn.
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