Doctor Looks To Provide Abortions At Off-Shore Site After Roe Reversal
A Bay Area doctor is looking to circumvent Southern states’ abortion restrictions through a “floating health clinic” on federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico. Advertisement PRROWESS – or “Protecting Reproductive Rights Of Women Endangered by State Statutes” – won’t be subject to state abortion restrictions like those in the states that border the Gulf, […]
What Are the Six Types of Anxiety Disorders? 6 Ways to Treat
The six main types of anxiety disorders are: A typical variant is selective mutism, which may be often seen in kids who are confident in front of their family but may not speak at all in school or other places. Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD): It is a long-term disorder that makes a person inappropriately anxious […]
New model may improve San Francisco Bay Area, U.S., seismic hazard maps
The Santa Cruz Mountains define the geography of the Bay Area south of San Francisco, protecting the peninsula from the Pacific Ocean’s cold marine layer and forming the region’s notorious microclimates. The range also represents the perils of living in Silicon Valley: earthquakes along the San Andreas fault. In bursts that last seconds to minutes, […]
‘Breakthroughs’ in Highly Vaxxed Bay Area Spur Interest in Boosters
As breakthrough COVID infections among staff at Bay Area hospitals garner attention as the latest Cape Cod-like cluster, one of these facilities has started offering booster shots for some. Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital (ZSFG), a public hospital that is part of the San Francisco Department of Public Health, said it will accommodate special requests […]
Gender Bias in the OR Is a Hazard to Patient Safety
It was a typical bustling morning in the pre-operative area where I was waiting for my patient to go back to the operating room (OR). I was reviewing my day ahead: after a short procedure in the OR, I had a full clinic day with multiple office procedures, and then was leaving immediately for an […]