Everybody Loves CHIP, So Why Isn’t It Permanently Funded?
WASHINGTON — When Rep. Kim Schrier, MD (D-Wash.), a pediatrician, was asked at the Families USA virtual conference in January about the important healthcare provisions in the Build Back Better Act, there was one item she made sure to mention: permanent funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). “Every year the Children’s Health Insurance […]
Attention! Brain scans can tell if you are paying it
Data from brain scans can now answer an age-old question asked by parents and teachers everywhere: Are you paying attention? Using a model of fMRI data collected from 92 individuals performing several types of attention-related tasks, the lab of Yale’s Marvin Chun successfully predicted how well those individuals would perform on the tasks based on […]
I Hired A Sex Worker To Save My Marriage. Here’s How It Changed Our Lives.
“Do you mind if I touch you?” asked the erotic professional whose sandalwood burning, chakra-chic bedroom I’d recently entered. She was speaking of our general arrangement. We were staring at her bed. In her red wrap-dress, gold sandals and brown bob, she looked like a 50-something starlet from a bygone era. Her current vocation was […]
Wyoming Cancer Survivors Asked to Complete Survey – Wyoming Department of Health
Wyoming Cancer Survivors Asked to Complete Survey December 13, 2021 To learn more about the needs of Wyoming residents affected by cancer, the Wyoming Cancer Coalition (WYCC) is encouraging participation in a survey about their needs during and after cancer treatment. “This survey is meant to help gather a better recognition of the needs of […]
Wyoming Cancer Survivors Asked to Complete Survey – Wyoming Department of Health
Wyoming Cancer Survivors Asked to Complete Survey December 13, 2021 To learn more about the needs of Wyoming residents affected by cancer, the Wyoming Cancer Coalition (WYCC) is encouraging participation in a survey about their needs during and after cancer treatment. “This survey is meant to help gather a better recognition of the needs of […]
Make the Diagnosis: Good That She Didn’t Ignore This
Presentation A 50-year-old woman with a long history of cigarette smoking asked her dentist about a white oral plaque that she noticed on the underside of her tongue. She thought it had been there for several months. It was not painful and didn’t seem to cause any other symptoms, but she was concerned it might […]
I’m Training To Qualify For The Olympic Trials On A Treadmill In My Garage
One evening, when I was 13, my dad asked me if I wanted to go on a run. I had never gone on a run before, but I figured if my dad could do it, I could, too. Dogs barked as we made our way down country roads. The setting sun was making the fields […]