Raoul urges Supreme Court to uphold state authority to ban conversion therapy
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul has joined colleagues to urge the Supreme Court to uphold states’ rights to prohibit licensed healthcare professionals from practicing conversion therapy on minors.
Raoul requests FDA remove restrictions on access to mifepristone
Attorney General Kwame Raoul and more than a dozen colleagues this week urged the Trump administration to remove restrictions on the abortion medication mifepristone.
Estelle Timar-Wilcox
Meet Estelle Timar-Wilcox Estelle Timar-Wilcox is a morning general assignment reporter for MPR News. She reports on a little of everything in and around the Twin Cities, looking for stories that teach people something new about their community. Estelle joined MPR as an intern in the summer of 2022 and took on a full-time reporter […]
Raoul sues HHS over sharing of Medicaid data with deportation officials
Attorney General Kwame Raoul joined colleagues Tuesday to sue the Department of Health and Human Services over sharing the state’s Medicaid data with the Department of Homeland Security to support the Trump administration’s deportation efforts.
Raoul joins lawsuit challenging termination of federal grants
Attorney General Kwame Raoul recently joined a multistate lawsuit challenging the Trump administration for withholding billions of dollars in previously approved federal funds for initiatives like medical research and food insecurities.
Raoul announces $45 million settlement with CVS Caremark in pharmacy benefit rebates
Illinois Attorney General Kwane Raoul said on Wednesday that his office has reached a $45 million settlement to recover $45 million from CVS Caremark in pharmacy benefit rebates.
Hashimoto’s Patients Felt Better for 5 Years After Thyroidectomy
Total thyroidectomy boosted patient-reported general health in euthyroid Hashimoto’s thyroiditis for up to 5 years, an extension of a randomized trial showed. Measured via the Short Form-36 Health Survey, the big bump in quality of life right after thyroidectomy was fully maintained among 65 patients who were tracked for 60 months post-surgery, Geir Hoff, MD, […]
Researchers uncover why light-to-moderate drinking is tied to better heart health: The findings could help in identifying new interventions that reduce the brain’s stress activity without the negative health effects of alcohol
A new study led by investigators from Massachusetts General Hospital, a founding member of the Mass General Brigham healthcare system, offers an explanation for why light-to-moderate alcohol consumption may be associated with lower risk of heart disease. For the first time, researchers found that alcohol, in light to moderate quantities, was associated with long-term reductions […]
Doctors More Neurotic, Less Open Than Patients, Surveys Find
Doctors may be more neurotic than both patients and the general population, according to two nationally representative Australian surveys. When it comes to the “Big Five” personality traits, doctors were also significantly more agreeable, conscientious, and extroverted than both the general population and patients, according to Mehdi Ammi, PhD, health economist of Carleton University, in […]
Salary Bump at Mass General Brigham No Deterrent for Residents Looking to Unionize
House staff may be primed for a salary increase at Mass General Brigham in Boston, but they’re still proceeding with efforts to unionize nonetheless. Just last month, Mass General Brigham announced compensation and benefits adjustments to include a 10% salary increase for all residents and clinical fellows, as well as an increased annual stipend of […]