Some Private Companies Charge Hefty Fees to Help Veterans With Disability Claims
When Glenn Janssen decided to file a claim for disability benefits with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) last year, he dreaded the prospect of dealing with federal bureaucracy and paperwork. Janssen, 57, lives in Portugal with his wife and has worked as a government contractor since leaving the Army in 2004. The Gulf War […]
Idaho’s Abortion Ban Is Forcing Doctors To Leave The State — And It’s Creating A Crisis
Panic was the first thing Dr. Kylie Cooper felt when her home state of Idaho implemented a near-total abortion ban following the repeal of federal protections last year. As a maternal-fetal medicine physician in the largest hospital in the state, Cooper wasn’t used to feeling panicky. Her job working with high-risk obstetric patients didn’t allow […]
Raincoats and Undies: Are Your Clothes Dripping in ‘Forever Chemicals’?
There could be more than just fashion risks involved when buying a pair of leggings or a raincoat. Just how much risk is still not clear, but toxic chemicals have been found in hundreds of consumer products and clothing bought off the racks nationwide. Thousands of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, exist since the […]
8 Things Therapists Do When They’re Stressed While Traveling
d3sign via Getty Images Traveling — even when you’re going somewhere fun — can be a stressful experience. But therapists have some tricks that help them manage their anxiety in the moment. Whether you are hitting the road or getting on a plane, traveling can be a recipe for anxiety. Oftentimes, the journey to your […]
Opinion | How This Doctor Found Purpose After a Devastating Injury
Dec. 20, 2012, started like any other day for me as an ob/gyn when I was called to do a precipitous delivery. I immediately saw that the baby’s heart rate was dangerously low, and knew I had to act quickly. Several nurses helped me maintain the patient’s position to get a vacuum on the baby’s […]
Opinion | Nobody Wants This Job. Should Physicians Stick Around?
As I enter the patient exam room, the first question is no longer, “When can I get my COVID-19 vaccine?” but rather, “Are you leaving? My old doctor left. You are my fifth doctor in 3 years. What is happening?” Nowadays, I spend more time educating patients about the visible cracks our medical system flaunts. […]
Early Postpartum IUD Placement Yields Low Complete Expulsion Rate
Inserting an intrauterine device (IUD) at 2 to 4 weeks postpartum matched the standard interval when it came to complete expulsions, a randomized trial found. At 6-month follow-up, 2% of patients in the early placement group had a complete expulsion compared with none in the group where placement was at the standard 6 to 8 […]
John Fetterman’s Candor About His Depression Is A Revelation
When Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) revealed Thursday that he’d checked himself into the hospital to receive treatment for clinical depression, his office provided a simple, straightforward explanation: Pennsylvania’s newly elected Democrat is ill and needs medical care before returning to work. The statement wasn’t dissimilar to those others lawmakers have put out when they’re sick […]
Doctors Not Immune to Political Biases When it Comes to COVID
Even physicians can be influenced by their political biases when making decisions about COVID-19 treatments, researchers found. In a survey with responses from some 400 critical care doctors, those who identified as politically conservative were five times as likely as their liberal and moderate peers to say they would treat a hypothetical COVID-19 patient with […]
Opinion | Questioning Medical Traditions
The U.S. consumes about 46 million turkeys every Thanksgiving. Have you ever wondered why? When traditions take hold in society, we start to forget why they existed in the first place. For example, the tradition of eating turkey on Thanksgiving started with a writer named Sarah Josepha Hale, who published scenic depictions of American life […]