Medical
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Health
Mary Lou Retton Crowdfunded Her Medical Debt, Like Many Thousands of Others
But unlike the Olympic gymnast, most people don’t raise enough money to cover their costs.
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Opinion
Ozempic Can’t Fix What Our Culture Has Broken
We have become fluent in the new language of pharmacology, diabetes, and weight loss. Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro are part…
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Opinion
Abortion Bans by Any Other Name Are Still Abortion Bans
In the year since Roe v. Wade was overturned, the Republican Party has tested out constantly changing talking points and…
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News
Help! I Fell in Sicily and my Travel Insurance Ditched Me
Badly hurt, a 68-year-old solo traveler expected her insurer to coordinate her care, provide much-needed translation services and then return…
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Health
A Mystery in the E.R.? Ask Dr. Chatbot for a Diagnosis.
At a medical school in Boston, instructors are using ChatGPT in training exercises to help teach students how to think…
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News
Judge Strikes Down Arkansas Law Banning Gender Transition Care for Minors
The case had been closely watched as an important test of whether bans on transition care for minors, enacted by…
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Health
Should Medicine Still Bother With Eponyms?
The names of Nazi-era doctors are still found on diseases and body parts. By expunging them, will doctors forget lessons…
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Opinion
Saving the Flailing Humanities
More from our inbox: ‘It Is Still Ongoing’: How ‘Parade’ Takes On a History of HateBody DonorsPay Workers FairlyCredit...Lion Books,…
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News
Texas Legislature Bans Transgender Medical Care for Children
The News Over the opposition of Democrats and the loud protests at the Capitol this month, the Texas Legislature voted…
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Business
More Options to Pay for Medical Care, but Some May Be Costly
Consumer experts are warning patients that some offerings charge much higher interest rates than regular credit cards.