Last is a primary care and general internal medicine physician. Entering our fourth year of COVID, it’s hard to believe some of the conversations I’m still having with patients. Last week in a telemedicine evaluation, a patient dealing with COVID for the first time lamented that he did not understand why so many people were …
In This Wave of Respiratory Illness, Primary Care Is Drowning Read More »
Note that some links may require registration or subscription. HHS issued a final nondiscrimination rule that partly rescinds a sweeping 2019 Trump-era “conscience” rule, clarifying the process for enforcing federal conscience laws in healthcare and strengthening protections against conscience and religious discrimination. HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra appeared to be making inroads with President Biden’s closest …
Trump-Era Conscience Rule Rescinded; Lloyd Austin’s Cancer; Sinead O’Connor’s Death Read More »
If the past 12 months are any indication, 2024 is going to be a year. The world is on fire—literally and metaphorically—and a super-polarizing election looms, which is like catnip for anxiety. There’s AI (friend or foe?) and inflation (up or down?) and that weird thing on your neck you’ve been meaning to get checked …
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Whether you’re hitting the slopes or commuting to work, winter layers are essential this time of year. Luckily, you can save on Patagonia, one of our favorite outdoor gear brands, during their winter sale up to 40 percent off and have more money in your wallet for your lift ticket. Save on a new jacket, …
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There’s the Idaho doctor whose infant daughter developed a brain tumor. A woman in Southern California who waited months for an MRI before dying in the hospital. And a North Carolina patient who has trigeminal neuralgia — a condition so painful it’s commonly called the “suicide disease.” They all have something in common, aside from …
When Phyllisa Deroze was told she had diabetes in a Fayetteville, North Carolina, emergency department years ago, she was handed pamphlets with information on two types of the disease. One had pictures of children on it, she recalled, while the other had pictures of seniors. Deroze, a 31-year-old English professor at the time, was confused …
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After Iowa lawmakers passed a ban on gender-affirming care for minors in March, managers of an LGBTQ+ health clinic located just across the state line in Moline, Illinois, decided to start offering that care. The added services would provide care to patients who live in largely rural eastern Iowa, including some of the hundreds previously …
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Es invierno, esa acogedora temporada con chimeneas que crepitan, reuniones en interiores, y una oleada de enfermedades respiratorias. Casi cuatro años desde que surgiera la pandemia, la gente está cansada, pero el virus no parece estarlo. A nivel nacional, se ha registrado un marcado aumento en las visitas a salas de emergencia y hospitalizaciones por …
Hay una nueva variante de covid-19 y aumentan los casos. Lo que necesitas saber Read More »
It’s winter, that cozy season that brings crackling fireplaces, indoor gatherings — and a wave of respiratory illness. Nearly four years since the pandemic emerged, people are growing weary of dealing with it, but the virus is not done with us. Nationally, a sharp uptick in emergency room visits and hospitalizations for covid-19, influenza, and …
There’s a New Covid-19 Variant and Cases Are Ticking Up. What Do You Need to Know? Read More »