Tag: healthcare

When a promising student left a neighborhood full of heroin for the University of Pennsylvania, it should have been a moving story. But what does an at-risk student actually need to thrive — or even just to survive?

There’s food there, and shelter and healthcare. Which is (sadly) more than you can say for a lot of places.

No one ever said expelling a tiny human our of your body would be easy — or if they did, they shouldn’t have.

“The prevalent perception of black women as unruly bodies and incompetent caretakers overrules even the most dominant stereotype about us—namely, that we are superhuman.”

Policymakers’ neglect of caregiving harms a major force in American labor.

Unraveling the potential of the double helix could render many of our current medical modalities laughable.

When patients trying to access healthcare services at Planned Parenthood clinics face a gauntlet of anti-choice protestors, escorts offer physical safety and emotional support.

In the U.S., getting pregnant can be exciting, joyful, and the first step toward a lifetime of debt.

Shalon Irving was educated, insured, and well-supported by family and friends. She still became a casualty of missed opportunities and neglect by healthcare providers.

A fat person walking into a doctor’s office can expect lectures, condescension, and misdiagnoses from a medical culture that chalks every health issue up to weight.

It’s hard to know, as it’s all being brokered behind closed doors.

Rich patient or poor patient? The New York Times and the Washington Post have dedicated a series to each.

The Edhi Foundation volunteer ambulance service drivers work for $1.30 US per day, collecting the dead and wounded in the streets of Karachi, Pakistan.

Sixty-three percent of Americans don’t have money to cover an emergency costing $500 or more. I’m one of them.

A raw look at the discomfort, confusion, and anger of being diagnosed and dealing with endometriosis, a painful reproductive disorder with mysterious origins, and no cure.

While empathy courses are rarely required in medical training, interest in them is growing, experts say, and programs are underway at Jefferson Medical College and at Columbia University School of Medicine. Columbia has pioneered a program in narrative medicine, which emphasizes the importance of understanding patients’ life stories in providing compassionate care.