Alabama’s Embryo Personhood Decision Threatens Patients, Medicine and Advances in IVF
A state court ruling that embryos from in vitro fertilization are unborn children harms access to care for fertility patients, as well as medical innovations
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Large Study of ME/CFS Patients Reveals Measurable Physical Changes
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, long dismissed by doctors, causes immune system dysfunction and other problems. But treatments are lacking.
Medicaid Expansion Alone Isn’t Enough to Stop the Opioid Overdose Crisis
Expanding the state and federal insurance program helps prevent overdoses. But that only happens with enough treatment, and legal reform, to make it work
How Arguments that Embryos Are People Pose a Threat to IVF
Designating an IVF embryo as a person reveals the radical impact of an extreme antiabortion argument gone mainstream
Should You Swab Your Throat plus Your Nose for COVID?
Nose-plus-throat swabbing for COVID could increase test accuracy—but could create problems, too
Making Alarms More Musical Can Save Lives
Medical alarms don’t have to be louder to be more effective
Cyberattack Sabotages a Major U.S. Health Insurance System: What to Know
A cyberattack on Change Healthcare, a company owned by UnitedHealth Group, had a wide impact that's expected to grow
How Hospitals Are Going Green under Biden’s Climate Legislation
The Inflation Reduction Act allows nonprofit hospitals to take advantage of renewable tax credits that were otherwise out of reach
Flimsy Antiabortion Studies Cited in Case to Ban Mifepristone Are Retracted
Outside experts found that two studies cited in a federal case on medication abortion had serious design problems and that their authors had undisclosed conflicts of interest
Against Medical Advice: Another Deadly Consequence of Our Opioid Epidemic
People struggling with addiction cite untreated withdrawal, pain, discrimination and stringent policies as reasons for leaving hospitals against medical advice. We need to take their complaints seriously
The Legal Definition of Death Needs to Be Clearer
Debate about brain death has prevented needed revisions to the Uniform Determination of Death Act
Pseudoscience Has Long Been Used to Oppress Transgender People
Three major waves of opposition to transgender health care in the past century have cited faulty science to justify hostility