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A Cycling Accident Saved My Life

This is the story of how Lisa Heathman turned medical lemons into “pink lemonade” and how she continues to navigate the maze of breast cancer decisions, drawing on the support of the patient advocacy community created by the Pink Lemonade Project.

ENVIRON

Plastics Have Made Their Way Into Our Brains and May Cause Neurologic Disorders

The “wonderful” development of plastics in the 1940s brought about a change in our lives and may have created an incessant, hidden danger to our health.

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UNDERSTANDING

Preparing for an Endometrial Biopsy

An endometrial biopsy is a simple office-based procedure where a doctor removes a small amount of tissue from inside the uterine cavity. This procedure

DISEASES

Why are (COVID) Vaccines Not Perfectly Effective?

Prefer to listen to this story? Tune in here. Medical science has always been imperfect. Stories of individuals’ cancer relapsing, not everyone treated for a heart...

It’s Not Your Father’s Stethoscope

Those rubber and metal tubes are certainly iconic—that device that rests over the shoulders of clinicians.  It’s a badge of authority and honor that...

Takeaway and Delivery Meals Make You Fat, Start Cooking Your Own Food

In this global era, people want something faster and more straightforward. Many people prefer takeaway or using food delivery services to save time.

Five Ways to Drop Your Stroke Risk

A stroke interrupts the blood supply to a part of the brain or a blood vessel in the brain bursts. Either event leads to brain cell damage or death.

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SAFETY

ACOG Statement on the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine

ACOG issues a statement to its members on the temporary withdrawal of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine following reports of rare blood clotting condition.

CARDIO

This 5-Minute Habit Could Help Prevent a Dangerous Heart Condition.

At 7:28 a.m., the sidewalk was still damp from last night’s Seattle area rain. I stepped outside, tea still warming my throat, and began walking...

SCAMS

QUACK ALERTS

Gabor Maté’s Bizarre Ideas on Connections Between Stress and Disease

Gabor Maté’s issues are with evidence, not the West and with public health, not medicine, but who takes him seriously? Lots of otherwise smart people seem to…or maybe not.