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Hair Straightening and Cancer — What Oncologists Want You to Know

THE HEADLINES ARE FRIGHTENING: “Hair-straightening chemical products linked to increased uterine cancer risk in a new study,” blares CNN. NBC News offers this: “Chemical hair straighteners linked to [a] higher risk of uterine cancer for Black women, study shows.”

The Defining Dance Between Empathy and GenAI in Health

Used wisely and to its fullest (positive) potential, augmented intelligence can extend the empathy quotient, making the wise healer more expansive. AI can unlock...

Why I Stopped Drinking Diet Coke

For more than a year, I have stopped consuming diet soda. My go to drink was Diet Coke, and it was not uncommon for...

Struggle to Survive, the First Rural Hospitals Line Up for New Federal Lifeline

Although not expected to be a permanent solution to pressures facing rural America, policymakers and hospital operators hope a new CMS program will slow the financial bleeding that continues to shutter those communities’ hospitals.