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I now ask patients what their goals are. I present surgical and medical options and make sure the patient understands — and then I ask them more questions.

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Stephen Schimpff, MD MACP - August 21, 2022

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Texas’s New Abortion Law Endangers Women and Science

Robert Turner, Founding Editor - May 23, 2021

Texas Governor Greg Abbott seems determined to deny women the right to proper health care by banning abortion when the fetus is older than six weeks

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Gil Bashe, Medika Life Editor - January 13, 2026

Every January, San Francisco becomes a temporary capital of global health innovation. The pilgrimage is familiar. Leaders from biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, finance, policy, and technology...

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