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The unintended consequences of the Lindsay Clancy case

Two forensic and reproductive psychiatrists warn the Lindsay Clancy case could make psychiatrists more reluctant to treat mothers with mental illness.

By Renee Sorrentino and Susan Hatters Friedman

We quit the CDC last year. The problems we protested remain

A year after resigning in protest, former CDC officials say science and public health policy threatened by politics and personal agendas.

By Debra Houry, Daniel Jernigan,and Demetre Daskalakis

Whale songs: the sounds of love and loss as heard by an OB-GYN

An OB-GYN reflects on the sounds of grief and loss heard during training, and what they taught her about mortality.

By Caroline Cherston

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STAT+ | A bill is supposed to protect U.S. biotech from Chinese competition. But there’s a loophole

Bipartisan legislation before Congress could rejigger global drug development — and the biggest beneficiaries may not be American.

By Pavle Vukojevic, Miguel Salcedo,and Paul Miller

A billing code was supposed to incentivize relationship-based primary care for Medicare patients. It may not be working as hoped

Medicare introduced the code G2211 as a well-meaning fix for primary care, but early signs suggest it not working as hoped

By Ishani Ganguli

I studied Reddit forums on menopause — and found what doctors are missing

Some of the menopause symptoms women were talking about most online were among the symptoms least represented in clinical records.

By Yulin Hswen

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Medical aid in dying and the burden of choosing to live

Offering people the option of medical aid in dying may completely change the way they view their own lives.

By Monika Piotrowska

Many post-Dobbs abortion fears have not come to pass. What does that mean for advocates?

Even if the total national rates have not changed, we know that, since Dobbs, individual patients have died as direct results of bans.

By David N. Hackney

Cancer screening guidelines need to address long-term care facilities

A cancer epidemiologist writes that cancer screening guidelines should address long-term care facility residents.

By Kim Johnson

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I’m a retired doctor. Volunteering at a community clinic gave me an entirely new medical education

After leaving private practice, a physician learned the shocking reality of care for people who pay out of pocket.

By Benjamin I. Lee

Medicine stopped shaking hands. We should start again

Shaking the patient’s hand is one small way to begin building trust and fostering a sense of human connection.

By Zain Khawaja