The United States takes pride in being exceptional, often going in a different direction from much of the world. Historically, that has been a good thing, with the United States granting freedoms and opportunities that other countries did not. But in…
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It takes a certain level of insight and courage to enter therapy. Insight to recognize that you need help that you cannot get on your own, and courage to make yourself vulnerable enough to open up to the therapist so that he or she can help you. Very…
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With the high-profile case of Larry Nassar, the team doctor for USA Gymnastics, so recently in the news, many people are wondering how a doctor was able to get away with sexual abuse of patients for so long. At last count, the number of Nassar’…
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When doctors sexually abuse patients, entire communities suffer. The nation was gripped recently by the over 150 young women who read victim impact statements at the Michigan trial of Dr. Larry Nassar. Nassar, who served for decades as the USA Gymnas…
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Births by Caesarian section, also known as c-section births, are often recommended in high-risk birth situations, such as when there are problems with the placenta or when the baby presents in a breech position (feet first). Even when a pregnancy or…
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The advertisements are all over television and the internet: sad-faced teens, wondering aloud why their parents failed to protect them with a vaccine for the human papilloma virus, commonly referred to as HPV. The best known of these HPV vaccines is…
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Nurses are often the unsung heroes of the healthcare profession. While doctors write the orders and call the shots, they almost never spend as much time with hospitalized patients as nurses do. Nurses are the ones carrying out physicians’ order…
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Picture this scenario: your spouse is complaining of terrible abdominal pain, so bad that you know a trip to the emergency room is in your future. Sure enough, you find yourself driving to the ER, where your spouse is triaged, and eventually, moved t…
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If you are expecting to have surgery in the coming weeks or months, there are things you can do to increase the likelihood of your surgery’s success. One of those to become an informed surgical patient. While, of course, it’s the responsi…
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Cervical cancer is one of the few types of cancer for which women are routinely screened, even when there is no reason to expect that cancer will be found. Women who receive routine pelvic exams from their OB/GYN or primary care physician will typica…
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