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News
It Takes a Lifetime to Survive Childhood Cancer
One night in 1981, in the middle of bath time, Marty Gonzalez noticed a strange glow that seemed to emanate…
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Health
A Novel Therapy, Using Writing, Shows Promise for PTSD
The News A comparatively quick treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder, in which a patient writes about traumatic experiences in five…
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Health
Addiction Treatment Eludes More Than Half of Americans in Need
About 30 percent of Americans have been addicted to opioids or have a relative who has been, researchers also reported.
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News
The Hard-Drug Decriminalization Disaster
How soon is too soon to call a progressive and libertarian policy obsession a public policy fiasco? In the case…
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Health
Scenes From a City That Only Hands Out Tickets for Using Fentanyl
For the past two and a half years, Oregon has been trying an unusual experiment to stem soaring rates of…
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Health
F.D.A. Panel Recommends R.S.V. Shot to Protect Infants
The News A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel recommended approval of a monoclonal antibody shot aimed at preventing a…
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US
Texas Legislature Bans Transgender Medical Care for Children
The News Over the opposition of Democrats and the loud protests at the Capitol this month, the Texas Legislature voted…
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News
How Do You Get People Into Addiction Treatment if They Don’t Want It?
Fifteen years ago, I was the father of a child who was living on the street, addicted to meth, opioids…
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Health
A Fraught New Frontier in Telehealth: Ketamine
With loosened rules around remote prescriptions, a psychedelic-like drug has become a popular treatment for mental health conditions. But a boom in…
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World
A Dilemma for Governments: How to Pay for Million-Dollar Therapies
Suhellen Oliveira Da Silva was six months pregnant when she learned that the child she was carrying had the same…