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Microplastics are inside us all. What does that mean for our health?

Tiny plastic particles have been found throughout the human body, but researchers say they’re just starting to understand the impact.

  • June 27, 2024
Prostate cancer cell, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM)
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‘Not all cancer needs to be cured’: Five ways that prostate cancer treatments have…

As prostate cancer cases rise, newer drugs, genetic testing, and clearer imaging give patients more options, reduce side effects, and save time.

  • June 25, 2024
In transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), an external device is used to drive electromagnetic pulses through the skull to improve mood.
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The growing field of neurotherapeutics offers psychiatric patients new hope

Brain procedures help patients with treatment-resistant psychiatric conditions. But providers still grapple with ethical questions and the history of lobotomies

  • June 20, 2024
Annie’s Place at Parkland Health in Dallas, Texas, offers no-cost childcare for parents to attend medical appointments.
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Can providing childcare at hospitals improve health?

Patients miss appointments — and health care workers miss work — because there’s no one to watch the kids. New programs test how on-site childcare might help.

  • June 12, 2024

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“What’s wrong with me? I don’t belong here.”

A physician discusses Imposter syndrome, self-doubt driven by an inability to internalize one’s achievements and abilities.

  • April 2, 2019
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The painful truth about maternal deaths

The United States has the worst maternal mortality rate in the developed world. If we’re going to save women's lives, all providers have to step up.

  • March 19, 2019
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Keeping our promise to LGBTQ+ patients

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people suffer huge health disparities. Sometimes, they also face discrimination from providers.

  • March 4, 2019
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Recognizing and stopping human trafficking

Human trafficking occurs every day in the United States, and physicians must learn to recognize the signs.

  • Jan. 30, 2019
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Turning high schoolers into doctors

A medical student encourages her peers to inspire youth from diverse backgrounds through pipeline programs.

  • Jan. 14, 2019
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Learning without walls

A medical student argues that volunteering in the community helps future physicians connect more deeply with patients — and themselves.

  • Dec. 13, 2018
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He studied life-changing traumas. Then he faced his own.

After a near-fatal attack, a medical school dean found his own resiliency. Here’s how he did it — and the wisdom he offers others.

  • Nov. 19, 2018
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Bullying’s brutal impact

Physical pain, depression, anxiety, even suicide: the effects of bullying are profound. How academic medicine can — and must — help those who suffer.

  • Oct. 23, 2018
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“Until one day I stood on a bridge, looking down”

A physician sounds the alarm on mental illness and his own escape from the depths of despair.

  • Aug. 13, 2018
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Cancer and our kids: We can do better

Less than half of U.S. teenagers have been protected against HPV. Here’s why physicians must do more to promote timely vaccination—and how.

  • June 11, 2018