Health
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Racism and Sexism Underlie Higher Maternal Death Rates for Black Women, U.N. Says
Medical school curricula, for example, say that black women’s nerve endings are “insensitive” and need less anesthesia, and that black…
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Teenage Girls Were Behind a Surge in Mental Health Hospitalizations
As the coronavirus pandemic enters its second year, more American families are taking their children with depression and suicidal thoughts…
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Logan Paul’s Energy Drink Under Scrutiny Over High Caffeine Content
The launch of Prime, a drink brand founded by YouTube personality and boxer Logan Paul, has seen British teenagers queue…
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Coronavirus Spread Widely in Deer, and Perhaps Back to People, U.S.D.A. Says
Why it matters: Deer are a potential source of new variants. Although there is no evidence that deer play a…
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What Haunts Child Abuse Victims? The Memory, Study Finds
For generations, our society has wavered about how best to heal those who had a terrible childhood experience. Should these…
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Who Employs Your Doctor? Increasingly, a Private Equity Firm
Historically, physicians’ offices were relatively small and owned by the physicians themselves. But as the medical business becomes more complex…
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Substance Abuse Is Climbing Among Seniors
Dr. Benjamin Han, a geriatrician and addiction medicine expert, explains that when meeting new patients at the University of California,…
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Drowning Is No. 1 Killer of Young Children. U.S. Efforts to Fix It Are Lagging.
Yadira Salcedo was born in Mexico to parents who never knew how to swim. In her childhood, she nearly drowned…
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Sue Johanson, Who Talked Sex With Aplomb, Dies at 92
A blunt, vulgar and well-loved Canadian sex educator and host of the long-running TV show Sunday Night Sex Show and…
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