Tuesday, May 14, 2013 - 2:37pm
A viable treatment option for women who already have breast cancer, mastectomy has become a controversial procedure for women who want to reduce their chances of getting it in the first place.
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May 14, 2013
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013 - 5:00am
Insurance premium rate hikes just keep coming. With these increases come lots of questions from the public, questions that journalists will be asked to address. Here's a primer on some of the nuts and bolts of rates and premiums, which, not so incidently are key to Obamacare's success or failure.
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May 14, 2013
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013 - 5:00am
If the local children’s hospital that performs heart surgeries on kids has been suspended and is being investigated, the public deserves to know what’s going on. If the hospital is funded by public dollars, there should not be a fight over letting the public know what’s going on.
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May 14, 2013
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Monday, May 13, 2013 - 3:33pm
Laura Vollset, a Santa Cruz mother of twins, agreed to share her story of recovery from postpartum depression to encourage other mothers to see help.
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May 13, 2013
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Monday, May 13, 2013 - 5:00am
Researchers who have studied the disparity in educational achievement between rich and poor children over the last few decades have found more affluent children trump their peers before the first day of preschool.
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May 13, 2013
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Friday, May 10, 2013 - 5:00am
When dealing with skeptics of vaccine science, understanding their sacred values of prizing purity and independence can help communicate inoculation's benefits.
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May 10, 2013
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Thursday, May 9, 2013 - 6:00pm
Katie Forgette's new play, which has debuted in Seattle, captures the reality of life in adult homes. And it says a lot about political policy and philosophy.
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May 09, 2013
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Thursday, May 9, 2013 - 4:00pm
The Wall Street Journal is looking for a new member of its health care policy reporting team.
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May 09, 2013
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Thursday, May 9, 2013 - 3:39pm
Many of the most pro-gun, pro-criminal laws we live under receive no debate
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May 09, 2013
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Tuesday, May 7, 2013 - 2:33pm
An article in PubMed Health suggests good questions to ask when reading health news. Pretty basic stuff, but true.
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May 07, 2013
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Tuesday, May 7, 2013 - 7:49am
Psychiatrist Omar Manejwala shares his expertise on addiction and compulsive behaviors and why recovery from cravings is mostly about what you start doing, and much less about what you stop doing.
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May 07, 2013
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Monday, May 6, 2013 - 9:32am
Antronette Yancey pioneered “Instant Recess." With her death at 55, we need to keep moving to honor her legacy. Workplaces across America will hold a 10-minute “Instant Recess” in her honor, at 1 p.m. PDT on Tuesday, May 7.
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May 06, 2013
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Monday, May 6, 2013 - 6:00am
These researchers admit Medicaid is far from a perfect program. But they still maintain the benefits of expansion outweigh the downside of leaving people uninsured.
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May 06, 2013
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Monday, May 6, 2013 - 5:00am
The Drug Industry Document Archive (DIDA) – housed at the University of San Francisco – just announced the addition of 58 documents that shed light on decades old decisions about contaminated blood products.
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May 06, 2013
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