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Happy Easter!

March 31, 2021

Hidden Heroes – children of military members

December 26, 2020

When we talk about military families, it is important to remember that it is really the whole family, not just the active duty member, who sacrifice to serve our country. The article and video essay below profiles one such family and the two little girls who had to navigate 2020 Read More

No doctor should get away with pushing bad advice

December 20, 2020

In an interesting opinion piece in the NY Times, ” We Must Do More to Stop Dangerous Doctors in a Pandemic,” the writer stated that doctors should realize that their advice is, in effect, a form of medicine. He argued that doctors who provide outrageous advice that is far outside Read More

Happy Holidays!

December 20, 2020

Happy Thanksgiving!

November 24, 2020

VOTE! You have a voice that should be heard.

October 21, 2020

Pregnancy often overlooked by science

May 6, 2019

For disabled women or women with rare diseases who are pregnant or hope to conceive, there are so many unknowns. Research on pregnant women has for the most part been banned or ignored. This article reports that The National Institutes of Health began breaking out its spending on pregnancy, maternal Read More

You need an advocate for when you can’t advocate for yourself

April 22, 2019

I agree 100% with the paragraph quoted below in a USA Today series about injuries during childbirth: “I personally think anybody going to the hospital, for any reason, or any time, you need to have an advocate with you,” said Lisa Kane Low, associate dean of practice and professional graduate Read More

Don’t blame a mother for her own death!

April 15, 2019

From another USA TODAY article in the series investigating childbirth complications in America: “For years, hospitals have blamed rising maternal deaths and injuries on problems beyond their control. Almost universally they’ve pointed to poverty and pre-existing medical conditions as the driving factors in making America the most dangerous place in Read More

Anesthesia may not be as safe as we thought

March 4, 2019

Research is starting to reveal disturbing side effects of anesthesia. According to a recent report, “the findings are challenging traditionally held beliefs that general anesthesia simply ‘turns the brain off’ and then reverts it to its pre-anesthesia state” when the patient is woken up. “Anesthesia is a very abnormal state Read More