When Prozac first entered the psychiatry scene in in the late ’80s, the profession was still Freud’s territory. Many considered taking medication to treat
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NEW YORK — Surgeons have performed the world’s first transplant of an entire human eye, an extraordinary addition to a face transplant — although it’s far too
The opioid crisis rocked America, bringing addiction and overdose into the spotlight. But it also highlighted the overtreatment of pain: Medical and dental
How old is Claire Snyman? “I am now…” she says with pause. “I always have to think. I have a brain injury as a result of my surgery, so many of these things do
Kidney transplants are the most common organ transplant procedure in the U.S., with 25,000 taking place in 2022. But for patients who receive new kidneys, the
When Michael J. Fox was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease at age 29, his clearest symptom was a small one — his pinky finger was twitching. But even by that
When asked where he’s from, Casey Warford often waffles. He was born in San Antonio, but raised in Georgia, and then moved back to Texas for college. It’s a
In order to provide gender-affirming care, clinicians must sometimes jump through unusual hoops. In Australia, for example, the government won’t subsidize
Over more than a decade working with immigrant farmworkers in the public clinics of the Santa Clara River Valley, Rosemary Hernandez has seen many new moms
A diagnosis of ALS has long been seen as a death sentence. But in recent years, progress in the world of ALS research and drug development has come to embody a
