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The New York Times By Dana G. Smith May 12, 2023 Mental health issues are the leading cause of maternal mortality. Group therapy, S.S.R.I.s and a new medication can help. In recent years, mental health struggles have become the leading cause of maternal mortality in the United States, primarily due to suicides and drug overdoses. It is...   read more

By Reed Abelson The New York Times May 8, 2023 Large health insurers and other companies are especially keen on doctors’ groups that care for patients in private Medicare plans. It’s no surprise that the shortage of primary care doctors — who are critically important to the health of Americans — is getting worse. They practice...   read more

The Washington Post By Scott Wilson April 27, 2023 A new court system seeks to find a middle road between jail and ignoring the mentally ill, many of whom live on the streets SAN DIEGO — There are a lot of invisible companions in East Village. They live in the cluttered tents that crowd sidewalks,...   read more

Los Angeles Times By Laura Newberry April 18, 2023 (Patrick Hruby / Los Angeles Times) Instagram and TikTok have been flooded with content made for and by neurodivergent people in recent years. In turn, many people have come across these videos and had life-changing realizations that they might be autistic or have attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder...   read more

The Washington Post By Rachel Roubein, Laurie McGinley and David Ovalle March 15, 2023 Legal experts say a Texas judge’s ruling on mifepristone may sow chaos in how the agency regulates medicines The legal battle over an abortion pill threatens to upend the Food and Drug Administration’s drug-approval process, a system viewed as the global gold standard...   read more

The Washington Post By Jason Wu March 23, 2023 A parent’s unresolved trauma can affect a child’s well-being. By cultivating a healthy relationship with anger, making space for all feelings, knowing that true love comes with understanding and by meeting your child’s need, you can break the cycle. Unresolved trauma from one generation affects the...   read more

The Washington Post By Casey Parks, Emily Guskin and Scott Clement March 23, 2023 The Washington Post and KFF surveyed one of the largest randomized samples of U.S. transgender adults to date about their childhoods, feelings and lives Transgender Americans experience stigma and systemic inequality in many aspects of their lives, including education, work and...   read more

The New York Times By Christina Jewett and Ellen Gabler March 13, 2023 An agreement between attorneys general and major drug distributors increased scrutiny on medications for A.D.H.D., addiction, anxiety and pain. Nearly a year after a sweeping opioid settlement imposed new requirements on the companies that provide medications to pharmacies, patients across the United...   read more