Tag: Mental Health

Jordan Janz knew his gamble on an experimental gene therapy for his rare disease might be paying off when he returned to work and a friend sniffed him.

It’s 1 a.m. and I’m squinting in the bathroom light, glancing between the safety information on a bottle of antacids and the search engine I just opened on my phone. Was it magnesium containing supplements or calcium carbonate that should be avoided in pregnancy? I’m an internal medicine physician in the second trimester of my second pregnancy, though at this hour my experience is irrelevant. I cannot recall the laundry list of forbidden items that may potentially harm my growing baby.

WASHINGTON — As part of Mental Health Month, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs launched 1 Step Today to provide guidance curated by Veterans to inspire them to start on a path toward recovery, well-being and a healthier tomorrow, by taking one step at a time.

The high price of prescription drugs makes good election year politics. Until the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg muddied the future of the Affordable Care Act, drug prices were the major health policy issue going forward —outside of COVID-19.

Front-line care workers have been called heroes throughout the coronavirus pandemic. Many of them don’t feel like it. Instead, they feel besieged and traumatized not only by the suffering and death they’ve witnessed, but by a health care system they believe is showing it doesn’t value them, a disjointed and ineffective governmental response, and members of the public who deny the reality of all that suffering and death.