Health & Wellness

By Madeline Holcombe Updated Jun 13, 2025 Getting your steps in is good for your health, but it may also help keep you from being affected by disability later, new research has found. Walking 100 minutes a day was associated with a 23% reduced risk of chronic low back pain, according to a study published Friday…

May 08, 2025 | Paz Radovic In New York City, hospitals are not allowed to share your personal information with ICE unless required by law — and you are not required to share your immigration status with hospitals. Here’s why and here’s what else you need to know. Earlier this year, the Trump administration rolled back a…

By Manju Bangalore March 12, 2025 In this op-ed, Elevate Us founder Manju Bangalore explores the need for menstrual justice during Women’s History Month and beyond. In 2019, 14-year-old Jackline Chepngeno, died by suicide after being shamed for a period stain at school in Kenya. That same year, a 21-year-old Nepali woman, Parwati Bogati, died from suffocation after being banished…

Published: March 10, 2025 8:48am EDT Micki Burdick Assistant Professor of Women & Gender Studies, University of Delaware Soon after taking office for a second time, President Donald Trump pardoned anti-abortion activists who had blockaded and restricted access to the entrance of a reproductive health clinic in Washington, D.C., in October 2020. These protesters were convicted of violating…

“I left understanding why patients often distrust the medical system or leave hospitals against medical advice.” By Dr. Shacelles Bonner Jan 27, 2025, 08:45 AM EST I recently suffered from what doctors believe was encephalitis, a brain infection, likely contracted while traveling internationally. For the first time outside of pregnancy, I — an emergency doctor —…

By Jihan Forbes It’s a tricky time for reproductive rights: On one end of the spectrum, people are losing their lives over strict abortion laws in their respective states. On the other, fertility preservation is more widely available than ever — and folks are taking advantage. Egg freezing, in particular, has become far more accessible. According to Mercer,…

Some hospital systems are making obtaining an abortion more cumbersome and expensive By Skye A. Miner  Jan. 6, 2025 Miner is a sociologist-bioethicist at RAND. In states where abortion is currently legal, OB-GYN clinics affiliated with hospitals and health systems are an important access point for individuals seeking abortion care. However, hospital policies limiting sedation in…

Elayne Clift Jan 4, 2025 As Inauguration Day approaches, trepidation and diverse emotions are running high. In anticipation of what awaits us, given Donald Trump’s dubious appointments of unqualified sycophants, worries loom large about multiple possible dysfunctions. Among the sectors likely to be dramatically impacted are health care, hunger, and the housing crisis, each of…

Americans are wondering out loud why we’re getting ripped off by giant insurance companies when every other developed country in the world has healthcare as a right… Thom Hartmann Dec 16, 2024 In the wake of the assassination of UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson, Americans are wondering out loud why we’re getting ripped off by giant…

by Adonis Hoffman, opinion contributor  – 12/16/24 9:00 AM ET Following the brazen murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, many Americans have asked why there is so much hate for insurance companies. While there may be as many reasons as there are denials for millions of claims, it is clear the health insurance system is broken and needs…