LeoPatrizi/E+/Getty Images OK, OK, I know, we’re not supposed to believe everything we see on TikTok. But lately, my For You Page has been flooded with women — ones who actually look my age, instead of the usual early 20s fitness girlies — talking about taking creatine. As far as I knew, creatine was something...
Tempura/E+/Getty Images Last August, the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a statement urging providers to be more responsive to patient pain during IUD insertions, calling for a “person-centered” plan for pain management based on patient preference. And now, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) has announced its guidance on pain...
John E. Davidson/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images Adriana Smith died more than three months ago. The 30-year-old mother and nurse learned, too late, that her brain was full of blood clots. Surgery to address the issue was unsuccessful, and she was declared braindead. But while brain death is the legal and medical definition of being dead,...
Bloomberg/Bloomberg/Getty Images During a meeting of the Senate Hearing on the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) fiscal year 2026 budget, Secretary Robert Kennedy stated his intention to oversee a “complete review” of the so-called abortion pill mifepristone after expressing concerns regarding its safety. The secretary’s apprehension regarding mifepristone is based, in part, he...