UCLA student sues California doctors, says she was ‘fast-tracked’ into transgender surgery
A UCLA student is suing multiple California health care providers and hospitals for medical negligence, alleging she was wrongly diagnosed with gender dysphoria and then “fast-tracked onto the conveyor belt of irreversibly damaging” puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and surgery, according to her lawsuit. Kaya Clementine Breen, 20, said she experienced sexual abuse as a young […]
Relief for thousands of families burdened by crushing medical debt
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N.C. couple free of nearly $100,000 medical debt after 15 years
For 15 years, Donna and Gary Lindabury, of Vylas, North Carolina, lived with the financial equivalent of an anvil over their heads: a medical debt owed to a nonprofit hospital that at one point reached $200,000. The debt, owed to Atrium Health for emergency heart surgery Gary underwent in 2009, grew over the years to […]
What you need to know to stay safe
Does your performance supplement contain a side of the main ingredient in Viagra? According to the FDA, it might. Recent alerts from the Food and Drug Administration have warned that supplements widely marketed to men are testing positive for prescription drugs that could have dangerous side effects. The products are often promoted as “all natural.” […]
Montana Supreme Court allows transgender care for minors to continue
The Montana Supreme Court on Wednesday affirmed a lower court ruling that temporarily blocked a state law prohibiting transition-related health care for minors. The suit, which was filed by two transgender teens and their families, as well as two providers of transition-related care, will now go to trial before Missoula County District Court Judge Jason […]
Brain injuries often go unrecognized among domestic violence victims
Celena Henry says she lost count of how many times her abuser hit her in the head but remembers vividly when she decided to leave him. “My feet left the floor, my body slammed against the wall, and I slid down to the floor,” Henry, now 47, recalled. “My head had, I remember, hit off […]
U.S. dietary guidelines should emphasize beans and lentils as protein, proposal says
The Summary A report on proposed changes to U.S. dietary guidelines suggests encouraging people to eat more beans and lentils for protein and less red meat. Updated guidelines are expected to go into effect later next year. Future guidelines should also spur people to eat more whole grains and consume less sugary drinks, sodium and […]
Flu cases rising among kids as flu vaccine rates hit a decade-low
Even though a record number of kids died from the flu last year, the percentage of children going without flu shots continues to plummet. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Wednesday that as of Nov. 30, just over a third of U.S. kids — 37% — had gotten flu shots, down from 43% […]
Killing of health insurance CEO draws attention to frustration over denied claims
In a series of archived posts from a now-deleted Reddit account, Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, wrote extensively about a chronic back condition that he said caused him immense pain. The New York Police Department is now looking into whether a denied insurance claim related to that […]
Reddit posts linked to Luigi Mangione describe back pain, surgery
The man charged with killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson posted online in recent years about undergoing spinal surgery and struggling with chronic back pain, numbness and restless sleep, according to what appears to be an archived version of his deleted Reddit account. Luigi Mangione, 26, was charged Monday in New York with one count of […]