Bipolar Disorder: A Patient’s Perspective

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Nichole Howson felt the effects of bipolar disorder when she was a teenager, but it wasn’t until she was 20 that she was diagnosed. Fortunately, Nichole got the treatment she needed and is now a successful businesswoman and helps others with the disorder.

The Challenges of Drug Accessibility

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Overall, medicines are widely available in the United States, but access issues persist due to a variety of factors, including shortages, reimbursement problems and waste.

Innovative Technologies Improve Patient Care

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It’s a transformative time for the healthcare industry, allowing healthcare to boost performance and productivity, while at the same time delivering new patient-centric services.

Prostheses: An Expert’s Perspective

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After losing both legs below the knees to bacterial meningitis, Don Cummings earned a degree in prosthetics and orthotics and now works with pediatric patients who have lost limbs.

Prostheses: A Patient’s Perspective

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After losing his hand, wrist and partial forearm in an accident, Dr. Robert Doty struggled with the decision to undergo multiple surgeries to reestablish function of his limb or to amputate.

Measles: An Expert’s Perspective

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MEASLES, A DISEASE that was once considered eradicated in the U.S., has once again been making headlines. Due to declining measles vaccine coverage, the U.S. and other countries are experiencing increased widespread outbreaks. In a report published in the New England Journal of Medicine, experts noted how quickly the disease can spread, citing one casein […]

Measles: A Patient’s Perspective

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IN 2015, Jannae Yslas-Roach’s private decision to forgo vaccinations for her four children exploded into a public debate after she and her husband, Aaron, took their family to Disneyland for five days in mid-December. “It was to be the big Christmas present for the kids,” she recalls. But what the Kearny, Ariz., family didn’t realize […]