Here's a question that's not being asked in the health care debate: How much medical care do we want in our lives? It's something we should be discussing. Start with the two life events we all ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The number of people reporting “work-limiting health conditions” has risen by 41% since 2015 to reach 8.7 million. (Uchar—Getty ...

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Here’s a question that’s not being asked in the healthcare debate: How much medical care do we want in our lives? It’s something we should be discussing. Start with the two life events we all ...

I was sorry to see the Thursday headline out of Idaho that they had banned some endocrine treatments and elective, cosmetic surgeries for minors (“Idaho governor signs bill criminalizing ...

James: Let me tell you something, you're prediabetic. In this bit, James suggests that medicalization has gone too far, and I tend to agree with him. However, medicalization isn't inherently bad; it's ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) Doctors, nurses and other health practitioners are secretly performing the procedures at the request of families. NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) International rights groups, churches and ...