How the back pain industry is taking patients for an unhealthy ride
Searching for solutions to back pain can lead sufferers into an expensive and sometimes dangerous maze of ineffectual treatments, procedures and pills, journalist and investigative reporter Cathryn Jakobson Ramin found.
Why a baby’s first touch may set their sense of the world
Early medical procedures can dampen a child’s ability to perceive touch in the long run.
A ‘civil war’ over painkillers rips apart the medical community
As doctors and regulators restrict access to opioid treatments, many patients who genuinely need drugs to manage their pain say they are being left behind.
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At Tipping Point of Dental Pain, A Mother Makes Tough Choices
A trip to the dentist means a two-hour flight across southern Alaska for Eva Malvich.
Hundreds of dentists travel to Grundy, Va., to help the uninsured each fall.
