What Exactly Does “Preventive Care” Mean?
What is and isn’t considered preventive, and how that decision is made.
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Closing the Race Gap in Prenatal Care
For black women in the U.S., having a baby comes with disproportionate health risks. Experts are calling for change.
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1 Question, 5 Answers: What Are the Biggest Misconceptions About Weight Loss?
5 experts on the dieting beliefs they wish patients would abandon.
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How to Participate In Mobile Health Studies Without Sacrificing Your Privacy
Donating your health data to science is an easy way to do some good — but you still need to think about security.
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1 Question, 5 Answers: What’s the Deal With Vitamin D?
5 doctors and researchers weigh in on the sunshine vitamin.
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How to Appeal a Health Insurance Claim Denial
Your insurance company refuses to pay for your treatment. Now what?
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Doctors, nurses, therapists and other patient-care experts answer the questions we've been meaning to ask in the exam room.
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1 Question, 5 Answers: How Should You Act When You See Your Therapist In Public?
Smile and nod? Just keep walking? 5 mental-health practitioners discuss etiquette for therapist run-ins.
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1 Question, 5 Answers: When Do Doctors Withhold Information From Patients?
Should patients always hear the whole, unfiltered truth? 5 experts weigh in.
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1 Question, 5 Answers: What Are the Biggest Changes in Women’s Health?
Five experts discuss developments in reproductive medicine, breast cancer prevention, maternal mental health and other of-the-moment issues.
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