New studies find that female managers outshine their male counterparts in almost every measure Twenty-five years after women first started pouring into the labor force–and trying to be more like men in every way, from
Continue readingJun 17, 2009 With no health insurance and little money, Gilberto Carrasco, a Reno, Nev., auto mechanic, didn’t see much point in getting a physical. At 50, he felt healthy and couldn’t afford treatment even
Continue readingAt Able Care Pharmacy & Medical Supplies in Enfield, Ashraf Moustafa often tries to avert disasters involving drugs displayed on his store’s shelves. Moustafa, the pharmacy manager, recently spoke to an elderly woman seeking ways
Continue readingIt’s one of the most disturbing trends in American public health: women’s life spans are shrinking in many parts of the U.S., and no one knows why. Women’s longevity took an unprecedented nosedive during the
Continue readingLOS ANGELES – Norma McCorvey spent so many years hiding her identity, she has trouble convincing people she exists. “I’m Jane Roe,” she proudly told activists at the abortion rights march in April in Washington,
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When California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger denied parole to a battered woman last week, he underscored a message that courts and prosecutors are increasingly giving mothers: They can be prosecuted for murder and imprisoned if they fail to prevent their children from being killed. …
Continue readingWhy an experiment in Massachusetts is using federal health money to pay for some very non-medical things. Politico By Rochelle Sharpe 09/12/2018 BOSTON—Jim Chadwick listened with disbelief to the nurse and caseworker sitting in his
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