A Jewish woman adopted as a baby after World War II lost hope of finding her father. This year she gained a whole new family

When Elana Milman published an autobiography last year about her lifelong quest to find her birth parents, she had accepted she would never know the identity of her father. But…

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Emotion-Focused Therapy Comparable to CBT at Preventing Relapse Among Bipolar Patients

Skills-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy and emotion-focused psychotherapy were equally effective at preventing relapse in patients with bipolar disorder when added to standard treatment, reports a study in JAMA Psychiatry. What affected the relapse rate…

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Only 1.8% of US doctors were Black in 1906 – and the legacy of inequality in medical education has not yet been erased

Benjamin Chrisinger  Updated: June 7, 2024 9:48am EDT Fueled by the Supreme Court’s June 2023 ruling that bans affirmative action in higher education, conservative lawmakers across the country have advanced their own state…

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In a Victory for Tribal Nations, Supreme Court Affirms that Federal Support for Tribally Run Healthcare Programs Must Be on Equal Footing with IHS Run Programs

On June 6, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed that the 1975 Indian Self-Determination Act (ISDA) requires the Indian Health Service (IHS) to reimburse Tribal Nations that contract the administration and operation…

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