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2020: Entering the Year of the Midwife

By MICHELLE COLLINS, PhD, CNM, FACNM, FAAN The World Health Organization has named 2020 the Year of the Nurse and Midwife. However, most Americans have never experienced a midwife’s care. In my over 30 years working in maternal-child health, I’ve heard plenty of reasons why. Families are understandably nervous about that with which they are… Read More »

Officers line up in tribute to boy entering hospice with cancer

John Hoague-Rivette, an 11-year-old boy, has an aggressive form of brain cancer. (Albany Police Department) John Hoague-Rivette, an 11-year-old boy who has an aggressive form of brain cancer, just got a stirring tribute. As he left Albany Med on Wednesday to head home for hospice care, WNYT NewsChannel 13 reported, law enforcement from around the… Read More »

Indicators of despair rising among Gen X-ers entering middle age

Indicators of despair — depression, suicidal ideation, drug use and alcohol abuse — are rising among Americans in their late 30s and early 40s across most demographic groups, according to new research led by Lauren Gaydosh, assistant professor of Medicine, Health and Society and Public Policy Studies at Vanderbilt University. These findings suggest that the… Read More »