What the increase in cesarean section on birth in the US reveals
Book Review Invisible Labor: The Untold Story of Cesarean Section By Raquel SomersteinEcco: 336 pages, $32If you buy books linked…
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California's budget shortfall is a poor excuse to end single-payer
To the editor: Assembly Bill 2200, the California Guaranteed Health Care for All Act, or CalCare, was buried without a…
NBA YoungBoy runs 'prescription fraud ring,' Utah police say
Rapper NBA YoungBoy and several of his associates orchestrated a “large-scale prescription fraud ring” to illegally obtain prescription medications at…
Group attacks and beats a 15-year-old boy who was eating a hamburger in South Los Angeles.
Jason Ríos just wanted a hamburger. The 15-year-old from Watts sat with a friend at dinner on an outdoor patio…
'Doctor Who': Accepting the new Doctor is never easy
I'm four episodes into the reign of Ncuti Gatwa's Fifteenth Doctor… well, five if you count “Doctor Who Special 4”…
What military doctors can teach us about power in America
The power is invisible, but its effects can be seen everywhere, especially in the medical records of active duty military…
Younger patients sought vasectomies after Roe v. Wade
Kori Thompson had long struggled with the idea of having a child. The 24-year-old was worried about the world a…
Comment: Mother's Day without our matriarchs
Moms are supposed to die before their children, so a child's first Mother's Day without their mother feels less like…
People with epilepsy are afraid to talk to their doctors
To the editor: We at the Epilepsy Foundation of Los Angeles were heartbroken to read Paul Karrer's article about his…
'Doctor Who' review: Ncuti Gatwa leads a brilliant new era for the series
After a transitional trilogy of specials that saw the return of the popular Tenth Doctor David Tennant as the Fourteenth…