Mar. 16, 2025
Pro-choice protesters march outside the Texas State Capitol on Wednesday, Sept. 1, in Austin, Texas.Photo: Sergio Flores For The Washington Post via Getty
A Texas doctor who publicly came forward about performing an abortion in violation of the state’s new highly restrictive law is being sued, with the plaintiffs hoping to show in court that the legislation is unconstitutional.
In aWashington Postop-edpublished Saturday, Dr. Alan Braid, an OB/GYN, wrote about his decades-long career offering vital health care to women, revealing that he recently defied Texas' ban on abortions that went into effect earlier this month.
Mar. 16, 2025
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Dolores Catania’s doctor is speaking out about the use ofOzempicafter theReal Housewives of New Jerseystar revealed she was taking the medication for weight loss.
Dr. Rocio Salas-Whalen is the physician at New York Endocrinology who prescribed Catania Ozempic, an FDA-approved prescription medication intended for people with type 2 diabetes which has becomepopular among celebritiesbecause of its appetite-regulating effects.
Salas-Whalen recently spoke toTodayand explained that no one should be judging whether someone needs to be on a medication like Ozempic simply based on their appearance.
Mar. 16, 2025
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Hall used numerous hormones to treat two women, according to the board, missing an aggressiveuterine cancerin one patient and treating the other based on an “incorrect diagnosis in a manner such that [Hall] stood to gain financially.”
“My jaw was on the floor. This is just egregious,” said Dr. Jen Gunter, a San Francisco Bay Area OB-GYN who reviewed the medical board’s report. “You hear about all these self-described functional medicine doctors providing these treatments.
Mar. 16, 2025
Robert and Barbara Lesslie.Photo: robertlesslie.comFive people — including two children and their grandparents — were fatally shot in a mass shooting that took place Wednesday evening inside a home in Rock Hill, South Carolina.At about 4:45 p.m., 911 dispatchers started receiving multiple calls about a shooting. Soon thereafter, deputies from the York County Sheriff’s Office pulled up to the property of Dr. Robert and Barbara Lesslie.Inside, they found the renowned 70-year-old physician and author dead.
Mar. 16, 2025
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Doctors from a Michigan hospital networkare being investigatedafter they allegedly posted photos of themselvesin the operating room, holding up patients' organs and asking Instagram users to guess their weight for a “Price Is Right”-style game.
“The other game we play in the OR [operating room] is guess that weight. It applies to much more than just babies. As always, ‘Price Is Right’ rules apply so if you go over then you’re out!