Lisa Marie Basile

I sat on a wrought iron daybed facing an open window, and a warm breeze was pooling in. It was the first day in my second foster home. The room was made up to seem welcoming, but its pleasantness somehow felt oppressive. I felt dirty, worthless and consumed by fear.

in early February, a train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio. The derailment caused a toxic chemical spill, which caught the nation's attention.

Babies who were exposed to antenatal corticosteroids are at an increased risk of adverse health outcomes later on, according to new research published in the BMJ.

Some experts believe that AI has a place in mental healthcare. They say it could be used to potentially triage new patients, teach therapists about useful methods of communication, and offer access to uninsured patients.

The US Food and Drug Administration announced a shortage of the generic version of Adderall in October 2022. There is no clear end date to the shortage.

PCOS affects 1 in 10 women worldwide. So, why is it so undiagnosed and undertreated, particularly in women of color?

Air travel can cause or exacerbate already-existing mental health issues like depression, anxiety, and psychosis. Some triggers are small spaces, lack of control, and fear of flying.
Experts say that social media allows people to capture and share passenger crises, which could influence future behavior and worsen mental health.

Recently, several influencers and articles have brought attention to the potential overuse of child protective services (CPS), casting a spotlight on the complexity of this issue.
Healthcare practitioners are tasked with reporting potential abuse to CPS. While many do so honestly, some doctors have been accused of falsely reporting abuse.

Marginalized populations are greatly affected by climate change—especially low-income and disabled people who can’t access care or air conditioning.

Physicians are often expected to exemplify good health, but even MDs get sick—some even live with chronic illness.

Painsomnia, or insomnia from chronic pain, affects a large number of U.S. adults.
94.8% of adults lost at least an hour of sleep to pain in the past week.
85.1% of adults lost at least two hours of sleep to pain each night.
On average, pain costs adults 51.5 minutes of sleep every night.

On social media, doctors and patients discuss the need for better pain management regarding gynecological procedures.

AS has been historically misdiagnosed as RA due to similar symptoms and a lack of diagnostic accuracy in clinical settings.

Life wasn’t always chaotic. Mom was a radiant, bright-eyed empath and nursing assistant. Dad was the brooding type, a savant guitarist, very Mediterranean. We embodied that perfectly normal sort of suburban life — the spoils at Christmas; we’d dressed up when our grandparents came to visit; Catholic sermons; long, languid days spent swimming in the sea.

Research from the University of Oulu and Oulu University Hospital in Oulo, Finland, found that patients with PCOS had a 47% higher risk for overall mortality than women without PCOS.