Trans Students Face 'Detrimental' Health Effects Without Fed Protection

Trans Students Face 'Detrimental' Health Effects Without Fed Protection by Julie Compton by NBC News.  February 25, 2017. 

Same-Sex Marriage Laws Seems Correlated With Decrease Teen Suicide Attempt Rates; Suicide is Second Leading Cause of Death Among Those 15 To 24 Years

Same-Sex Marriage Laws Might Decrease Teen Suicide Attempt Rates Says Study by AJ Willingham.  CNN.  February 22, 2017. 

The 40- Year Evolution Of An Issue Affecting Women's Health

Misconceptions by Linda Greenhouse.  Opinionator.  The New York Times.  January 23, 2013.

A fascinating opinion piece about the evolution of Roe v. Wade.  Linda Greenhouse points out that the original decision had very little to do with women's rights.  Instead, the focus was on the rights of doctors, who faced prosecution for what they believed was protecting the best interests of their patients.  Also interesting was the role of Roe in the political strategy of Richard Nixon.  He viewed the abortion issue as a way to peel off northern Catholics from the Democratic party.  This is an interesting case study of how health mixes with law and politics.

Pain Killer Restrictions Impact Doctors, Patients, Pharmacists

Making the "Pharmacy Crawl"  by Timothy W. Martin.  The Wall Street Journal.  September 27, 2012.

Key Ideas/Summary.  Several states now make doctors criminally liable and revoke their licenses for writing prescriptions for painkillers that lead to overdoses.  As a result some physicians do not write such prescriptions at all.  These laws arose as a result of the skyrocketing number of deaths by prescription drugs which in 2011 exceeded death from heroin and cocaine combined (Centers for Disease Control).  As a results of restrictive laws some pharmacies have stopped carrying pain-killers or limited their supply, sometimes forcing patients to "crawl" from pharmacy to pharmacy to fill their prescription.