The Medicalization of Birth and Death, by Lauren Hall, associate professor of political science. Published by John Hopkins University Press. For many generations, most Americans were born – and died – ...

Autism children and parents enjoy a Halloween-style fall festival Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024, at Carrie Fitts Real Estate in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Gary Cosby Jr.-Tuscaloosa News / Two weeks ago, a team of ...

The cost of prescription medication used to treat aging-related conditions has been steadily increasing over the past five years and could overtake spending on some chronic conditions, according to ...

Vol. 3, No. 3, Special Issue: Health, Illness and Medicine in the Media (July 1999), pp. 317-333 (17 pages) Published By: Sage Publications, Ltd. This article examines the depiction of lay people ...

The term "medicalization" was popularized by the Catholic philosopher and social critic Ivan Illich. Illich was troubled by the way in which what was formerly regarded as deviant behavior had come to ...

I was sorry to see the Thursday headline out of Idaho that they had banned some endocrine treatments and elective, cosmetic surgeries for minors (“Idaho governor signs bill criminalizing ...

Urgent measures are needed to curtail the rising "medicalization" of female genital mutilation (FGM) and to engage health workers to prevent the practice, according to a new guideline published today ...

Crèches were founded in Paris in 1844 as charitable institutions to care for the infants of working class women, most of whom were too poor to afford wet nurses, the preferred form of child care among ...

James: Let me tell you something, you're prediabetic. In this bit, James suggests that medicalization has gone too far, and I tend to agree with him. However, medicalization isn't inherently bad; it's ...

At Least 16 Killed in Bondi Beach Attack on Australian Jewish Community Trump Signs Executive Order to Challenge State AI Regulations in Major Tech Industry Victory Black Lives Matter Director Spent ...