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Portugal’s secret to living longer
Life expectancy is dropping in the United States, despite the nation spending more per person on health care than any other country. So what is a place like Portugal — where people live longer with far fewer resources — doing right?
Why are so many Americans dying early?
Despite spending more per person on health care than any other nation, the United States has a crisis of premature deaths. The Post’s health team has been investigating why that is, and today we learn how politics, stress and chronic illness play a rol…
What’s The Evidence That Supervised Drug Injection Sites Save Lives?
Proposals in several cities to offer drug users access to a safe space to consume drugs have caused a political stir, but what do we really know about the effectiveness of safe injection sites?
Doctors With Disabilities Push For Culture Change In Medicine
Disabled Americans working in medicine are speaking up about their role in the profession. Not only can they can they perform the work of doctors, they offer a level of empathy others may lack.
Doctors With Disabilities Look For Recognition
There’s a growing movement of MDs working to include recognition of people with disabilities in their profession — and how those disabilities might actually make them better doctors.
