In conjunction with the October issue of Health Affairs, which will focus on disability and health, the Narrative Matters section of Health Affairs is holding a poetry contest. The poetry contest will ...

The October 2023 edition of Health Affairs is focused on Tackling Structural Racism in Health. In the issue, we feature a poem by Ryan J. Petteway titled “proc prun / roses.” Dr. Petteway explains ...

A couple years ago Charles Beck’s wife, Susan, became ill and needed to moved out of their Fort Collins home and into Windsor Health Care Center, a nursing home. Charles didn’t drive anymore and could ...

How do you respond to legislation that stands to roll back women's health care by making it harder for women to access basic health services like contraception, maternity coverage, and preventative ...

Don Ellison has been a welder for more than 30 years and he's loved every minute of his job. "To me, it's like money for nothing. I mean, I enjoy this," Ellison said. But a few years ago, work became ...

There’s something about autumn that makes me crave poetry. Maybe it’s residual, first day of school nostalgia; maybe it’s that pesky seasonal affective disorder creeping in and begging for the ...

The parents of a Pennsylvania girl who overdosed on heroin are hoping to help others struggling with drug addiction by sharing their daughter's poem about her battle in her obituary. Delaney Farrell, ...

Despite what you might have deduced from your Instagram feed, nobody lives a perfect life. We all have good days—the sun is shining, you killed it at your morning boxing workout, and your favorite ...