Chelsea Conaboy

The Boston Globe • 31st August 2018

The abortion debate doesn’t change, but the science of abortion does

As the Senate prepares to consider President Trump’s latest nomination to the Supreme Court, and as legal scholars evaluate the various ways that a Justice Brett Kavanaugh could alter abortion access, science has changed the backdrop against which the political and legal drama is playing out.

Pine Tree Watch • 23rd August 2018

Suboxone, sweetgrass and sweat lodges

The Penobscot Nation's Healing to Wellness program shares many of the basic functions of traditional drug courts, providing intensive case management and counseling for a year or more, frequent drug testing, and a balance of sanctions and incentives. In other ways, the tribe’s court is markedly different.

The Boston Globe • 10th May 2020

New mothers were made for times like this

Giving birth provokes profound changes in a woman’s brain. Those adaptions may be especially helpful now, as women grapple with the realities of a world in turmoil.

Boston Globe Magazine • 17th July 2018

Motherhood brings the most dramatic brain changes of a woman’s life

So why does prenatal care ignore the topic altogether?

Mother Jones • 11th February 2019

She started selling abortion pills online. Then the feds showed up.

For two years, before she headed off to her full-time job as a web developer, or after she put her daughter to bed at night, Ursula Wing ran a business selling abortion pills from the bedroom of her New York City apartment. The 40-year-old single mother would fill orders that had been submitted through her website, dropping a piece of inexpensive jewelry into a mailer with a return address for “Fatima’s Bead Basket.” Hidden behind a panel taped inside were one tablet of mifepristone and four tablets of misoprostol.

The Boston Globe • 29th May 2013

Trauma survivor now acting as a beacon of inspiration

Muji Karim lost his legs in a fiery crash. Now he finds his way by showing others that there is life after injury.

The Boston Globe • 1st September 2013

Arbour psychiatric hospitals cited for staff failures in three deaths

Arbour Health System, which operates seven inpatient psychiatric facilities and a chain of mental health clinics in Massachusetts, has been repeatedly cited for violating patient-care standards before and since the three deaths, including citations for staffing too few nurses or relying too much on lesser-trained or temporary workers.

ParentMap • 13th February 2018

Parents still struggle to get medical marijuana for their kids

Parents often are left to figure out for themselves what to buy — and where.

The Portland Press Herald • 10th November 2017

As the number of female veterans grows, options for services and support must evolve

Adria Horn was breastfeeding her infant daughter at Togus VA Medical Center several years ago when someone approached to ask whether she was waiting for a patient. The implication was clear: Horn, a West Point graduate who deployed five times in 10 years, didn’t fit the image of a veteran.

Politico - The Agenda • 10th January 2018

A prescription for... resiliency?

Medical professionals can vaccinate children against pathogens like polio or pertussis, but they have few tools to prevent the chronic illnesses that wreak havoc with so many adult lives and that cost the health care system so much to treat. What would it look like if we could somehow protect small children against those illnesses the way we vaccinate for tetanus or chicken pox?

WBUR - CommonHealth • 17th March 2018

Coffee, sex and sushi: An evidence update on pregnancy do's and don’ts

Should I eat fish? What kind and how much? What about coffee? Or sushi? What if I forget to take my prenatal vitamin? Will I hurt my baby if I sleep on my back? If I go swimming? If I have sex? If I fly?

WBUR - CommonHealth • 22nd May 2018

Why the abortion fight is becoming a battle over health information

Online sale of abortion pills mean women don't necessarily need access to a clinic to end an early pregnancy. But they do need to know where to start.

WBUR CommonHealth • 24th November 2017

Is it a boy? Girl? Time to stop asking? The gender reveal party reconsidered

Guns or glitter? Ties or tutus? A specialist asks whether gender reveal parties, though well-meaning, might be seen as a symptom of society’s overemphasis on gender.

The Boston Globe Magazine • 29th July 2012

Dr. Bernard Lown speaks out against overtreatment - The Boston Globe

Bernard Lown believes less medical treatment can sometimes be more. Convincing you and your doctor has become a mission for the 91-year-old cardiologist.

WBUR - CommonHealth • 16th February 2018

New research shifts thinking on pregnancy dilemma: Induce labor at 39 weeks?

Inducing labor, it was thought, increases a woman’s chances of requiring a Cesarean section, major surgery that could result in complications for mother and baby, and a longer recovery time. Now, a major study suggests that’s not true.

WBUR - CommonHealth • 22nd December 2017

Beyond 'Man Flu'

There may be real differences in how men and women respond to infection.

Politico - The Agenda • 12th April 2017

‘They’re out there—if we can find them’

In rural America, social isolation isn't just a private woe. It's increasingly seen as a public health crisis, with new ideas for tackling it.

The Boston Globe Magazine • 20th January 2013

Teaching veterans to be mental health workers

A program at Newton’s Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology looks to train military men and women to become therapists who can help other vets.