Broken Pelvises, Collapsed Lungs, and Decades of Winning: Barrel Racing's Martha Josey Has Seen It All
Texas Monthly, February 2021
Karnack’s “Queen of Sequins” brought style, success, and unprecedented longevity to her legendary rodeo career.
A Surgeon So Bad It Was Criminal
ProPublica, October 2018
It took more than six months and multiple catastrophic surgeries before anyone reported Duntsch to the state medical board. Then it took almost another year for the board to investigate, with Duntsch operating all the while.
Does Your Period Have to Be This Bad?
Cosmopolitan, December 2015
As many as 30 percent of gynecological patients overall are suffering severe, recurring period pain, according to a study released in August. And when symptoms are treated, the standard advice has changed little in three decades. It is one of the most significant health problems for which there is almost no public discussion and little research.
Error: What's Wrong With Robotic Surgery
Men’s Health, May 2014
It does sound promising: precision machines displacing fallible human beings, operating in the most sensitive areas. But a growing number of practitioners worry that the robot revolution came before the advantages were proven, and that marketing, not medicine, has led the charge. Others question whether the astronomical price of these robots (ultimately added to your rising insurance premium) justifies their uncertain benefits in an era of runaway health costs.
Who Killed Chris Kyle?
Men’s Health, December 2013
The deadliest sniper in U.S. military history was gunned down at point-blank range, apparently by a troubled soldier he was trying to help. A broken VA medical system may have been an unwitting accomplice.