Emily Forman

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Recent Pieces from Emily Forman

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Getting Down And Getting Tested At Underground LGBTQ Balls (03:37)
From: Side Effects Public Media

Since it started in Harlem in the 1980s, ballroom culture has been an anchor for LGBTQ black and Latinx communities everywhere. At each ball, contestants either strut or ...
Caption: Dr. Jay Joshi's patients uses telemedicine to compliment patients' opioid addiction treatment

Doctors Say Telemedicine Can't Replace In Person Addiction Care (03:20)
From: Side Effects Public Media

When President Trump declared the opioid epidemic a public health emergency in late October, it triggered a regulatory change intended to make it easier for people to get ...
Caption: Janice McClain poses beside the Use What You've Got Prison Ministry bus, which connects people with their incarcerated family members., Credit: Emily Forman/Side Effects Public Media

Grassroots Bus Service Brings Healing Touch To Inmates And Families (03:40)
From: Side Effects Public Media

The lack of literal human connection in prison can take its toll on inmates and their families. A grassroots bus service in Indiana transports families and friends to visit ...
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New Moms Need Daily Addiction Help To Stay In Recovery ... And Stay With Their Kids (04:30)
From: Side Effects Public Media

For thousands of moms with opioid addiction, this is their struggle: keeping their disease under control during and after pregnancy, in order to keep their kids. If a baby is ...
Caption: Dr. Tara Benjamin(left) specializes in high risk pregnancies. Most of her patients are in treatment for opioid addiction., Credit: Grace Hollars

Afraid To Treat Pregnant Women, Doctors Drop Addicted Patients At A Vulnerable Time (03:44)
From: Side Effects Public Media

Doctors who can prescribe a medication for opioid addiction, and accept Medicaid, are already scarce. But even fewer will treat pregnant women. At this most vulnerable time, ...
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Moms-To-Be With Addiction Face Obstacles At Every Turn (03:30)
From: Side Effects Public Media

Insurance companies set rules that sometime make patients go for days without opioid addiction medicine. These rules are especially tough on pregnant women. Who need ...