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Boone nurse practitioner takes on medicine's midlife blind spot for women

A Boone nurse practitioner with two decades of experience in pediatrics, oncology and palliative care has begun addressing health issues affecting women during midlife. Johnson observed that some of her breast cancer patients experienced significant suffering while taking commonly prescribed medications, prompting her focus on this gap in medical care.

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