Gender Affirming Surgeries Nearly Tripled in the U.S. From 2016 to 2019
Gender-affirming surgery (GAS) in the U.S. nearly tripled from 2016 to 2019, a longitudinal study found. The number of gender-affirming procedures rose from 4,552 in 2016 to 13,011 in 2019, reported Jason Wright, MD, of Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City. It dropped slightly to 12,818 procedures in 2020, likely […]
Nick Jonas Describes The Public Mishap That Led Him To Seek Therapy
Nick Jonas said this week that a botched guitar solo at the 2016 Academy of Country Music Awards led him to see a therapist. The youngest member of the pop sibling trio the Jonas Brothers discussed stage anxiety on the “Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard” podcast Monday, recalling what he called the “tragic guitar solo […]
A Fork in the Road on My ‘Cancer Journey’
For the past 12 years, I have been focused on my diagnosis of low-risk prostate cancer, and in 2016, I began sharing my experience and covering the latest developments in the field in my “A Patient’s Journey” blog for MedPage Today. But in recent months, a few events reminded me that prostate cancer isn’t my […]
Hepatitis A Demographics Shift Dramatically
Hepatitis A is no longer mainly a travel and food-related infection, as the majority of infections from 2016 to 2020 related to drug use or homelessness, according to the CDC. Fully 56% of hepatitis A infected persons in the U.S. were using drugs (injected or not), 14% were homeless, and 12% were recently incarcerated in […]
Black Man Accuses LA Hospital Of Racism In C-Section Death Of Wife
In April 2016, Kira Johnson showed up for her scheduled caesarian section at the renowned Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles to deliver her second child with husband Charles Johnson. The procedure took just 17 minutes. Advertisement Less than 12 hours later, the 39-year-old was dead of a massive internal injury ― doctors found three […]
Visibly transparent radiative cooler under direct sunlight
Since the Paris Climate Agreement that took effect in 2016, 121 countries have pledged to become carbon neutral by 2050 as the world tries to reduce its fuel consumption. The Korean government also unveiled its 2050 Carbon Neutral Strategy on December 7, 2020 and declared Carbon Zero, making transition to new and renewable energy a […]