The Long Overdue Rise of Gender-Affirming Care
There has been much written recently about the increasing demand for gender-affirming services; specifically, surgical procedures. However, transgender and gender diverse people have always existed. So to then have the need for gender-affirming care. For a long time, this need refused to be seen or acknowledged. Medicine as a field and society as a whole […]
Some Kansas City Chiefs Fans Advised To Undergo Amputation After Cold-Weather Game
LOADINGERROR LOADING Some Kansas City Chiefs fans have been told to schedule amputations after they suffered frostbite at the Jan. 13 playoff game between the Chiefs and the visiting Miami Dolphins, a doctor treating the patients told Fox4 on Wednesday. (Watch the video below.) The victims endured temperatures that plunged below zero in the Chiefs’ […]
What We Know About King Charles III’s Health History
The announcement Monday that King Charles III has been diagnosed with cancer has come as a shock to many in Britain, largely because the 75-year-old monarch has generally enjoyed good health through the years. Palace officials did not specify what kind of cancer the king has, or how serious his condition is. They only said […]
King Charles III Has Cancer
Britain’s King Charles III has been diagnosed with cancer and has begun treatment, Buckingham Palace said Monday. Less than 18 months into his reign, the 75-year-old monarch will suspend public engagements but will continue with state business, and won’t be handing over his constitutional roles as head of state. The palace didn’t disclose what form […]
PA Convicted of Fraud for Amniotic Fluid Shot Scheme
A Texas physician assistant has been convicted of fraud for giving patients unapproved injections of amniotic fluid for purported pain relief, and then illegally billing Medicare for the shots. After a 5-day trial, a jury deliberated for less than an hour to convict Ray Anthony Shoulders, PA, who had submitted $788,000 in fraudulent claims and […]
New gut-brain circuits found for sugar and fat cravings
Understanding why we overeat unhealthy foods has been a long-standing mystery. While we know food’s strong power influences our choices, the precise circuitry in our brains behind this is unclear. The vagus nerve sends internal sensory information from the gut to the brain about the nutritional value of food. But, the molecular basis of the […]
Opinion | The ED Remains Colored by Despair
Edwin Leap is a board-certified emergency physician who has been practicing for 30 years since finishing residency. He currently works as an emergency physician for WVU Hospitals in Princeton, West Virginia. Follow In late 2022, Edwin Leap, MD, wrote about how emergency departments throughout the country were overburdened with patients and staffed with healthcare workers […]
Constantly Feeling Unmotivated? You Could Have This Condition
MementoJpeg via Getty Images I’ve been having a lot of those mornings recently. You know the kind; you wake up bleary-eyed, stare at the ceiling, and wonder exactly how you’re meant to motivate yourself to do a single thing that day. I’m not alone. Nearly a third of UK employees say they don’t feel motivated […]
Sharp Uptick in Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy Visits After ACA’s Passage
Healthcare visits for transgender-related diagnoses and gender-affirming hormone therapy (GAHT) have been rising, researchers reported, suggesting it as an opportunity for HIV prevention. Within a commercial health plan database, the proportion of adults with a transgender-related diagnosis code increased by 30.8% each year from 2014 to 2021 (13.4 to 113.9 per 100,000 enrolled persons) for […]
11 Foods Experts Say Can Boost Your Brain Health And Help Ward Off Dementia
Chris Stein via Getty Images Broccoli contains sulforaphane, which has been linked to reduced inflammation and improved brain health. Most people know which foods to avoid for a healthy heart. Yet, do you often think about the foods you eat and how they affect the brain? It’s been scientifically proven that diet can influence brain […]