The Wild West of Online Testosterone Prescribing
Online testosterone peddlers are facing uncertainty as federal officials map the future of telemedicine. At stake is whether they’ll be able to continue prescribing testosterone therapy to patients without ever seeing them in person, a pandemic-era freedom that allows men to avoid being seen strolling into “low T” clinics — but one that has also […]
Emergency Physician Faces Charges After Car Crash Kills Colleague
An emergency medicine physician is facing a myriad of charges following a car accident in July that claimed the life of his 47-year-old colleague, Douglas Rockacy, MD, from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), CBS Pittsburgh reported. In addition to DUI charges, Joseph Yanta, MD, 38, is also facing charges of homicide by vehicle […]
Doc Couple Tried to Slip Americans’ Health Info to Russia, DOJ Says
A pair of physician spouses are facing federal charges of conspiracy and handing over confidential health information of Americans in order to assist Russia in its war against Ukraine, according to an announcement from the Department of Justice (DOJ). Anna Gabrielian, MD, and her spouse, Jamie Lee Henry, MD, both of Rockville, Maryland, were charged […]
Dangerous Fauci Rhetoric
Dr. Anthony Fauci is facing more attacks after Republicans cheered after one of their own demanded the execution of Fauci by a firing squad.
Are You Self-Gaslighting? Here’s How To Spot The Destructive Behavior.
After facing a conflict, Brittany Beringer notices she does two things: dismiss her feelings, and convince herself she overreacted. When she feels vulnerable, this reaction intensifies. “In the past, I’d tolerate hurtful behavior because I somehow allow myself to believe the situation or action wasn’t as bad as it was,” said Beringer, an astrology writer […]
SRC-2 is at the center of survival adaptations to food shortages
When fasting or facing a food shortage, the body engages metabolic and behavioral adaptations to survive. How the brain coordinates and regulates these responses has not been clear, but researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions have discovered that a molecule known as steroid receptor coactivator-2 (SRC-2) is crucial to coordinate the biological […]
Biomaterial vaccines ward off broad range of bacterial infections and septic shock
Current clinical interventions for infectious diseases are facing increasing challenges due to the ever-rising number of drug-resistant microbial infections, epidemic outbreaks of pathogenic bacteria, and the continued possibility of new biothreats that might emerge in the future. Effective vaccines could act as a bulwark to prevent many bacterial infections and some of their most severe […]