It’s Much Harder And More Expensive To Get Gender-Affirming Care Than Ever Before: Report
LOADINGERROR LOADING Families of transgender youth in the South have to spend much more time and money to access gender-affirming care than they used to because of anti-trans legislation that has been passed in the last two years, according to a new report from the Campaign for Southern Equality. Two dozen states, predominantly in the […]
Opinion | ‘It’s Much More Severe, and It’s Much More Dangerous’: What We Heard This Week
“It’s not just some little fever or some little rash. It’s much more severe, and it’s much more dangerous.” — Sarah Lim, MD, of the Minnesota Department of Health, on why physicians and parents should be concerned about the recent rise in measles cases. “It’s a really interesting time. There’s so much activity.” — Hao […]
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 […]
The Red Flags You’re Actually Too Independent, According To Therapists
Thomas Barwick via Getty Images There is such a thing as too much independence, according to experts. There’s no shortage of bangers that celebrate being independent. Maybe you’ve thrown your hands up to Destiny’s Child’s “Independent Women Pt.1” or belted out Bon Jovi’s “It’s My Life” at the top of your lungs in the car. […]
Scientists identify how dietary restriction slows brain aging and increases lifespan
Restricting calories is known to improve health and increase lifespan, but much of how it does so remains a mystery, especially in regard to how it protects the brain. Buck scientists have uncovered a role for a gene called OXR1 that is necessary for the lifespan extension seen with dietary restriction and is essential for […]
Health Spending Rose 4.1% in 2022, Government Report Says
Health spending in the U.S. rose by 4.1% — to $4.5 trillion — in 2022, up from a 3.2% increase in 2021 but not as much as the 10.6% growth seen in 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced Wednesday. The lower growth in 2021 and 2022 compared with 2020 was largely […]
FDA Advisors Grapple With Logistical, Ethical Issues of Artificial Womb Technology
While members of the FDA Pediatric Advisory Committee (PAC) said much of the existing artificial womb technology (AWT) research is promising, they noted that the logistical and ethical concerns previously raised by the agency’s staff members are complicated. The committee did not vote during their 2-day meeting this week. Further discussion about first-in-human trials for […]
Opinion | ‘You Have No Idea How Much It Pains Me’: What We Heard This Week
“You have no idea how much it pains me to conclude that extended pleurectomy/decortication — an operation that we have been offering for over 70 years — has been associated with a higher risk of death, more serious complications, poorer quality of life, and higher costs.” — Eric Lim, MD, a thoracic surgeon at the […]
Link found between childhood television watching and adulthood metabolic syndrome
A University of Otago study has added weight to the evidence that watching too much television as a child can lead to poor health in adulthood. The research, led by Professor Bob Hancox, of the Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, and published this week in the journal Pediatrics, found that children who watched more […]
Addressing Burnout in an Invisible Part of the Health Workforce
Much has been written about the burnout of frontline health workers during the COVID pandemic and what must be done to help them. But what about public health workers — those operating behind the scenes who are also navigating long hours and increased stress? Helping those workers is the idea behind the Public Health-Hope, Equity, […]