Opinion | Avoiding Male Doctors Is Not Discrimination. It May Be Risk Aversion.
Lee is a psychiatry resident. “Whenever a woman speaks up, someone will tell her to be quiet,” a therapist working at our local domestic violence center said to me last week. “I’ve had people tell me that my job is based on man-hating.” Somehow, I am wholly unsurprised by this comment. Dismayed, yes; surprised, absolutely […]
If Your Boogers Look Like This, It’s Time To See A Doctor
Westend61 via Getty Images Your mucus can tell you a lot about your health. Did you know that the color of your boogers has different meanings and can suggest potential health problems? “When encountering any change to mucus color, it is vital that people pay close attention to accompanying symptoms and overall health,” said Dr. […]
Medical School Dating and Relationships 101
[embedded content] Some people will tell you that relationships during medical school are impossible. They’ll say that you don’t have enough time for romance and you should focus solely on your studies. But I disagree. Although medical school is incredibly demanding, to say that it’s impossible to have a healthy relationship during this time is […]
Opinion | Get Your Own Doctor, Mom!
Let me tell you that being a doctor in the family can be a tricky business! On the one hand, you’re the go-to person for all things medical, so you’re never short on people to talk to at family gatherings. On the other hand, you’re also the go-to person for all things medical, so you’re […]
Celine Dion’s Stiff-Person Syndrome
Singer Celine Dion, 54, took to Instagram this week to tell fans that she had been diagnosed with a rare neurological condition called stiff-person syndrome. “I’ve been dealing with problems with my health for a long time, and it’s been really difficult for me to face these challenges and to talk about everything that I’ve […]
How Do I Know If I’m Non-Binary?
How can I find out if I’m non-binary? No one can tell you whether or not you’re non-binary. Discovering your gender can be a straightforward process, or it can take many years and a lot of experimentation. There’s no “right” way or “right” time to discover that you’re non-binary. It’s common for non-binary people […]
Gardening can cultivate better mental health
Many longtime gardeners will tell you that the garden is their happy place. New research suggests that many people may indeed reap mental health benefits from working with plants — even if they’ve never gardened before. In a study published in the journal PLOS ONE, University of Florida scientists found that gardening activities lowered stress, […]
ADHD and ASD: What the eyes could reveal
It’s often said that ‘the eyes tell it all’, but no matter what their outward expression, the eyes may also be able to signal neurodevelopmental disorders such as ASD and ADHD according to new research from Flinders University and the University of South Australia. In the first study of its kind, researchers found that recordings […]
Microbes help orchestrate how the gut uses its genes: Mice without microbes rely on an entirely different set of genes to digest fat
The microbes that help break down food actually tell the gut how to do its job better, according to a new study in mice at Duke. The researchers said it appears that the microbes are able to influence which of the gut’s genes are being called into action, and in turn, that interaction might lead […]
Changes in vegetation shaped global temperatures over last 10,000 years
Follow the pollen. Records from past plant life tell the real story of global temperatures, according to research from a climate scientist at Washington University in St. Louis. Warmer temperatures brought plants — and then came even warmer temperatures, according to new model simulations published April 15 in Science Advances. Alexander Thompson, a postdoctoral research […]