How Large Breasts Changed Medicine Forever
[embedded content] In this video, Rohin Francis, MBBS, recounts how a young woman’s generous shape led to a significant leap in medical technology. The following is a transcript of this video; note that errors are possible. Francis: I’m in Paris and I’m actually on the Champs-Élysées. You can probably just make out the Arc de […]
Recurrent Facial Swelling, Itching in a Young Woman
What caused persistent facial swelling and itchiness to develop around a woman’s right ear and left lower jaw? That’s the question posed in a recent case report. When the 32-year-old Black woman presented with facial edema and itching, she had already been living with these symptoms for a year, noted Rebecca G. Brady, MD, of […]
Women Who Live with Gun Owners More Likely to Take Their Own Life
A woman’s risk of dying by suicide was more than 40% higher after another adult in her household became a handgun owner, according to a retrospective cohort study of 9.5 million women. Rates of suicide were 1.43 times higher (95% CI 1.11-1.84) among women living with handgun owners compared with those living in handgun-free homes. […]