Detransition and gender fluidity: Deeper understanding can improve care and acceptance

by Kinnon R. MacKinnon, Annie Pullen Sansfaçon and Pablo Expósito-Campos,The ConversationCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainIf you have been following recent coverage about gender-affirming health

Updated on: March 19,2024

Detransition and gender fluidity: Deeper understanding can improve care and acceptance

by Kinnon R. MacKinnon, Annie Pullen Sansfaçon and Pablo Expósito-Campos,The ConversationCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainIf you have been following recent coverage about gender-affirming health

Updated on:March 19,2024

Scientists identify how fasting may protect against inflammation

by University of CambridgeGraphical abstract. Credit:Cell Reports(2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.113700Cambridge scientists may have discovered a new way that fasting helps reduce

Updated on: March 16,2024

Scientists identify how fasting may protect against inflammation

by University of CambridgeGraphical abstract. Credit:Cell Reports(2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.113700Cambridge scientists may have discovered a new way that fasting helps reduce

Updated on:March 16,2024

TikTok make-up influencers spark health warnings

by Julie PACORELExperts in mental health have warned about the harm of the latest TikTok trend 'Sephora Kids'Pressed by parents to pose in videos with make-up and skincare products, pre-teen g

Updated on: March 15,2024

TikTok make-up influencers spark health warnings

by Julie PACORELExperts in mental health have warned about the harm of the latest TikTok trend 'Sephora Kids'Pressed by parents to pose in videos with make-up and skincare products, pre-teen g

Updated on:March 15,2024

‘Harvard Thinking’: Plastics are everywhere, even in our bodies

Updated on: October 29,2024

‘Harvard Thinking’: Plastics are everywhere, even in our bodies

Updated on:October 29,2024

For Australia's new vape laws to succeed, these three things need to happen—or users may look to the illicit market

by Wayne Hall,The ConversationCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThis year, the Australian government will progressively ban the retail sale of all e-cigarettes, known as vapes. Vapers willo

Updated on: March 24,2024

For Australia's new vape laws to succeed, these three things need to happen—or users may look to the illicit market

by Wayne Hall,The ConversationCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThis year, the Australian government will progressively ban the retail sale of all e-cigarettes, known as vapes. Vapers willo

Updated on:March 24,2024

Why ban ham from school canteens? And what are some healthier alternatives for kids' lunches?

by Lauren Ball,The ConversationCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainWestern Australia has introduced a limit on ham in school canteens. Parents are reportedlyconfused and frustrated. So what h

Updated on: March 21,2024

Why ban ham from school canteens? And what are some healthier alternatives for kids' lunches?

by Lauren Ball,The ConversationCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainWestern Australia has introduced a limit on ham in school canteens. Parents are reportedlyconfused and frustrated. So what h

Updated on:March 21,2024

Largest COVID vaccine study yet evaluates adverse events of special interest

by Jason Gale, Bloomberg NewsCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainVaccines that protect against severe illness, death and lingering long COVID symptoms from a coronavirus infection were linked to small in

Updated on: March 18,2024

Largest COVID vaccine study yet evaluates adverse events of special interest

by Jason Gale, Bloomberg NewsCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainVaccines that protect against severe illness, death and lingering long COVID symptoms from a coronavirus infection were linked to small in

Updated on:March 18,2024

Exploring how anabolic steroid use can increase heart disease risk

by University of BirminghamA, lead II ECG recordings from an unaffected individual (control) and a non-definite and definite ARVC patient. Individual cardiac cycles over a duration of 10s (

Updated on: March 21,2024

Exploring how anabolic steroid use can increase heart disease risk

by University of BirminghamA, lead II ECG recordings from an unaffected individual (control) and a non-definite and definite ARVC patient. Individual cardiac cycles over a duration of 10s (

Updated on:March 21,2024

Salty foods are making people sick, in part by poisoning their microbiomes, says gastroenterologist

by Christopher Damman,The ConversationCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainPeople have been using salt since thedawn of civilizationto process, preserve and enhance foods. Inancie

Updated on: March 19,2024

Salty foods are making people sick, in part by poisoning their microbiomes, says gastroenterologist

by Christopher Damman,The ConversationCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainPeople have been using salt since thedawn of civilizationto process, preserve and enhance foods. Inancie

Updated on:March 19,2024

Proteins in milk, not just fat, may help reduce oral burn from spicy food

by Jeff Mulhollem,Pennsylvania State UniversityCredit: CC0 Public DomainSpicy food lovers know that milk can ease the oral burn, but why? Some believe that fat is the soother, with whole cow&#39

Updated on: March 18,2024

Proteins in milk, not just fat, may help reduce oral burn from spicy food

by Jeff Mulhollem,Pennsylvania State UniversityCredit: CC0 Public DomainSpicy food lovers know that milk can ease the oral burn, but why? Some believe that fat is the soother, with whole cow&#39

Updated on:March 18,2024

Pain in the pursuit of beauty: One in eight suffer chronic pain after cosmetic surgery, study finds

by De GruyterCredit: CC0 Public DomainTen percent of respondents to a recent survey of Norwegian adults had undergone cosmetic surgery, with one in eight of these experiencing chronic post-operative p

Updated on: March 19,2024

Pain in the pursuit of beauty: One in eight suffer chronic pain after cosmetic surgery, study finds

by De GruyterCredit: CC0 Public DomainTen percent of respondents to a recent survey of Norwegian adults had undergone cosmetic surgery, with one in eight of these experiencing chronic post-operative p

Updated on:March 19,2024

Jelqing: The latest in a long history of attempts to enlarge the male member

by Adam Taylor,The ConversationCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainAdvice about a penis-enlargement method called jelqing (also "jelquing") is beingwidely sharedonline. Posts

Updated on: March 16,2024

Jelqing: The latest in a long history of attempts to enlarge the male member

by Adam Taylor,The ConversationCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainAdvice about a penis-enlargement method called jelqing (also "jelquing") is beingwidely sharedonline. Posts

Updated on:March 16,2024