Doctors treating trans youth grapple with uncertainty, lack of training
Last month, the Arkansas Senate passed legislation prohibiting medical providers from offering gender-affirming hormones or surgeries to trans youth.
Category: Health
Canadian researchers lead development and testing of promising treatment for COVID-19 variants
A new anti-viral drug could improve COVID-19 outcomes and survival rates—and is highly effective against multiple variants—according to a new study led by researchers at the...
Study shows impact of pandemic on families with seriously ill children
Many parents of children with chronic illnesses felt hospitals were unsafe during the COVID-19 pandemic and took to social media to find information relevant to them,...
New genome-wide association study almost triples discovery sample size
A team of researchers from the University of Oxford, Simon Fraser University and Genomics PLC, has conducted a genome-wide association study using the 2020 UK Biobank...
Pregnant women’s brains show troubling signs of stress, but feeling strong social support can break those patterns
Even before the pandemic, there was plenty for expectant mothers to worry about. Pregnant women must withstand a barrage of arguably well-intentioned, but often hyperbolic, warnings...
Targeting radiation resistance: Why some tumors are so stubborn
Radiation therapy has been—and will be—a cornerstone of cancer treatment for good reason: It works.
Designer alterations to brain cells reduce anxiety in monkeys, hold promise for humans
Using a technique that could point to a new way to help people with severe anxiety and other treatment-resistant psychiatric illnesses, researchers at the University of...
Neuroimaging discovers alterations in brain circuits that contribute to alcohol addiction
A novel neuroimaging study provides the first evidence that a small region of the brain, called the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, has gender-based network...
Gene therapy restores immune function in children with rare immunodeficiency
An investigational gene therapy can safely restore the immune systems of infants and children who have a rare, life-threatening inherited immunodeficiency disorder, according to research supported...
Use of TNF alpha inhibitors in Crohn’s disease associated with higher risk of MS
Dr. Jay Avasarala, professor of neurology and director of the University of Kentucky’s Multiple Sclerosis Clinic, and co-authors, conducted a retrospective study in which they evaluated...
