Health|WHO Weighs Dropping Transgender Identity From List of Mental Disorders
Many, but not all, advocates favor the idea of keeping transgender in the codebook in some form because the designations are widely used for billing and insurance coverage of medical services and for conducting research on diseases and treatments. But where should it go?“I think there is a bit of a problem with the idea of putting it in a chapter on sexual health because it has nothing to do with sex,” said Dr. Griet De Cuypere, a psychiatrist at the Center of Sexology and Gender at University ..>> view originalMore Orange Co. Mosquitoes Test Positive For West Nile Virus
ORANGE COUNTY, CA – Samples of mosquitoes collected in Santa Ana, Costa Mesa and Dana Point tested positive today for West Nile virus. The three cities join a growing list topped by La Habra, which has recorded 15 samples testing positive for the virus, according to Jared Dever of the Orange County Mosquito and Vector Control District. Two years ago, Santa Ana was "more or less the epicenter of West Nile virus activity," Dever said. This year, however, the city has not had any positive samples u..>> view originalHealth IT implications on new Medicare payment program
Health IT implications on new Medicare payment program By David Pittman 07/26/16 10:30 AM EDT With help from Darius Tahir (@DariusTahir) and Arthur Allen (@ArthurAllen202) IS HEALTH IT HURTING CMS’S DELIVERY REFORM PLANS?: The Medicare agency on Monday unveiled a new bundled payment program for heart patients. It builds upon a Medicare Innovation Center program for joint replacements that launched earlier this year. The implications for eHealth are implied; providers of ..>> view originalWait, the Ice Bucket Challenge actually worked?
But one of these viral pop culture moments is even more relevant today. The campaign that encouraged millions of people to dump buckets of ice-cold water over their heads raised enough money to help make an important research breakthrough, the ALS Association announced Monday.The massive, socially-driven fund raising push saw 17 million people posting videos online and a slew of celebrities from Bill Gates to Steph Curry getting soaked to raise awareness for ALS, also called Lou Gehrig's disease..>> view originalExpert panel declines to recommend routine full-body screening for skin cancer
Overtreatment was one issue raised by a medical panel considering the benefits of full-body screening for skin cancer. (Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post) A panel of medical experts said Tuesday that there's too little evidence to determine whether routine full-body screening for skin cancer saves lives. The federally appointed U.S. Preventive Services Task Force gave the visual screening a rating of "I" — meaning there was insufficient evidence for it to weigh the potential benefits against..>> view originalHow the nose, eyes may hold early clues to Alzheimer's
Subtle shifts in our senses of sight and smell may offer early clues to Alzheimer's disease, before memory symptoms begin to surface, say researchers who presented new data at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference in Toronto this week.It looks like "the eyes and the nose are a window to the brain," observed CBS News medical contributor Dr. David Agus.One of the studies found that a thinning of the retinal nerve fiber layer in the eye tended to occur in people who performed more p..>> view originalDolly's sheep clones are doing just fine
Twenty years after Dolly the Sheep was born out of a test tube, four sheep cloned from her DNA are healthy and aging normally, according to a study published this week. The findings, published in the journal Nature Communications, may dispel long-held concerns that cloned animals age prematurely. Many of those concerns arose after Dolly was cloned. The sheep appeared to age faster than normal, and suffered from osteoarthritis in her knees and hips at an early age. After she was diagnosed with a..>> view originalReefer Madness Hits Colorados Toddlers
Colorado hospitals are seeing a spike in emergency room visits for children who have ingested their parents’ edibles.Marijuana-related emergency room visits for children under 10 have increased dramatically in Colorado since the state’s recreational marijuana amendment went into effect in 2014, according to a new study in JAMA Pediatrics. It’s not exactly “reefer madness” but the authors believe that the sudden spike in the number of kids accidentally ingesting their parent’s edibles can be attr..>> view originalNaloxone Eases Pain of Heroin Epidemic, but Not Without Consequences
Photo Police officers, firefighters and paramedics responding last month to a report of a possible overdose in Portland, Me. Credit Tristan Spinski for The New York Times PORTLAND, Me. — A woman in her 30s was sitting in a car in a parking lot here last month, shooting up heroin, when she overdosed. Even after the men she was with injected her with naloxone, the drug that reverses opioid overdoses, she remained unconscious. They called 911.Firefighters arrived and admin..>> view original
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