“The World Health Organization (WHO) will remove “gender identity disorder” from its global manual of diagnoses — a major win for transgender rights. The change was announced last summer, but a resolution to amend the health guidelines was officially approved Saturday. ”
Author: broadcasthealthandmedicalnews
Are DNA-based diets and personalized ‘medical foods’ the future? / News Medical Life Science
“Most people know that genes are inherited from parents and that the DNA from those parents combines to create an individual’s unique genetic makeup. This determines aspects of phenotype such as eye color and height, but also more complicated traits such as metabolism and susceptibility to disease.”
Breast cancer spreads through the body in just two or three waves | New Scientist
Clare Wilson
“Most people who die from cancer are killed by cells that have spread through their body, but we know relatively little about how they spread. Now a team has genetically sequenced the secondary tumours of 10 women who died from breast cancer, and found that there are usually just two or three waves of migration from the original tumour.”
Half of H.I.V. Patients Are Women. Most Research Subjects Are Men. – The New York Times
By Apoorva Mandavill
“Trials of vaccines and treatments have not included enough female participants. Now that scientists are exploring possible cures, the need to enroll women is greater than ever.”
AP FACT CHECK: Trump takes credit for Obama’s gains for vets | Government | heraldandnews.com
“Boastful on the occasion of Memorial Day, President Donald Trump and his Veterans Affairs secretary are claiming full credit for health care improvements that were underway before they took office.x
Health paradox: New diabetes cases fall while obesity rises / AP
MIKE STOBBE
“NEW YORK (AP) — The number of new diabetes cases among U.S. adults keeps falling, even as obesity rates climb, and health officials aren’t sure why.”
All the states taking up new abortion laws in 2019 | TheHill
BY JESSICA CAMPISI, BROOKE SEIPEL, ALICIA COHN AND JESSIE HELLMANN
“In 2019, states are taking action to restrict or expand access to abortion amid a national debate over Roe v. Wade.
Multiple states such as Kentucky and Georgia have passed bills that ban abortion once a fetal heartbeat is detected, around six weeks of pregnancy, while Alabama recently passed the strictest abortion law in the country, banning the procedure with few exceptions.”
From chicken to tomatoes, here’s why American food is hurting you | US news | The Guardian
Maria Rodale
“American healthcare spending has ballooned to $3.5tn a year, and yet we are sicker than most other developed countries. Meanwhile, our food system contains thousands of chemicals that have not been proven safeand many that are banned in other countries.”
Johnson & Johnson Opioid Trial To Begin In Oklahoma, Could Set Precedent : NPR
Heard on All Things Considered
“All eyes will be on Oklahoma this week when the first case in a flood of litigation against an opioid drug manufacturer begins on Tuesday.”
Business Insider: Flavored e-cigarettes could be bad for heart health, researchers say
“WASHINGTON (AP) — E-cigarettes aren’t considered as risky as regular cigarettes, but researchers have found a clue that their flavorings may be bad for the heart.”
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