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Sepsis mortality greater in Black than White children despite similar interventions
The findings reveal how structural racism and inequalities built into the U.S. health care system put Black children and other communities at...
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Five times greater suicide risk for trans, gender-diverse teens in ED
Suicide rates in transgender and gender-diverse youth are high in the U.S., but current methods of identifying trans and gender-diverse youth in...
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Teens streaming on Twitch vulnerable to predators
Twitch is one of multiple online platforms that allows teens to live stream content that could be accessed and followed by potential adult...
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Teens have easy online access to Delta-8 cannabinoid products
Only 2 websites out of 45 had any mechanism for verifying customers’ ages, and most of the cheapest products sold were edibles in colorful...
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Postmenopausal stress linked to mood, cognitive symptoms
Hair cortisol offers a novel way to collect data on chronic stress in postmenopausal women, the lead researcher suggested.
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Fathers’ postpartum depression linked to children’s adversity
While not studied as much as maternal depression, paternal postpartum depression can have substantial negative impacts on children’s long-term...
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Metabolic effects of estetrol are promising in postmenopausal women
Preliminary findings suggest estetrol continues to hold potential for becoming an additional option in treating menopause symptoms.
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Cannabis use growing among menopausal women
Cannabis is being increasingly marketed for treating menopause-related and aging-related symptoms.
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Pelvic yoga, physical conditioning both improve urinary incontinence
Women completing a 3-month pelvic yoga program to treat urinary incontinence improved only modestly more on one measure than women doing physical...
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Hormone therapy less effective in menopausal women with obesity
It’s unclear whether the treatment itself is less effective or whether the women are not receiving an adequate dosage, because women with obesity...
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CBT effectively treats sexual concerns in menopausal women
Though a small study, the findings confirm previous research results found in women with sexual concerns after gynecologic cancer.
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Menopausal hormone therapy less prescribed for Black women
There’s likely a combination of reasons for these disparities, with both provider and patient factors contributing, researchers say.
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Worm pulled from woman’s brain in case that ‘stunned’
“When you operate on a brain, you don’t expect to find anything alive.”
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MS drugs during pregnancy show no safety signals
Data on outcomes from cladribine, ocrelizumab, ofatumumab, and ozanimod during pregnancy showed no miscarriages or malformations above the general...