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Texas child abuse workers forced to investigate transgender cases, says court witness
Child abuse inspectors in Texas were told they had to investigate parents who put their transgender children through gender-affirming procedures,...
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Texas judge to rule on probes of transgender kids’ parents
A Texas judge will consider a request that she block state investigations of parents who get gender-transitioning care for their children.
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Inside insulin (Part 2): Approaching a cure for type 1 diabetes?
Part 1 of this series examined the rivalry behind the discovery and use of insulin. In part 2, this news organization reviews the last century,...
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Death of pig heart transplant patient is more a beginning than an end
The landmark case will have much to teach; still, it “turns back the clock” to a time when immunosuppression was especially intense “because we...
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Many rheumatologists in Ukraine become refugees amid chaos
Some are forced to leave the country or close their practices. Those staying are often using telemedicine or retraining to treat people outside...
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Rare pediatric cancers persist 63 years after nuclear accident
Near Los Angeles, the parents of kids whose cluster of rare leukemias and other cancers are linked to a 1959 partial meltdown at Santa Susana...
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Cardiologist pleads guilty to abusive sexual contact
The former head of cardiology at the Palo Alto VA Hospital from 1985 to 2018 pleaded guilty to one count of abusive sexual contact of a junior...
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Can a tool help overcome barriers to diabetes medication cost?
Tool is designed to be a ‘broad conversation starter’ and not just about medications.
From the Journals
Handheld ECGs ease AFib screening in the very elderly
But the use of handheld, single-lead electrocardiograms (ECGs) did not increase diagnoses of AFib overall in patients aged 65 and older.
From the Journals
COVID-19 often more severe with congenital heart defects
“Hospitalized patients with heart defects are up to twice as likely to have critical outcomes of COVID-19 illness,” says author of a new study.
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