The Biden administration mentioned this week that it opposed gender-affirming surgical procedure for minors, essentially the most specific assertion thus far on the topic from a president who has been a staunch supporter of transgender rights. The White Home announcement was despatched to The New York Occasions on Wednesday in response to an article reporting…

Excessive wildfires have gotten more common, more intense and extra of a urgent drawback for public well being. This week, greater than 20,000 people in Northern California evacuated their homes as flames destroyed homes and automobiles. Wildfire smoke presents its personal problem. There may be most definitely no secure degree of publicity to wildfire smoke,…

Wearable wrist weights, which as soon as appeared relegated to the dustbin of health historical past, are seeing a powerful resurgence on social media. The one- to three-pound cuffs first gained reputation throughout the health increase of the Nineteen Eighties, when exercisers strapped on fashions constituted of material and crammed with sand. However by the…

A couple of decade in the past, Brenna Holeman was on the right first date with a person she’d met on a relationship app. It was a wet evening in a comfy London bar, and earlier than the date even ended — with a kiss — they’d breathlessly made plans for his or her subsequent…

Erectile dysfunction is extra frequent than one would possibly suppose. Greater than half of men over 40 will expertise some type of erectile downside, and the prevalence will increase with age (although males of their 20s and 30s could be affected, too). The expertise can have a devastating impact on a person’s well-being. But a…

Q: A cocktail or glass of wine helps me go to sleep on lengthy flights. However are there downsides to ingesting on a aircraft? After the bustle of boarding and the hassle of compressing your physique and baggage into compact areas, a drink or two might really feel like simply the ticket. However the outcomes…

A Japanese pharmaceutical firm is investigating 80 deaths presumably linked to a yeast-containing complement it sells in Japan, the nation’s well being ministry stated Friday, in a stunning improve from an earlier revelation that’s focusing consideration on how dietary supplements are regulated. The corporate, Kobayashi Pharmaceutical, in March had reported 5 deaths probably linked to…

This text is a part of our Pets special section on scientists’ rising curiosity in our animal companions. Each canine has its day, and July 14, 2004, belonged to a boxer named Tasha. On that date, the National Institutes of Health announced that the barrel-chested, generously jowled canine had develop into the primary canine to…