The VA currently allows for hormone therapy for veterans and supports gender-affirming care, though it does not carry out those surgeries. “One of the biggest things we’re watching is like, what are we going to have to fight back against?” Jaslow said. “Everybody’s taking stock ...
My mother had a stroke last February and is pretty young (50). For the past year my grandmother has been her primary caregiver as she is retired. I have helped out as well with being a caregiver on my days off. She has become a literal monster... ...
ADHD symptoms don’t get worse over time, but they can become more noticeable under certain circumstances. If you’ve just retired, losing the structure of the workday can cause old problems to crop up again, like managing your time and focusing on a task long enough to finish it. The h...
Depression-“I won’t be able to go out. I will have to bring my food with me. I will be pathetic. People will think I’m a real vegan and not a medically induced one…” And finally: Acceptance–“Fine. It’s only 6 weeks. I like vegetables. I don’t like medications.” Thus...
However, that does not mean that we have learned all we need to know about this horrific mass murder-suicide, or that understanding what happened became impossible with the death of of the last victim – and in the wreckage of his hard drive. Nothing more to be learned? No motive? No ...
Age does not play a role in determining the stages of medullary thyroid cancer. Stages 1, 2, 3, and 4 are used for staging this type regardless of whether someone is older or younger than 55:1514 Stage 1:The tumor is smaller than 2 cm and has not grown outside the thyroid. It also...
POTS is a manifestation of the systemic nature of long covid; it does not need specific treatment but will improve spontaneously as the patient goes through standard interventions such as active pacing, respiratory physical therapy and sleep hygiene; ...
Dealing with the nurses and consultants in ICU setting is a whole other world /experience, as Patrik sums it up you are scared, sad, anxious, distressed and have no idea medically what is going on but when you can sense what is going on and know in your hea...
Dana Defosse, Ph.D., MPH, a retired researcher and physician educator coined the term cisgender in 1994, when she was still a graduate student. The word has now been included in all English dictionaries. What does cis mean exactly?
It is being excluded socially, educationally, financially, politically and medically. It is being disadvantaged through no fault of your own, being the subject of stigma simply for belonging to a certain race, nationality, religion, gender or sexuality. It is racism, ableism, sexism, ageism, bi...