Health
Young women and girls are taking sex-ed into their own hands on YouTube
Sex education in Canadian schools continues to be highly politicized and young people are paying the price.
Mar 3, 2020
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Medical research
A case study of three people who massively overdosed on LSD
A pair of Canadian researchers, one with the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, the other Vancouver Coastal Health, has made headlines with a case study of three people who accidentally massively overdosed ...
Obstetrics & gynaecology
New research reveals that nearly one-third of all women in developing countries become mothers during adolescence
Nearly a third of all women in developing countries begin childbearing at age 19 and younger, and nearly half of first births to adolescents are to children or girls aged 17 and younger, reveals research released today by ...
Jul 5, 2022
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
First baby born via uterus transplanted from dead donor
In a medical first, a mother who received a uterus transplant from a dead donor gave birth to a healthy baby, researchers reported Wednesday.
Dec 5, 2018
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Cardiology
33 weeks pregnant, an emergency delivery and heart failure
About 33 weeks into her pregnancy, Lupita Garcia struggled to breathe so much that she slept sitting up. Three days later, she awoke with heart palpitations and chest discomfort.
Feb 16, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Depression affects the brains of males and females differently
When researchers in the UK exposed depressed adolescents to happy or sad words and imaged their brains, they found that depression has different effects on the brain activity of male and female patients in certain brain regions. ...
Jul 11, 2017
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Are maternal hormones different when carrying a boy or a girl?
With advances in prenatal testing it's now possible to find out whether a pregnancy will result in a male or female baby as early as eight weeks' gestation.
Jun 15, 2017
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Health
Most U.S. teens aren't 'doing it'
(HealthDay)—Sex is everywhere in the media, and so you may be convinced that today's teens are always looking to "hook-up." But new federal research says it's just not so.
Jun 22, 2017
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Attention deficit disorders
Why is ADHD more common in boys than girls?
About one in 20 children are diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) at some point during their school life. Interestingly, for every girl diagnosed, there are between three and seven boys who receive ...
Mar 13, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Understanding sex as a self-injury
The term "sex as self-injury" is used to describe when a person harms themself through various sexual practices. A new study in Sweden has examined how the concept has been portrayed in the media over a ten-year period—descriptions ...
Jul 20, 2022
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