For the first time in its 127-year history, the American Psychological Association has issued guidelines to help psychologists specifically address the issues of men and boys — and the 36-page document features a warning. “Traditional masculinity ideology has been shown to limit males’ psychological development, constrain their behavior, result in gender role strain and gender […]
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Bubonic Plague Found In Multiple Wyoming Cats
(Meredith) – A cat in Wyoming is now the third feline in the state to contract the bubonic plague within the past six months, according to health officials. The University of Wyoming recently confirmed the cat, which is known to wander outdoors, was infected with the plague in Johnson County. The cat recovered, but the […]
67 Year Old Woman Left In Wheelchair Overnight By Airline
A 67-year-old woman was reportedly left in a wheelchair overnight at Chicago O’Hare International Airport after her American Airlines flight to Detroit, Mich., was canceled. Olimpia Warsaw had flown into Illinois to attend a relative’s funeral. After the service, Warsaw was to catch a flight back home to Michigan, her son Claude Coltea told CBS […]
Abortion Rates Hit Lowest Numbers Since Roe V. Wade
Abortions are down to the lowest rate since the landmark case Roe v. Wade legalized a woman’s right to abortion in 1973, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. From 2006 until 2015, the total number of reported abortions decreased by 24 percent — from more than 840,000 in […]
FDA Proposes Ban Of Menthol Cigarettes, Flavored E-Cigs
In a landmark move, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has proposed a plan to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars in the United States. The agency also announced Thursday that it will impose new restrictions on the sales of flavored e-cigarettes in retail stores, limiting them to closed-off areas that are inaccessible to minors. […]
Nurse Admits To Murdering Over 100 Patients
A German nurse has admitted murdering 100 patients by giving them drug-induced heart attacks so he could bring them back to life. Niels Hoegel is already serving a life sentence for two murders and was in court today to answer charges that he killed scores more while working at two hospitals in Germany. The serial killer […]
Trump To Legally Narrow Gender Identity To Sex At Birth
The Trump administration may be considering redefining gender as an unchangable condition determined solely by a person’s biology, according to a leaked memo draft obtained by The New York Times. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services argued in the drafted memo, which has not been seen by NBC News, that the government needs […]
Flu Season Killed 80,000 Americans Last Year
Tens of thousands of American deaths last winter are believed to have been caused by the flu and its related complications, according to government officials, making it the most severe in at least four decades. “We lost 80,000 people last year to the flu,” Dr. Robert Redfield, the director of the Centers for Disease Control […]
Supreme Court Rules In Favor Of Pro-Life Clinics First Right Amendments
The Supreme Court ruled California cannot require so-called “crisis pregnancy centers” to provide information about the availability of abortion services elsewhere in the state, a move in favor of anti-abortion clinics that claimed the state law violated their First Amendment rights. The case, brought by two “crisis pregnancy centers,” challenged a California law called the […]
Poop Transplants Could Save Over 25,000 Lives A Year
Poop transplants work as well as antibiotics to treat a common and deadly cause of diarrhea, and perhaps even better, researchers reported Saturday. Their small and unusual study suggests that doctors should try fecal transplants right off when patients in the hospital get infected with Clostridium difficile, a frequent cause of diarrhea in frail and […]
Obamacare Repeal? Congress Taking Another Shot
Congressional Republicans appear poised to take another shot at repealing and replacing ObamaCare — this, during a critical, election year in which Democrats are blaming the GOP for escalating health insurance costs. A coalition of conservative groups have for months purportedly been working behind the scenes to draft a measure that would pass in Congress, […]
Trump Promises To Lower Drug Prices For Americans
President Trump on Friday unveiled his administration’s plan for lowering prescription drug prices, vowing to “take on” the powerful pharmaceutical industry while calling for an end to “global freeloading” that has allowed foreign countries to pay less for American medicine. “America will not be cheated any longer, and especially will not be cheated by foreign […]