By Kathryn Doyle (Reuters Health) – For pregnant women, carrying a boy brings with it a slight increase in the risk of developing diabetes before giving birth, according to a new study. The findings aren’t something that women need to be concerned about, because the absolute increase in risk is small, said coauthor Dr. Baiju Shah, senior scientist at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences in Toronto, in a phone
By Maria Caspani NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A human rights tribunal in a Canadian province has agreed to review a complaint filed by nine transgender and intersex people who want gender markers to be removed from their birth certificates, activists said. In a petition filed with the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal, the Vancouver-based Trans Alliance Society and eight people argued that a doctor should not assign a
By Maria Caspani NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A human rights tribunal in a Canadian province has agreed to review a complaint filed by nine transgender and intersex people who want gender markers to be removed from their birth certificates, activists said. In a petition filed with the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal, the Vancouver-based Trans Alliance Society and eight people argued that a doctor should not assign a
Is the juice cleanse worth the flat stomach?
Do you find cockroaches, dirty bathrooms, and rotten food disgusting? There’s a scientific reason for why (and it’s a GOOD thing).
Do you find cockroaches, dirty bathrooms, and rotten food disgusting? There’s a scientific reason for why (and it’s a GOOD thing).
This is what happened when a journalist made a fake study about chocolate and tricked news organizations into covering it.
This is what happened when a journalist made a fake study about chocolate and tricked news organizations into covering it.
Good news, Mrs. Buttersworth: Extracts from pure maple syrup might help reduce disease-causing bacteria, including strains that are resistant to antibiotics.
Good news, Mrs. Buttersworth: Extracts from pure maple syrup might help reduce disease-causing bacteria, including strains that are resistant to antibiotics.
