Ready for more gender science? A study due out in April suggests that mothers of boys produce a heartier, more nutrition- dense than mothers of girls. Nancy L. Segal and Satoshi Kanazawa describe their research in The New York Times.
Dylan Scott writes that contraceptive coverage may be the first target of President Trump's executive order to (STAT).
Anne Schuchat, MD, a longtime CDC officer who led the agency's 2009 H1N1 pandemic influenza response, is now . Shuchat succeeds Tom Frieden, MD, MPH, who stepped down Friday. (Food Safety News)
The mortality rate for black women with is 77% higher than previously thought, according to a study in Cancer. (CNN.com)
Advisors to President Trump say the new administration favors by handing over control of the program to states via block grants -- an approach also favored by many congressional Republicans. (NPR)
Macitentan (Opsumit), a drug being developed by Actelion to treat due to Eisenmenger Syndrome, reportedly failed to improve 6-minute walk results in a phase III trial. (Reuters)
Tell me if this sounds like a good idea: put a to improve your sex life. No? Well, gynecologists agree with you, but Gwyneth Paltrow, she of vaginal steaming, is peddling the jade eggs for $66 a pop. (Washington Post)
If you want to understand how works, study spending on pet care because it turns out that the family pet is a really good surrogate marker for healthcare, according to economist Austin Frakt. (The New York Times)
Internal medicine resident Eric Beam, MD, says that in the age of , physicians need to be the ultimate truth-seekers. (KevinMD)
When it comes to food, , British regulators say.
A 54-year-old Mexican man with an has refused medical advice to get a penis reduction because while his record-breaking penis does pose some activities-of-daily-living challenges, he says, "I am famous because I have the biggest penis in the world." No word on the size of his hands. (Complex.com)
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