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Selena Gell

The biology behind Caitlyn Jenner

According to a study done by the University of Vienna, there are substantial differences in the microstructures of brain connections between transgender and cisgender people, or people whose gender identity agrees with their assigned sex at birth. 

New sex option for men

The medical industry’s investment in the multibillion-dollar female birth control industry might block men’s access to male birth control just as effectively as Vasalgel would block their sperm. – Samantha Allen, Ph.D.

Be nervous about nervosa

  There is an especially strong correlation between depression and anorexia; so although there are unique elements of each disorder, a person who suffers from depression is more likely to be anorexic than a person who does not experience depression.  

Don’t drink that camel urine!

  In late summer of 2015, University of Pennsylvania announced a study of a synthetic DNA vaccine that could potentially be used on both camels and humans in the near future.   “Everyone should know this stuff” Level Remember the hype about the disease called MERS last summer that faded …

Will Zika ruin your spring break?

  Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, and Jamaica have advised women against getting pregnant until 2018 in order to avoid further transmission of Zika. “Everyone should know this stuff” Level Zika is a virus transmitted by the bites of female Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes, which are the same types …

Fake pills, real healing

    Over the past decade, the impact of placebo responses has increased to the point of ruining multiple clinical trials – but only in the United States. As a result, drugs that reach the final trial stages appear to be less effective or ineffective when compared to the placebo. …