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Aug 9, 2017

Google Manifesto: Does Biology Explain Gender Disparities in Tech?

A Google employee recently published an anti-diversity manifesto on an internal discussion board that has gone viral and stirred furious debate both inside and outside the company. In the essay, James Damore claimed that differences in the number of women and men in tech companies such as Google can be...

Aug 10, 2017

US Men's Condom Use Is on the Rise

More than one-third of adult men in the United States now say they use condoms during sex, according to a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The report authors surveyed more than 20,000 men and women ages 15 to 44 from 2011 to 2015, and...

Aug 11, 2017

What the Google Gender 'Manifesto' Really Says about Silicon Valley (Op-Ed)

Five years ago, Silicon Valley was rocked by a wave of brogrammer bad behavior, when overfunded, highly entitled, mostly white and male startup founders did things that were juvenile, out of line and just plain stupid. Most of these activities – such as putting pornography into PowerPoint slides – revolved...

Aug 17, 2017

Woman Born Without a Vagina Speaks Out About Rare Condition

A woman in Arizona who was born without a vagina — the result of a rare condition — is speaking out about her condition, and raising money for a surgery to treat it. Kaylee Moats, who is 22, first learned she did not have a vagina when she was 18...

Sep 25, 2017

'Janus Cat' Born in China: How Can an Animal Have 2 Faces?

A Janus cat, born with two faces, meows from two mouths in a new video from Chongqing, China. The cat, according to Newsflare, died at 2 days old. A short life span is common for these two-faced cats, which have a condition called diprosopus. The name Janus refers to the...

Oct 13, 2017

Harvey Weinstein's Retreat: Does He Really Have a Sex Addiction?

In the wake of allegations that he harassed or assaulted more than a dozen women over more than two decades, film producer Harvey Weinstein is reportedly getting help for sex addiction treatment. Initial reports suggested Weinstein had flown to Europe for inpatient rehab, though People magazine more recently reported that...

Nov 9, 2017

Americans' Well-Being Declines for 1st Time Since 2014

After three years of improvement, the well-being of Americans ticked downward in 2017, according to a new poll, though some demographics were spared. The overall well-being of U.S. adults dropped to a score of 61.5 on a scale of 100, down 0.6 points from 62.1 in 2016, according to the...

Nov 12, 2017

Can Sex Trigger Cardiac Arrest?

Can having sex cause your heart to suddenly stop beating? A new study suggests that, although this can happen, it's very rare. In the study, researchers analyzed information from more than 4,500 people who experienced sudden cardiac arrest, a condition in which the heart abruptly stops beating due to problems...

Dec 19, 2017

The 10 Strangest Medical Cases of 2017

Strange medicine in 2017 (Image credit: The New England Journal of Medicine ©2017.)From a woman who sweats blood to a man with a giant stone in his bladder, a number of intriguing medical cases made headlines in 2017. As descriptions of individual patients, medical case reports lack the rigor of...

Feb 15, 2018

Here's How a Transgender Woman Breast-Fed for 6 Weeks

A transgender woman was able to produce enough milk to breast-feed her partner's newborn baby for six weeks, according to a new report of the case. The report is the first in the medical literature to formally document lactation in a transgender woman, the researchers said. The transgender woman was...

May 8, 2018

Video Shows How HIV Infects Cells During Sex

HIV has been caught on camera: A new video shows the virus passing from an infected cell into a new host, as it would during sexual transmission. The real-time video offers a new glimpse of exactly how HIV, or the human immunodeficiency virus, infects cells during intercourse. We had this...

Jun 22, 2018

How Parents and Doctors Can Support Transgender Children

Every kid is different and thus has different needs. Some kids want to run around outside all day; others want to sit indoors with a book. Some have an easy time making lots of friends; others struggle. Some kids are entirely comfortable with the gender they were assigned at birth,...

Jul 31, 2018

Vaginal 'Rejuvenation' Procedures Are Unproven, Pose Serious Risks, FDA Warns

Women are being warned that so-called vaginal rejuvenation procedures may pose serious risks. On Monday (July 30), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning about these procedures, which claim to treat vaginal symptoms and conditions, such as vaginal dryness, pain during intercourse and vaginal laxity. The procedures...

Nov 19, 2018

First-Ever All-Female Antarctic Expedition Busts Women's Endurance Myth

Women who trekked across Antarctica in the first-ever all-female expedition broke more than gender norms — they also busted the gender myth that, when it comes to extreme endurance exercise, women are weaker than men. Sorry men, that's not the case. Our findings contain some potentially myth-busting data on the...

Mar 12, 2019

A Woman Had a Dangerous Allergic Reaction After Sex. Here's Why.

A woman in Spain developed a serious allergic reaction after a sexual encounter, which may have been triggered by her partner's semen, according to a new report of the woman's case. The 31-year-old woman broke out in hives and experienced vomiting and difficulty breathing after engaging in oral sex with...