Author: healthylife7

Some ideas cement themselves into popular culture—the American dream, the tortured genius, the midlife crisis… And then there’s the concept of the “alpha male”. Picture a wolf pack: one big, aggressive male at the top fighting off challengers and keeping everyone else in line. It makes for a neat story about power, hierarchy, and masculinity.…

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How can a medication that is life-changing for one person not have much of an impact on someone else? Two people can begin the identical GLP-1 prescription, at the exact same dose, and finish the year with completely different results. Research from the 23andMe Research Institute revealed just how wide that gap runs: some people…

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Just two days afterfinalizing a regulation to make sure trans kids from low-income families can’t afford puberty blockers or hormone therapy, the Trump administration has loosed another salvo in its bitter war against transgender people’s healthcare. On Thursday, the Department of Health and Human Services published a report—authored largely by employees of right-wing advocacy groups—alleging…

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