Over the past few days, news broke that a couple of prominent hospitals have made the decision to discontinue gender-affirming healthcare for minors. The Children’s National Hospital in Washington D.C has decided to cut off all such services, and The Rush Medical Center of Chicago is ceasing the intake of new patients under the age of 18.
Rebecca Cunningham, who is serving her first year as the president of the University of Minnesota, found herself leaning on her prior experience as a physician specializing in emergency medicine. Her tenure at the university has been marked by numerous challenges, including grant cancellation, the arrest of an international student, as well as stalling of financial backing at the state level.
Cunningham has presented a budget proposal amounting to $5.1 billion for the university, a proposal which subsequently got the nod from the board. Despite this development, the harsh realities of staff cutbacks could not be averted.
Recently, the U.S. Health Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., made a public announcement rejecting last year’s updates to the International Health Regulations, introduced by members of the World Health Organization. Kennedy expressed concerns that these updates would bestow ‘unprecedented power’ upon the WHO, potentially giving them the capacity to implement ‘global medical surveillance of every human being.’
A press statement released by the Department of Health and Human Services stressed that, despite the U.S.’s withdrawal from the WHO, the revisions made to the International Health Regulations continue to bind the United States.
Late last week, the Republicans within Congress enacted laws to reclaim funds previously allocated this fiscal year, leading to substantial reductions in foreign aid and public broadcasting.
It’s unclear when Joy Lisi Rankin’s mother received her diagnosis of breast cancer. She shared this information with her family members back in 2002, and five years later, she passed away. Rankin remembers intuitively that her mother decided against any treatment for the cancer.
In her mother’s final year, medical personnel continually opposed her decision to abstain from treatment. Rankin contends that this disregard for her mother’s choice also robbed her of the chance to anticipate and cope with the undeniable ways her body would alter.
A study published in the Journal of Human Development and Capabilities today, notes a connection between early ownership of smartphones and a decline in mental health among young adults. The study, which surveyed 100,000 individuals aged between 18 and 24, found that having a smartphone before the age of 13 could lead to deteriorating mental health.
Symptoms like aggression, suicidal thoughts, a growing disconnection from reality, and hallucinations displayed the most substantial correlation. This data was sourced from the Global Mind Project, an extensive study that has gathered mental health assessment scores from over 2 million people worldwide.
The correlation between early smartphone use and mental health issues is not simply based on the device’s use. Other influential factors include premature access to social media platforms, exposure to cyberbullying, and real-life complexities such as disrupted sleep schedules and problematic familial relationships.
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