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A study by researchers from the CUNY Institute for Implementation Science in Population Health (CUNY ISPH) at CUNY SPH suggests that transmasculine individuals in the U.S. continue to face challenges in accessing and paying for gender-affirming care, despite improvements in insurance coverage and legal protections in recent years.

A new study published in Addiction has found that opioid smoking appears to be associated with lower mortality risk compared with opioid injecting. The authors, however, caution that opioid smoking still carries a substantial overdose risk and that these results should not be interpreted as suggesting that opioid smoking is safe.

New research from Edith Cowan University (ECU) has found that camel milk contained more naturally occurring bioactive peptides when compared to its bovine counterpart.

Medical conditions that deprive the testes of oxygen, such as sleep apnea, may be contributing to the decline in male fertility observed over the past 50 years, a new study suggests.

Researchers at the University of Adelaide’s Robinson Research Institute have uncovered a new critical role for the immune system in supporting healthy pregnancies.

A national survey undertaken by University of South Australia researchers paints a concerning picture: Medicine shortages are increasing patient stress as well as pharmacists’ workloads, with 89.5% of pharmacists being forced to source medicines from non-regular wholesalers at least weekly.

A body part from a deceased animal being tested for rabies caused deep concern at the highest level of the state Department of Public Health last year after the improperly sealed package leaked and potentially exposed swathes of the public health workforce to the disease last year.

Breakups hurt. So, with January being a prime month for breakups, according to some very unscientific internet lore, American Heart Association News checked in with serious academic experts about how to cope.

The trouble started every day at around 3 p.m., after Cathy Higgins had spent five or six hours staring at an array of computer screens at her desk. Her university job overseeing research projects involved peering closely at numbers and details on contracts, applications and budgets.

To survive in complex and unpredictable environments, humans and other animals need to learn to predict the consequences of their actions, so that they can reduce risks and maximize their gains. In humans, this risk evaluation process is known to be highly sophisticated and is applied daily to a wide range of situations beyond life-and-death scenarios.