According to a Washington Post-KFF poll, only 43% of cisgender people (a person whose gender identity aligns with their assigned sex at birth) know a transgender person, so allow me to introduce myself. My name is Chelsea Freels and I use she/her pronouns. I’m a transgender junior at Clayton high school in Missouri. I love … Read more
Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter June 5 (UPI) — A Texas teen who entered high school at age 10 has now graduated at age 14 and is headed to the University of Texas at Arlington. Oforitsenere Bodunrin, 14, graduated from James Martin High School in Arlington, where she served as editor of the school newspaper. … Read more
Unapproved products are unlikely to actually have the impact they claim and may cause bad reactions, such as skin reddening, abrasion from skin scratching and permanent scarring, the FDA warned. Photo by AdoreBeautyNZ/Pixabay It’s tempting to treat little skin bumps on your own, but that delays proper diagnosis and treatment that may work better, federal … Read more
A land-based education school in Ugpi’Ganjig (Eel River Bar First Nation) in New Brunswick is re-introducing children to Mi’kmaw traditional knowledge. Seated along Charlo Beach, about 250 kilometres north of Moncton, on Thursday kids took in lessons about plamu (salmon), clams and water safety as part of the M’sit No’kmaq Forest & Nature School program. “Our education is culturally grounding,” said program co-ordinator Jasmine … Read more
Police are seeking information on a shooting that happened overnight in Columbia, Mo., that resulted in the deaths of two teenagers and injuries to at least four more. Source link
About a decade ago, Thomas Curran, a psychology student, travelled to Australia to embark on a postdoctoral fellowship and was crushed with anxiety, exhaustion and panic attacks. Beyond making the round-the-world flight, he’d really pushed himself hard to make it there. Curran is from Wellingborough, a town in the east Midlands, and grew up “without … Read more
Breadcrumb Trail Links Weekend Post Life Health Brain Health Little-understood disorder has sufferers cringing or feeling downright ill when they hear snoring, chewing, crunching, pen-clicking and more Published Jun 04, 2023 • Last updated 0 minutes ago • 4 minute read The sound of someone eating potato chips appears to be a common trigger for those … Read more
The government has been criticised for its “completely inappropriate” endorsement of an e-cigarette manufacturer blamed for fuelling an “epidemic” of underage vaping in the US. Juul Labs was promoted in an official briefing circulated by the Department of Health and Social Care about the prime minister’s plan to close a loophole allowing free samples to … Read more
The results of a new clinical trial suggest that the first drug therapy to slow the progression of nearsightedness in kids could be on the horizon. The three-year study found that a daily drop in each eye of a low dose of atropine, a drug used to dilate pupils, was better than a placebo at … Read more
Cory Russo, the chief death investigator in Utah, is used to asking strangers questions at the most excruciating moments of their lives. When she shows up at the scene of a suicide, a homicide or another type of unexpected death, her job is to interview the grievers about how the deceased had lived. How old … Read more