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A report that appears in the medical journal Pediatrics reveals that sex-changing treatments are becoming more prevalent among teens and children who believe they were born the wrong sex. The report goes on to say that these youngsters are getting support from parents and doctors alike.
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According to a report, the years-long belief that women are born with all their eggs is false.
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Providing for fundamental human needs to people who are close to death is complex and sophisticated, but ultimately it involves the integration of physical, psychological, social, and spiritual elements, according to a study1 published in PLoS Medicine by international researchers.
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The vast majority of patients with incurable lung or colorectal cancer talk with a physician about their options for care at the end of life, but often not until late in the course of their illness, according to a new study by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, published in a recent issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine.
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Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum has attacked President Obama's healthcare law initiative, which intends to give free screenings for birth defects to all pregnant women by requiring insurers to cover the costs of the test.
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According to a new study, kidney failure patients who take part in an education program are more likely to get evaluated for a kidney transplant.
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A study published in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology suggests that getting a legal abortion is much safer than actually giving birth. Researchers found that women were about 14 times more likely to die during or after giving birth to a live baby than to die from complications of an abortion.
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According to a recent survey published in the Annals of Surgery, many U.S. surgeons fail to discuss their patients' wishes in case a risky operation goes awry, and even more say that they would not operate if patients limited what could be done to keep them alive. The survey indicates that the restrictions are being debated among doctors.
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In the waning days of the comment period for the advance notice of proposed rule-making (ANPRM) for human subjects protection regulation, some of the institutional review board (IRB) community's heavy hitters have weighed in.
