Tag: Youth Health
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Policy Fight: How the Push to Limit Transgender Healthcare Shapes U.S. Politics
The Political Storm Over Transgender Healthcare The United States is once again at the center of a heated political debate about transgender rights, health policy, and what role government should play in medical decisions affecting young people. On a recent public stage, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a campaign aimed at blocking medical treatments for…
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Type 2 Diabetes Rising Among Youths: Doctors Warn in Bengaluru
Rising Alarm: Type 2 Diabetes Among Children and Young Adults Doctors in Bengaluru and across India are sounding the alarm over a sharp rise in Type 2 diabetes among children and young adults. Once considered rare in younger populations, the disease is now increasingly diagnosed in teens and people in their early twenties. Ahead of…
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Type 2 Diabetes Among Youth Rising: Doctors Sound Alarm Ahead of World Diabetes Day
Worldwide Warning: More Young People Diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes In what experts describe as a worrying shift, doctors report a sharp rise in Type 2 diabetes among children and young adults. Previously considered a condition mostly affecting adults, Type 2 diabetes is now increasingly diagnosed in younger populations, prompting urgent calls for heightened awareness,…
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Type 2 Diabetes Rising Among Youth: Doctors Sound Alarm as Bengaluru Sees Surge
Overview: A Growing Health Crisis As World Diabetes Day approaches, clinicians in Bengaluru and across India are raising concerns about a troubling trend: Type 2 diabetes is no longer a condition confined to adults in their 40s and 50s. Increasing numbers of children and young adults are being diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, a disease…
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Trump Proposals Limit Transgender Youth Care Access
Overview: A sweeping plan to restrict gender-affirming care A new draft rule from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services proposes dramatic restrictions on gender-affirming care for transgender youths. If finalized, several widely used medical practices—ranging from hormone therapies to puberty blockers and certain surgical interventions—could be barred for minors under federal policy. The…
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Chronic Pain in Australian Youth: Voices Unheard
Chronic pain among Australian youth: a growing, often misunderstood issue When nine-year-old Cooper Smylie injured his knee playing tag, he hardly imagined the months that would follow: a burning, searing pain that would not fade. What began as a simple injury soon became a voyage through emergency rooms, GP clinics, and a quest for a…
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Developing a Green Thumb in Youth Could Help Prevent Cancer, Study Finds
Overview: Gardening as a Public Health Strategy Gardening initiatives for children and youth are more than a pastime; they are a potential primary prevention strategy against cancer and other chronic diseases. A rapid literature review led by Christina Gillies, adjunct professor at the University of Alberta, syntheses data from dozens of studies in high-income countries…
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Heart Disease Returns as Global Killer: New Lancet Study Highlights Widening Toll of Chronic Conditions
Overview: Heart Disease Reclaims the Top Spot Among Global Mortality Causes A landmark global study published in The Lancet reveals a troubling shift in what claims the most lives worldwide. After years of COVID-19 dominating headlines, heart disease has returned to the No. 1 position as the leading cause of death. The findings illuminate persistent…
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Heart Disease Returns to Top Global Killer as Study Highlights Rising Youth Deaths
Heart Disease Reclaims the No. 1 Spot Globally A new global analysis published in The Lancet underscores a troubling shift in global mortality. After years of COVID-19-related deaths dominating headlines, heart disease has re-emerged as the world’s leading cause of death. The findings place coronary artery disease and related cardiovascular conditions at the top of…
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Trust Your Instincts: Local Call to Action After Teen’s Sepsis Battle Sparks Documentary
Public Urged to Recognize Sepsis Signs After Teen’s Narrow Escape A North East Sepsis awareness spokesperson is calling on the public to trust their instincts when symptoms don’t add up. The plea follows a frightening ordeal for Sophie, a 17-year-old who nearly lost her life to sepsis after what began as a presumed kidney infection.…