Since 2017, hundreds of females age 12-½ and younger with gender dysmorphia have undergone double mastectomies, according to analysis released by the Manhattan Institute this week. The breast removal surgery, sometimes called “top surgery,” aims to create a “more masculine-looking chest,” as stated on Cleveland Clinic’s website. Leor Sapir, PhD, a fellow at the Manhattan...
Vice President Kamala Harris is letting unnamed subordinates announce major policy shifts on issues such as fracking and “Medicare for All,” rather than remarking on them herself, a strategy that helps immunize her from criticism of previous positions while keeping her flip-flops at least somewhat below the radar. She is “playing politics,” a Republican strategist...
President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd president, signed the Social Security bill into law on this day in history, Aug. 14, 1935. He did so a mere 14 months after he sent a special message to Congress on June 8, 1934, that promised a plan for social insurance as a safeguard “against the hazards and...
In a move critics say is designed to shield the Biden-Harris administration from election fallout, the administration has leveraged taxpayer funds to mask upcoming increases in Medicare premiums. Under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which was intended to cap out-of-pocket drug costs for Medicare beneficiaries, insurers are poised to significantly hike monthly premiums, with average...
Vice President Harris appears to be singing a different tune when it comes to ensuring “Medicare-for-all,” compared to when she ran for president in 2019. A campaign official told Fox News senior White House correspondent Peter Doocy that Harris will not push the subject of single-payer or “Medicare-for-all” this go around, as she seeks her...
Health savings account (HSA) provider HealthEquity experienced a massive data breach that has put over 4.3 million Americans’ information at risk. The company, which specializes in providing HSAs, flexible spending accounts (FSAs), health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs) and 401(k) retirement plans, confirmed threat actors stole sensitive health data using a partner’s compromised credentials. This includes full...
Smokers with type 2 diabetes taking Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic had fewer tobacco-related medical encounters and fewer interventions to help them quit smoking than those who received other diabetes drugs, according to a study of electronic health records published on Monday. In the year after starting treatment, Ozempic users with a previous diagnosis of tobacco use...
Twice-yearly shots used to treat AIDS were 100% effective in preventing new infections in women, according to study results published Wednesday. There were no infections in the young women and girls that got the shots in a study of about 5,000 in South Africa and Uganda, researchers reported. In a group given daily prevention pills,...
The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating whistleblower claims related to fraudulent billing to Medicaid programs for pediatric gender transition care, including at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston (TCH). In letters sent to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), members of the...
