Symptoms include headache, fever, nausea, vomiting, a stiff neck, confusion, hallucinations and seizures. [5 ] Symptoms progress rapidly over around five days with characteristics of both meningitis and encephalitis, making it a type of…
Transgender health care includes the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of physical and mental health conditions which affect transgender individuals. [1 ] A major component of transgender health care is gender-affirming care, the medical…
Use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) for chronic conditions has increased in recent years. There is little information, however, on CAM use among adults with clinic-confirmed diagnoses, including arthritis, who are treated by…
Disruption of systemic homeostasis by either chronic or acute stressors, such as obesity1 or surgery2, alters cancer pathogenesis. Cancer patients, particularly those with breast cancer, can be at increased risk for cardiovascular disease…
Published in the journal: . PLoS Pathog 10(5): e32767. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1004138 Category: Research Article doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1004138
Conversion therapy is the pseudoscientific practice of attempting to change an individual's sexual orientation, romantic orientation, gender identity, or gender expression to align with heterosexual and cisgender norms. [1 ] Methods that…