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SA Health & Medicine Vol 3 Issue 5

Health & Medicine

October 2021

Volume 3, Issue 5

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Features

Trailblazing Transgender Doctor Saved Countless Lives
Behavior

Trailblazing Transgender Doctor Saved Countless Lives

After transitioning in 1917, Alan L. Hart helped alter medical history

By Leo DeLuca and Dean Visser
A New Era of Designer Babies May Be Based on Overhyped Science
Genetic Engineering

A New Era of Designer Babies May Be Based on Overhyped Science

Genetic testing with IVF is being marketed as a means to choose a healthy embryo, despite questions about the soundness of the technology

By Gary Stix and Laura Hercher
Why Sports Concussions Are Worse For Women
Exercise

Why Sports Concussions Are Worse For Women

As women’s soccer, rugby and other sports gain popularity, scientists are racing to understand how the female brain responds to head injury

By Nature magazine and Katharine Sanderson

Departments

From the Editor
The Blueprints of Health
Opinion
How Designer DNA Is Changing Medicine
A Tsunami of Disability Is Coming as a Result of 'Long COVID'
Critical Care Doctors Are in Crisis
How End-of-Life Doulas Help Ease the Final Transition
News
People with COVID Often Infect Their Pets
'Breakthrough' Infections Do Not Mean COVID Vaccines Are Failing
Why Extreme Heat Is So Deadly
Gray Hair Can Return to Its Original Color--and Stress Is Involved, of Course
Can Vitamin D Help Protect against COVID?
Cancer Clues Found in Gene behind 'Lemon Frost' Gecko Color
'Inflammation Clock' Can Reveal Body's Biological Age
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