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Buried in a recent study published by researchers with the Guttmacher Institute (Planned Parenthood's former research arm and "special affiliate") is the real reason why reports indicate a huge spike in abortions since the end of Roe v. Wade in June of 2022: mail-order abortion. Key Takeaways: * The Guttmacher Institute notes that telehealth abortion with the ability to mail abortion pills to abortion seekers has contributed to the increased abortion numbers since the end of Roe v. Wade. * In 2023 and 2024, Guttmacher and #WeCount reported increased abortion numbers overall, with the abortion pill comprising about 63% of...

The number of women seeking permanent birth control — via tubal ligation — has increased more than 50% following the Supreme Court’s 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson case, which overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark legislation that protected abortion access. Researchers examined the number of tubal ligations — commonly known as "getting your tubes tied" — performed at four academic medical centers in New York, Pennsylvania, Florida, and Tennessee, before and after Roe v. Wade was overturned. They recorded the findings in a study published in the journal Contraception. In the year after Roe v. Wade’s overturn, researchers recorded a 51%...

With scrutiny mounting over the risksof the abortion drug mifepristone, the abortion industry is increasingly pivoting to an alternative: misoprostol-only abortion. This shift is being framed as a safe and effective option. But as an OBGYN, I am compelled to clarify what the evidence actually shows. Misoprostol-only abortion is not a medical advancement. It is an inferior, failure-prone protocol promoted for its supposed convenience rather than its safety and effectiveness. To start, misoprostol was never FDA-approved for abortion. The drug was developed to prevent gastric ulcers. In obstetric care, it can be used under careful evaluation and monitoring by a...

Progress in cutting the global toll of cancer remains painfully slow, but a new blood test has sparked unusual levels of hope. Researchers say it could one day make routine screening far more effective by catching cancers earlier, when treatment has the best chance of saving lives. The Galleri blood test, developed by US firm Grail, is the latest entrant to attract worldwide attention, after early trial results were described as “exciting” by researchers. A press release claims the test, currently being trialled by the NHS, can detect signals from 50 cancers and correctly identify the disease in 62% of...

Scans reveal a common brain pattern when people see red, green or yellow Is my red the same as your red? It’s a classic puzzler, one that’s fun to debate with your friends and family. Do colors look the same to you as they do to me? Now two neuroscientists weigh in — with a resounding maybe. There were two possibilities when it comes to how brains react to color, says Andreas Bartels. He works at the University of Tübingen and the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Germany. Perhaps everyone’s brain is unique. Each might have its own...

Cladosporium sphaerospermum, cultured at the Coimbra University Hospital Centre in Portugal. (Rui Tomé/Atlas of Mycology, used with permission) The Chernobyl exclusion zone may be off-limits to humans, but ever since the Unit Four reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded nearly 40 years ago, other forms of life have not only moved in but survived, adapted, and appeared to thrive. Part of that may be the lack of humans… but for one organism, at least, the ionizing radiation lingering inside the reactor's surrounding structures may be an advantage. There, clinging to the interior walls of one of the most...

Soybean oil appears to cause obesity in mice by producing oxylipins that alter liver metabolism and fat processing. Only mice with altered enzymes avoided weight gain, suggesting genetics and modern diets play a major role. Credit: Shutterstock Soybean oil is the most commonly used cooking oil in the United States and appears in a wide range of processed foods. Research is now shedding light on how this highly consumed ingredient contributes to obesity in mice. In a University of California, Riverside experiment, most mice fed a high-fat diet rich in soybean oil put on substantial weight. A separate group of...

Gen Z is hopping on planes for more than adventure—they’re doing it to have babies. A growing number of young American parents are choosing to give birth outside the U.S., often in countries with better healthcare, more generous parental leave, and cheaper delivery costs. According to a new survey from Greenback Expat Tax Services, more than one in four Gen Z expats have already given birth abroad—and nearly two-thirds say they’re planning to. Among all U.S. expats surveyed, 54% had already had a child while living abroad. Millennials lead the charge with nearly 3 in 5 reporting overseas births, but...

In a photo provided by the then Attorney General’s office, Brian Ognjan straightens the tie of David Tyll at Tyll’s wedding.The two went missing on a hunting trip in 1985 and were last seen at the former Linkers Lodge about 5 miles west of Mio. (Courtesy of Detroit Free Press) ============================================================== * Forty years ago, two metro Detroit friends vanished after heading Up North to hunt * They never returned, launching a decadeslong mystery that focused on a ‘feral crew of hard-drinking brawlers’ * Two brothers were eventually convicted but bodies were never found. Police fear they were fed to...

Glenn Medical Center in Willows closed Oct. 21 after losing “critical access” status for being 3 miles closer to the nearest hospital than rules require. The closure strips emergency care from a poor farming community, eliminates 150 jobs and puts rural residents at risk of preventable deaths. Many other California hospitals also face risks of closing because of federal healthcare cuts affecting cash-strapped rural healthcare systems. These are questions that elected officials and policymakers may soon be confronting in rural communities across California and the nation. Cuts to Medicaid funding and the Affordable Care Act are likely to roll down...

Sen. Cory Booker has married his fiancé Alexis Lewis in Washington, DC, less than three months after announcing their engagement in an Instagram post. Only close family were present as the New Jersey Senator, 56, tied the knot on Saturday in an interfaith ceremony blessed by both a pastor and a rabbi — Lewis is Jewish and Booker Christian, according to the New York Times. The venue’s location wasn’t disclosed for privacy reasons. On Monday, the pair legally wed at the US District Court in Newark, where Booker rose to prominence as mayor — with their parents as witnesses. The...

Seoul police were called to a cafe on November 16, when a cheeky parrot was caught drinking from a patron's coffee cup. The bird, which is believed to be a Yellow-headed Amazon, is an endangered parrot native to Central America. How it made its way to a coffee shop in South Korea remains a mystery, but one thing is for sure: that bird needs its coffee. The police who responded to the call said that the parrot was very friendly, no doubt perked up by its afternoon caffeine. The parrot even allowed customers at the cafe to feed and pet...

In November, the Chinese startup Lonvi Biosciences announced the development of anti-aging pills that it said would allow people to live to 150. The remarks by company head Liu Qinghua came a few weeks after an infamous conversation in which the leaders of Russia, China, and North Korea were overheard talking about precisely that subject. “Forecasts show that there is a chance to live to 150 in this century,” Xi Jinping said at the end of a chat that, it turned out, was being recorded from the Chinese side. Over the past decade, scientists have indeed made significant progress in...

Drinking a maximum of 3–4 cups of coffee a day may slow the "biological" aging of people with severe mental illness, by lengthening their telomeres—indicators of cellular aging—and giving them the equivalent of 5 extra biological years, compared with non-coffee drinkers, finds research. But no such effects were observed beyond this quota. Telomeres sit at the end of chromosomes and perform a role similar to the plastic tips on the end of shoelaces. Telomeres are sensitive to environmental factors, including, possibly, diet. They included 436 adult participants from the Norwegian Thematically Organized Psychosis (TOP) study, recruited between 2007 and 2018:...

Researchers report that lower plasma LDL cholesterol is associated with a higher risk of incident type 2 diabetes in adults followed in primary care, independent of statin use. In the study, investigators asked whether plasma LDL-C predicted incident type 2 diabetes during long follow-up and examined whether statin therapy altered that relationship. A cooperative of 140 general practitioners provided the data collection. Each doctor contributes to a shared electronic medical record that follows patients across visits. More than 200,000 adults appear in the system, with age and geographic distributions that naturally mirror the city of Naples. Slightly more than half...

In yet another shocking example of radical left ideology infiltrating public schools, a “non-binary” Baltimore high school English teacher has come under intense fire for sharing explicit kink-related content on social media, including videos where he role-plays as a pregnant woman with enormous prosthetic breasts. James Roman Stilipec, 50, who goes by “Jay Aress” online and teaches ninth-grade students at Reach! Partnership School, has been blasted by parents and conservative groups for flaunting his fetishes publicly, raising serious questions about his fitness to be around impressionable teens. Stilipec, a former U.S. Navy veteran with 36DDD breast implants he proudly calls...

Hay fever, also known as allergic rhinitis, is the condition responsible for seasonal allergies or allergic reactions to other environmental allergens. A new study describes a large-scale survey of hay fever sufferers, comparing those who use eye washing as a preventative measure. The study reports that those using eyewash experience improved symptoms. While eyewashes containing benzalkonium chloride as a preservative have been shown to exacerbate certain eye diseases, a preservative-free eyewash has a generally good safety profile and is endorsed for reducing symptoms of allergic conjunctival diseases. However, robust research was lacking on the use of eyewash for hay fever....

These Black Friday shoppers are seeing red. Walmart customers were left fuming after finding out Kraft’s new limited-edition “Mac Friday Box” had sold out in seconds. The novelty item, designed to look like a 65-inch flat-screen, featured 65 boxes of classic Kraft Mac & Cheese inside and went on sale via the Walmart website at midnight Friday. It retailed for $19.37, a nod to the year that Kraft was founded, with savvy shoppers enticed by the bargain price. The low cost meant that each box inside equated to less than 30 cents — less than a quarter of the regular...

Most people heading into their retirement years already know the usual advice: eat fruits and vegetables, choose lean proteins, and go easy on sugar and salt. But there’s another layer to nutrition that’s often overlooked — lesser-known foods packed with compounds that support healthy aging in surprisingly powerful ways. These aren’t exotic items you have to special-order from across the globe. Many are now available in standard grocery stores or online, and they can bring variety, flavor, and longevity-boosting benefits to your daily routine.

A supplier of Boar’s Head cheese has issued a recall due to the potential presence of Listeria, according to the Food and Drug Administration. “Boar’s Head took immediate action to halt the purchase of these products from The Ambriola Company, notify retail partners, and ensure that the affected products are being removed from distribution nationally,” Boar’s Head said in a statement. The recall is categorized as a Class I, meaning exposure could result in serious health consequences or death. Which Boar’s Head items are being recalled? The recalled items were sold at Kroger stores in Kentucky and Indiana, and include:...