Tyler Ford. (Photo by Jones Crow) For a while, Tyler Ford tried really hard to be a “typical” girl. As a teenager, Ford pored over copies of Cosmopolitan magazine, idolized pop star Jessica Simpson, put on makeup and dressed up for boys. None of it felt right. Ford was miserable. “I made myself into someone that I […]
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When Transgender Kids Transition, Medical Risks are Both Known and Unknown
by PBS June 10, 2016The last couple of years have seen burgeoning awareness in society of what it means to be transgender as an adult. But now doctors, like those at Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, are helping children who identify as transgender negotiate their journey into adulthood. For earlier generations of transgender people, the […]
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The treatment of transgender children can be controversial territory. Treatment options that did not exist in the U.S. as recently as a generation ago are now more widely available. Still, it’s a field of medicine with very little research. For kids like Alex Singh, that can often mean having to make decisions that carry lifelong consequences, […]
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Ebola Outbreak: A Virtual Journey, from FRONTLINE filmmaker Dan Edge, places viewers in Meliandou Village, Guinea, at the hollow tree once home to hundreds of bats where villagers believe the outbreak may have begun. Then, viewers travel to Sierra Leone as the outbreak spreads and a beloved healer’s funeral sets off a chain reaction of […]
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Americans today consume more nutrients than ever. In addition to enriched foods and energy drinks, half the country regularly takes a vitamin or mineral supplement. People with health problems may need additional nutrients. But for most Americans, researchers don’t know for sure whether extra doses really help — and caution that in some cases, they […]
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It’s estimated that half of all Americans take a health supplement every day, from fish oil to multivitamins to diet pills. The more than $30 billion vitamins and supplements industry says these products can make consumers healthier. But Supplements and Safety, a FRONTLINE investigation in collaboration with The New York Times that premieres tonight, raises tough questions about […]
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<!– Video title –> Fish oil is the third most widely used supplement in the United States, with around 10 percent of Americans taking it regularly — often for the perceived benefit to cardiovascular health. But there are two big problems when it comes to fish oil: Researchers still cannot definitely say whether it actually lowers […]