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Ever have something in your head that sounds fine, and then it when comes out it's sorta of like, "Well, that didn't quite come out like I imagined."

Shrug.

At my school we do get some training and we have a LGBT panel come in that we can bombard with questions during second year (rotations are 3rd and 4th year). It's not much and a good chunk...

Basically what she said. In the emergency department, waiting is good. Waiting means you aren't dying. The person you should feel bad for is the poor soul taken directly back. The stroke, the heart...

A week in outpatient clinic.

27 y/o checking in.

Basically this. The last time I was in Vegas there was an obvious bachelor party out on the strip. The costume? Bo Peep and her sheep. A crossdresser putting even in the slightest effort? Step right...

Tucking won't increase the risk of UTIs as it doesn't change the length of the urethra. That's why women are at a much higher risk of developing UTIs and why UTIs in women are treated differently...

I'd argue that there's a difference between a preference and a state of being. Why can't a male in a male body be interested in what it's like to be a female in a female body?

However the development of the brain and the development of the rest of the body are treated differently. The mechanisms for intersexed conditions, in contrast to gender identity disorders, is much...

Medicine takes a someone more complicated view of sex and gender. From this standpoint, everyone has three distinct sexes, a chromosomal sex (normally XX or XY), gonadal sex (normally ovaries or...

I think part of it is that on the list of things we care about, whether someone shaves their legs or not, what type of underwear they have, or their toes are painted isn't on the list except for very...

...with drastically different short and long term risks. Not all surgeries are the same. A nose job doesn't require a real life experience first.

Let me add something else.

As granted, I'm at sub-20 posts, however a large number of my posts have been in the medical section related topics for a reason. I'm a medical student. While, yes, the...

A couple silly questions.

1. If you walked up to 100 people on the street and asked them what the DSM, or heck even going so far as calling it the "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual" stood for,...

Maybe a little bit. However no amount of hormones past puberty is going to change broad shoulder and narrow hips. Bone structure, and as mentioned above, learned behaviors are more important than a...

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Ding ding ding ding. One of the hormones produced by the ovaries and placenta, which especially spikes during pregnancy, is relaxin. One of it's major functions is to relax the ligaments of the...

To be fair, with a dermatologist that should be expected. Similarly, if anyone has issues with circulation (i.e. peripheral vascular disease), your physician better be asking about if you shave since...

That's not entirely true. The big Federal law (HIPAA) allows disclosure of health records, without notification or gaining specific permission, as needed for treatment, billing, and healthcare...

From a medical student perspective:

Does your physician need to know? Probably not.

Should you tell your physicians? It depends. If it's something that's causing stress then you probably should...

Is the witness going to testify that the OP was not violating the law? Furthermore, the courts aren't a "majority rules" when it comes to witnesses. The friend has a reason to be bias with the...

Actually, in California there is a section for race, as well as height, weight, etc. I was originally outraged (outraged you hear) when I read the OP, then I realized something. If this goes to trial...

There's a few things to consider. First off, any regular physical should include an abdominal exam (look, listen, tap (percuss), feel (palpate)). Poke and prod down there and things becomes visible...

...but without the word "queer," how would I describe my $3 bill?

It's the mullerian inhibiting substance that is the actual factor in inhibiting the development of internal female ductal reproductive organ (the uterus, fallopian tubesproximal 1/3 of the vagina)....