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Students Practice Gender Affirming Care Through New Virtual Reality Program
On a recent afternoon, a group of nursing, social work and public health students walked past hospital beds, IV drip bags and patient monitors at the Universities at Shady Grove to meet their newest patient: Oscar, a 15-year-old who just attempted suicide. The hospital equipment is real, but Oscar, whose preferred name is Ola, is a virtual reality patient and the center of a new training program on gender affirming care, medical care that many transgender and nonbinary people need as part of their gender transition.
‘Eye-Opening’ Study Sheds Light on Circadian Pacemaker
In a new study featured on the cover of the journal Analytical Chemistry on October 17, 2023, a team of University of Maryland researchers used cutting-edge technologies to study a little-understood visual pathway in an animal model.
Scientists Discover Molten Layer Covering Martian Core
NASA’s InSight mission to Mars helped scientists map out Mars’ internal structure, including the size and composition of its core, and provided general hints about its tumultuous formation.