The summer solstice happens every year and typically marks the beginning of the summer season. It’s the longest day of the year with a stretch of sunlight that last for 17 hours. It’s the time of welcoming summer the season of light and happiness and celebration of achievement and bounty. This year its predicted to… Read More: A Kaia Girls Guide to Summer Solstice »
Essential Reads: ADHD in Girls and Women In childhood, ADHD is clearly more common in boys than in girls; however, in adult samples, the sex differences in prevalence are mush smaller. There is also increasing recognition that girls and women may present with a different constellation of symptoms and behaviors. For example, in children, girls… Read More: Essential Reads: ADHD in Girls and Women »
A British teenager diagnosed with an inflammatory disorder associated with COVID-19 developed severe neurological conditions that left her with a “completely different personality”. Nia Haughton, 15, first developed symptoms in early April when she had a cough and a high temperature for about 10 days straight. When she began to deteriorate her mother, Justina Ward,… Read More: Girl’s ‘different personality’ after virus »
Getty ImagesKatie Buckleitner Sexism in pain perception is a well-known and documented problem: men and women complaining of the same type and level of pain are treated differently by health care providers, based only on their gender. Blah blah, “boys don’t cry, women are weak,” bullshit, blah blah. A new study published in January in… Read More: Hmm, Apparently People Don't Care As Much When Girls Cry… »