Fairfax, VA, USA. The existence of transsexuality is beyond dispute, as evidenced by the large absolute numbers of people who are hormonally reconstituted, surgically corrected, and successfully transitioned into society.

Gender theorists obfuscate, blog posters dispute, and tradition-bound academic scientists dither in career-driven timidity. Nonetheless, research into the causes of the transsexual birth condition has moved beyond simplistic behavioral analysis, which often misconceives

Chicago, IL, USA. Outgoing hospital physicians hand off important information to their replacements in a brief shift change meeting. A new study of this process says the most important information is not fully conveyed in a majority of cases, even as physicians rate their communication as successful.

The research, by University of Chicago researchers in the journal Pediatrics, highlights the importance of educating doctors about successful communication skills during hand-offs. The resul

Geneva, Switzerland. A report in the journal Nature provides a framework for understanding of the impact of genetic variations in cellular interactions.

This approach has important implications for the understanding of human disorders and wide implications for human health. It is well known that DNA variants affecting gene activity may be responsible for disease susceptibility, primarily to common pathologies such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and asthma. Understanding of how such subtle differences modulate gene expression is bound to accelerate the understanding of all cellular mechanisms, enabling faster and more focused developme

Fairfax, VA, USA. I sing the body electric, the miracle of consciousness that resides in seven million human individuals on this planet and numerous other species we prefer to ignore. Others may write of the great unwashed umbrella of gender theory, the Chicks with Dicks hookers, the performance of Drag Queens, the political agendas of Transgender Activists, the public theater of youthful genderfuckers, and the purity and excess of transvestite purpose.

I sing of the quiet, hardworking

Washington, DC, USA. Anyone who is following the 2010 midterm elections knows that tea party activists are angry, motivated and determined to create a low-spending, low-taxing Congress. It’s anybody’s guess just how successful they will be. But an equally compelling question is just what impact the movement will have on gubernatorial and other state elections this fall.

Dale Robertson, president of Tea party.org, admits that his movement is thinking more about Washington right now