T shot adj.— «At the Callen-Lorde Community Health Center in downtown Manhattan—the medical facility for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people that he visited while he was still in high school—he began to get biweekly testosterone...
food desert n.— «Health experts have taken to calling low-income neighborhoods “food deserts,” and it is easy to see why. Supermarkets are usually in short supply and specialty produce and health-food stores are even rarer. Residents are...
drunkorexia n.— «Drunkorexia is a made-up term reflecting an alarmingly real trend among young women. The non-medical, slang term refers to women who choose to eat less so they can party hearty without gaining weight.» —“Drunkorexia:...
stuck kid n.— «Ms. Sudders explained that when she was commissioner of the Department of Mental Health, the term “stuck kids” was used to describe the phenomenon of children being backlogged and kept in emergency rooms because there...
teachback n.— «Asking questions doesn’t ensure that patients understand the answers. For that reason, many doctors now advocate a method called teachback. First, a doctor explains the situation to the patient in language that’s as plain...
luxus consumption n.— «Pennsylvania State University professor Dorothy Blair and Cornell professor Jeffery Sobal use the term “luxus consumption” to mean “food waste and over-consumption leading to storage of body fat...