A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news.

• The weirdest claims made by “Designer Vagina” websites.
• Civil War underwear.
• Japanese-American internee letters found hidden in wall.
• The historian’s curse.
• New study shows disabled parents often lose custody of their children. 
• Girls in juvenile detention face health care issues.
• Is neuroscience under attack?
• Psoriasis drug may slow dementia. 
• Lee Harvey Oswald’s apartment to be demolished.
• Psychiatrists OK controversial new DSM-V.
• Blow up the moon? Sure, that sounds like a reasonable Cold War strategy.
• 1,000-year-old Muslim joke book found.
• Photo of iceberg that sunk the Titanic up for sale.
• 8 toys that have been banned throughout history.
• Can ecstasy effectively treat PTSD?
• SCOTUS to decide if human genes can be patented.
• Rosa Park’s arrest records.