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Service dogs may have soothing effect on vets with PTSD
Dogs have long been touted as great companions. Now there’s growing evidence that they may be therapeutic for military members and veterans who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). A July 16, 2018 article in Consumers Advocate profiled…
How toxic stress can impact children separated from parents
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‘Be an epidemiologist’
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Self-collected specimens may boost HPV screening rates in transgender patients
Female-to-male trans masculine patients (TM)—those who are assigned a female sex at birth but who identify as a male—often retain their female reproductive organs but may not get screened for the high-risk human papillomavirus (hrHPV) infection that causes…
Income inequality, ill health and the tax bill
Professional medical societies representing more than 560,000 doctors have voiced opposition to the Republican tax bill primarily out of concern for its potential negative impact on the health insurance market, according to a November 30, 2017 article in…
Poll finds younger women and college-educated women more likely to say they’ve experienced slurs, offensive comments, and harassment
American women most frequently report being discriminated against in the workplace For immediate release: December 11, 2017 Boston, MA ─ This report is part of a series titled “Discrimination in America.” The series is based on a survey…
Stress, psychological trauma linked to lupus
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Noise pollution more common in communities of color and racially segregated cities
In communities with larger proportions of minority residents, noise levels are generally higher, according to a study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the University of California, Berkeley. The study also showed that racially segregated…