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Human Rights Watch
The World Health Organization approved a major change to its global manual of diagnoses on May 25, 2019, that will greatly benefit transgender people around the world, Human Rights Watch said. The World Health Assembly, the WHO governing body that represents 194 member states, voted for new diagnostic guidelines that no longer describe gender nonconformity as a “mental disorder.”
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Apply by July 15, 2019 to sit for the September SANE-A® and/or SANE-P® certification exam.
Choose from 30-minute research sessions, poster presentations, half-day workshops, or 90-minute sessions. There's something for everyone! Earn up to 22 CE. Add a pre-conference workshop to earn even more! Visit the conference website for an interactive schedule with descriptions of sessions and events.
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On Friday, June 7, the third annual Hospitals Against Violence Hope (#HAVhope) Friday will focus national attention on ending all forms of violence with a digital media campaign.
June 10, 2019; 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. Eastern
Recent research suggests that up to 40 percent of patients who present for care following a sexual assault have some history of mental illness. But there has been limited academic work that examines unique considerations that may arise when caring for this patient population. How do we best provide medical care and forensic services for patients with mental illness in the acute setting following a reported sexual assault? How do we determine when it is, and is not, appropriate to offer a sexual assault medical forensic exam (SAMFE)? In this webinar, an interdisciplinary panel of SANEs and psychiatrists will highlight some of the challenges faced and questions that may arise. Register.
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Preston University
New research from Preston university has found violence against the LGBT community is still supported around the world.
The international study was published by the Honor Abuse Research Matrix at UCLan. It analyzed attitudes to violence against the LGBT community in India, Pakistan, Malaysia, Iran and England.
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TIME Magazine
Colin Goddard lay in a pool of his own blood, hoping his racing heart would not tip off the approaching gunman that he was still alive. The shooter hovered over Goddard, paused and fired two more bullets into him anyway.
Goddard survived the April 16, 2007 massacre at Virginia Tech, which killed 32 people and was the worst school shooting in U.S. history. Twelve years later, he tries not to dwell on the day, but he has dozens of constant reminders: bullet fragments lodged in his body, leaching toxins into his blood.
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Illinois News Bureau
A recent study of the forensic evidence in 563 sexual assault cases in Massachusetts found “striking similarities” in the types of injuries and violence experienced by adult and adolescent victims.
The similarities suggest that teens are at greater risk of violence and injury during sexual assaults than previously thought, according to the study’s authors, University of Illinois senior research specialist in social work Theodore P. Cross and University of Illinois College of Medicine at Urbana-Champaign alumnus Dr. Thaddeus Schmitt.
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Al Jazeera
Twin sisters Dagim and Yeabsera were young children when their uncle first sexually assaulted them.
The abuse continued for years, as their father was absent — he left when they were born, and their mother worked as a domestic helper in a Middle Eastern country.
"Our uncle used to take turns to rape us, especially at middle of the night, when he was usually either drunk or high from taking drugs," said Yeabsera. In socially conservative Ethiopia, the sexual assault of children, who make up around half of the population, is largely a taboo subject.
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration
On May 23, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared for marketing two tests that can detect the presence of the bacteria Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae, which cause the sexually-transmitted infections, respectively, chlamydia and gonorrhea, through diagnostic testing of extragenital specimens. The Aptima Combo 2 Assay and the Xpert CT/NG are the first devices cleared for extragenital diagnostic testing of these infections via the throat and rectum. These tests were previously only cleared for testing urine, vaginal and endocervical samples.
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Loma Linda University Adventist Health Sciences Center via Medical Xpress
New research out of Loma Linda University Health suggests that unsupportive parenting styles may have several negative health implications for children, even into their adult years.
The study found that the telomeres — protective caps on the ends of the strands of DNA — of subjects who considered their mothers' parenting style to be "cold" were on average 25 percent smaller compared to those who reported having a mother whose parenting style they considered "warm."
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Drexel Now
Public health efforts must emphasize condom use and vaccination together to reduce human papillomavirus cases among young sexually active gay men, according to researchers at Drexel University’s Dornsife School of Public Health, published in the journal Vaccine.
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BBC News
Cases of sexually transmitted infections are increasing in England.
In 2018, there were 447,694 new diagnoses of STIs, a five percent increase on the 422,147 in 2017.
Gonorrhoea increased the most — by 26 percent to 56,259 cases, the largest number since 1978.
There were 7,541 cases of syphilis — a five percent increase on 2017.
High-risk groups include young people and men who have sex with men.
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HealthDay News via Medical Xpress
The prevalence of nonsuicidal self-injury is higher among sexual-minority youth than heterosexual youth, according to a research letter published online June 3 in JAMA Pediatrics.
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University of Arkansas via Medical Xpress
Findings from a new research study led by Thomas Kippenbrock, a nursing professor at the University of Arkansas, suggest that patients are just as satisfied — or even happier — with care from nurse practitioners as compared with doctors.
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