Health

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Planned Parenthood Introduces New Programs for Gay Men and Trans People

Planned Parenthood, the 102-year-old organization providing sexual health care, is expanding their mission. The organization is introducing programs specifically for gay men and trans people. Tell me more For gay men, Planned Parenthood (PP) is now offering PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis). This is a type of regimented medication to prevent HIV infection. ‘We’ve just started doing PrEP fairly recently,’ Phebe Brandt, a Philadelphia-based Planned Parenthood clinician, told Philadelphia Gay News. ‘We do all the counseling around it,’ Brandt continues. ‘We do all the testing that’s necessary, we actually provide prescriptions. And if people don’t have insurance and need to go through the program […]

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Only Half of US Cancer Doctors Have Good Knowledge of LGBTI Patient Needs

According to a new report, half of cancer doctors in the United States are unprepared to adress and treat the specific needs of their LGBTI patients. The report was published by several authors in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. As it explains, the purpose of the report is to ‘identify potential gaps in attitudes, knowledge, and institutional practices toward LGBTQ patients’. In order to complete their survey and find results, the authors took a random sample of 450 oncologists from 45 cancer centers from the American Medical Association’s Physician Masterfile. Promsingly, a majority of the oncologists affirmed the importance of knowing their […]

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1 in 5 Non-binary People Denied Healthcare Due to Gender Identity

A new study suggests that 1 in 5 non-binary people in the U.S. are denied healthcare due to their gender identity. The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine in December, described a need for medical professionals to improve the care of non-binarypatients. “As our society’s concept of gender evolves, so does the visibility of contemporary nonbinary people,” said researchers at the start of the paper. “Yet many members of the medical community may not know how to interact with nonbinary patients respectfully or recognize their unique needs and barriers to care.” The paper, Persons of Nonbinary Gender — Awareness, […]

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Major Study Proves LGBT Youth Three Times More Likely to Attempt Suicide

New analysis has confirmed that LGBT youth are far more likely to attempt suicide than other adolescents their age. A report in JAMA Pediatrics collated data from 35 other studies. The studies included responses from 2.4 million heterosexual adolescents and 113,468 non-straight students aged between 12 and 20 from 10 countries. The data showed young LGBTI people were three times more likely to try and take their own lives than straight youths. Trans youth were six times more likely to attempt suicide than their straight peers. Researchers told Thomson Reuters Foundation that LGBT youth struggle to come to terms with […]

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National LGBT Cancer Network Wins $2.5M Federal Award Expanding

The National LGBT Cancer Network is the newest recipient of a $2.5 million five year award from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to expand resources for their grantees serving LGBTQ people at risk for tobacco-related cancers. “The LGBTQ communities smoke at rates significantly higher than other populations. That alone increases our cancer risks dramatically,” said Liz Margolies, the Executive Director of the National LGBT Cancer Network. The Cancer Network’s new award will expand their NYC presence to Providence, RI, the base for their Principal Investigator, Dr. Scout. For more than a decade, Dr. Scout has led this CDC health […]

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Three STDs Are Roaring Back in America

We don’t talk much about chlamydia, gonorrhea, or syphilis, in part because it can seem like they’re not big health issues anymore. But it turns out more and more Americans may be quietly suffering from these once nearly eliminated STDs. According to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were nearly 2.3 million cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis reported in the United States in 2017 — the highest cumulative number ever recorded, and one that surpassed a 2016 record high. The leap in cases over the last few years are truly eye-popping. Between 2013 […]

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Rimming is Causing Outbreak of Rare STD Among Gay Men

The LGBT Foundation said there has been a recent rise in cases of shigella among men who have sex with men. Shigellosis, or shigella, is an intestinal infection caused when bacteria found in poo gets into your mouth. Last month, health officials in San Diego issued an advisory over the sexual transmitted infection. It said that gay and bisexual men, homeless individuals, and people with compromised immune systems could be at an increased risk for the intestinal disease. In 2017, San Diego recorded the highest number of cases in 20 years, including a disproportional increase in the gay and bisexual […]

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HRW Healthcare Report Reveals Significant Barriers for LGBT People

A new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) has revealed the state of accessing healthcare for LGBT people in the United States. The research indicates that queer and trans populations encounter significant barriers, including facing discrimination from insurers or providers and long waiting lists for specialist services. Additionally, the report found that LGBT people have restricted options when facing prejudice as there isn’t federal legislation which prohibits healthcare discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.The majority of the 81 interviewees told HRW that they had little or no access to LGBT-friendly healthcare providers in their area. The head of one […]

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Marriage Equality Has Improved Gay Men’s Health, New Study Suggests

A new study has suggested that the legalisation of same-sex marriage in the US has improved the health of gay men. The latest research – by professors at Vanderbilt University – found that equal marriage had led to increased health insurance coverage and better access to health care for men living in same-sex households. The study revealed that gay marriage “increased the probability” of a man in a same-sex household having health insurance by 4 percent. These men, it found, since equal marriage became law in the US, were 4 percent more likely to have a “usual source” of healthcare, and 7 […]

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Clinicians: Would You Prescribe Doxycycline to Someone for STI Prevention?

If you could take a pill to prevent sexually transmitted infections (STIs) like gonorrhea, chlamydia and syphilis—would you? Two studies have investigated whether daily or “on demand” doxycycline effectively prevents the occurrence of common sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Although both studies showed promise, the method is far from being touted as a blanket solution to rising STI rates. What do clinicians think? Pierre-Cédric Crouch, nursing director of the sexual health clinic Magnet at San Francisco AIDS Foundation, said that this method “has some promise,” but that it’s definitely not a perfect solution and that more research is needed on the […]

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