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Transgender Teens at High Risk of Substance Abuse

A new study from Chapman University has found that transgender teenagers are twice as likely as their cisgender peers to have substance abuse problems. The study, published in the Journal of School Health, looked at data concerning trans students in middle and high schools in nearly all school districts in California between 2013 and 2015. […]

Health Disparities Increase Across Appalachia

A new report released Thursday shows the 25 million people living in Appalachia — which includes residents of 32 Ohio counties — have fallen further behind the rest of the nation for premature deaths and other key health factors. The 13-state region, stretching from Mississippi through eastern and southern Ohio to New York, has higher […]

Ohio Schools Fear Loss of Funds over Marijuana Research

When Ohio House Bill 523 was passed, legalizing medical marijuana in Ohio, part of the law left many wondering who would test the marijuana so patients could use it by the program’s start date of September 2018. The law required an Ohio public higher-education institution to carry out the task of testing the product that […]

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Researchers Win Health Awards for Work on Disparities

The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities has named the recipients of the William G. Coleman Jr., Ph.D., Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Innovation Award. Postdoctorate fellows Dr. Tracy Layne, Dr. Candace Middlebrooks and Dr. Melanie Sabado received the award. Read More

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Experts: Hate Crimes Are a Public Health Issue

The violent clashes between white nationalists and counter-protesters in Charlottesville, Va., on Aug. 12 is part of a rise in hate-related crimes, a trend that could be harming the nation’s health beyond the direct effects of the actual hate crimes. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, more than 1,800 race-related incidents occurred between Nov. […]

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The Lessons of Katrina Will Be Useful after Harvey

It will take years for Houston to rebuild from Hurricane Harvey. One essential part of that recovery will be reassembling the city’s medical capacity and infrastructure. The New York Times published a harrowing report Monday on the city’s hospitals and nursing homes that are heroically seeking to provide care and shelter for Houstonians in need, […]

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What’s Next for Healthcare?

The Republican Senate’s third failed attempt at repeal and/or replace was a surprise to many, including this writer. I believed they would get something passed, even for the limited purpose of getting a bill back to the House, and into conference committee. Senator Graham subsequently announced he had a plan which he would move forward […]

Study Confirms Abstinence Only Ed Doesn’t Work

With a man like Donald Trump serving as President of the United States, it should come as no surprise that major policy decisions are often turned into spectacles ripe with suspense or shock value (see: the build-up to his decision to leave the Paris climate accord and his surprise Twitter storm banning transgender men and […]

McConnell’s State Loses Bigtime Under Repeal

Tricia Petrucci hasn’t quite reached the point where she regrets her vote for President Donald Trump. It would be understandable if she did, because Trump — and her senator, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) — are trying to curb the medical services that sustain her 11-year-old stepson, who battles severe cerebral palsy. She is […]

Iraq Amputee Senator Blasts Transgender Ban

Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) has assessed the problem with President Donald Trump’s ban on transgender servicemen and women in a sharply clarifying way. “When I was bleeding to death in my Black Hawk helicopter after I was shot down, I didn’t care if the American troops risking their lives to help save me were gay, […]

5 State Commissioners to Testify on Healthcare Bill

Five state insurance commissioners will testify in front of the Senate Health Committee next month on ways to stabilize ObamaCare exchanges. Commissioners from Tennessee, Washington, Pennsylvania, Alaska and Oklahoma will testify at the Sept. 6 hearing. Five Democratic and Republican governors will testify Sept. 7. Read More

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Drones Bring Miracles to Tanzania

LAST MONTH IN Rwanda, a young woman started bleeding after giving birth by C-section. Try as they might, her doctors couldn’t stop it. They’d already transfused the two units of matching blood that they had on-hand. They could have called the national blood bank in the capital of Kigali to request more, but ordering it, […]

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