Study finds Oregon’s gender-affirming health care looks good on paper, but still lacking in practice

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While Oregon ranks highly nationwide for its gender-affirming policies and health care for transgender women, many of those polices are not fully realized in practice, a recent study from Oregon State University found. Monday’s Supreme Court decision barring employment discrimination against LGBTQ people brings national law more in line with laws that have been in place in Oregon for several […]

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Florida gambles on reopening, as virus numbers rise

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Florida is reporting record daily totals of new coronavirus cases, but you’d never know it looking at the Sunshine State’s increasingly busy beaches and hotels. Republican Governor Ron DeSantis wants tourists to return en masse to help bolster the local economy —and in so doing, help his ally President Donald Trump win over voters. But many of those visitors are […]

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The “love hormone”: Oxytocin may trigger the study also found that aggression – Naturopathy naturopathy specialist portal

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Study: Oxytocin can lead to aggression It’s long been known that the hormone Oxytocin may enhance positive feelings. But apparently, the so-called “love hormone can cause” aggression. To this end, Researchers have now. Their results could shed new light on the Oxytocin-treatment of various psychiatric disorders of social anxiety and autism to schizophrenia. Oxytocin is a hormone that in humans, […]

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Combination biomarker predicts response to immune checkpoint therapy in patients with advanced bladder cancer

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In patients with metastatic bladder cancer, a novel combination of biomarkers from baseline tumor tissues was predictive of improved clinical responses and prolonged survival following treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitors, according to researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. The study, published today in Science Translational Medicine, used multi-platform analyses of tumor samples to discover that ARID1A […]

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National tick surveillance survey identifies gaps to be filled

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New Cornell-led research shows that inadequate funding is the main barrier to better surveillance and control of ticks, including the blacklegged tick, which spreads Lyme disease, the No. 1 vector-borne illness in the country. Insufficient infrastructure, limited guidance on best practices and lack of institutional capacity also are impediments to improved tick monitoring, the researchers found. Their report, “A Survey […]

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Income security important in times of ill health

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While most countries have national policies in place, effective coverage is very low and often exclude those who have the greatest need. There are often several prominent barriers, especially for those outside the formal workforce who are affected by illnesses such as COVID-19, according to a newly published article by researchers at Karolinska Institutet and the SPARKS Network. In the […]

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High cholesterol levels: One risk factor you could change to lower your cholesterol

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High cholesterol risk factors can include family history and ethnicity – things you simply can’t control. But there’s one risk factor you could eradicate. What is it? What makes cholesterol “good” or “bad”? High-density lipoproteins (HDL) is called “good” cholesterol. This is because HDL absorbs cholesterol and carries it to the liver. From there, the liver can flush excess cholesterol […]

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Junk food marketers found targeting children on social media without repercussions

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In Australia and around the world, junk food companies are targeting children on social media. In our new study, we found most major social media platforms have restrictions on the advertising of tobacco, alcohol and gambling to children. But there are hardly any such restrictions in place around junk food. Children are exposed to junk food marketing everywhere Globally, we’ve […]

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