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Released: 11-Jun-2024 3:00 PM EDT
Mount Sinai Health System Earns Top Score in Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2024 Healthcare Equality Index
Mount Sinai Health System

Mount Sinai Health System hospitals receive designation of “LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader” in the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Healthcare Equality Index

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Released: 6-Jun-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Cedars-Sinai Designated LGBTQ+ Equality Leader
Cedars-Sinai

Cedars-Sinai has once again earned national recognition as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader.

Newswise: Mpox continues to circulate at low numbers among gay and bisexual men who have sex with men
5-Jun-2024 5:05 PM EDT
Mpox continues to circulate at low numbers among gay and bisexual men who have sex with men
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

Mpox continues to circulate in the U.S. among gay and bisexual men who have sex with men. Though the number fell sharply to only 3 cases during the June through December 2023 multisite surveillance period compared to the previous highs, concern for its reemergence continues due to, among other things, incomplete knowledge among other groups.

Newswise: Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center Recognized for LGBTQ+ Policies and Practices by Human Rights Campaign Foundation
Released: 3-Jun-2024 10:00 AM EDT
Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center Recognized for LGBTQ+ Policies and Practices by Human Rights Campaign Foundation
Hackensack Meridian Health (Mountainside Medical Center)

Mountainside Medical Center announced their “LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader” designation from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC).

Newswise: Hackensack Meridian Pascack Valley Medical Center earns “LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader” Designation in Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Healthcare Equality Index
Released: 3-Jun-2024 10:00 AM EDT
Hackensack Meridian Pascack Valley Medical Center earns “LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader” Designation in Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Healthcare Equality Index
Hackensack Meridian Pascack Valley Medical Center

Pascack Valley Medical Center announced their “LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader” designation from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC).

29-May-2024 9:00 AM EDT
Persons of nonbinary gender may desire lower-dose testosterone treatment than guidelines recommend
Endocrine Society

Among transgender and gender-diverse adults whose gender identity is nonbinary—not exclusively male or female—and who choose low-dose hormone treatment, most prefer to continue testosterone therapy at lower-than-recommended doses after at least six months of treatment, a new study finds. The study will be presented Sunday at ENDO 2024, the Endocrine Society’s annual meeting in Boston, Mass.

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Released: 30-May-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Two New Studies Challenge Widely Held Beliefs and Published Research on Women in the Workplace
University of Michigan Ross School of Business

Justin Frake, assistant professor of strategy, is interested in cause-and-effect relationships in real-world data and the hidden dynamics that shape workplace behavior and equality—or inequality.

   
Released: 23-May-2024 8:05 PM EDT
Researchers find key differences in brain development between autistic boys and girls
UC Davis MIND Institute

A new study by UC Davis researchers finds key differences in the development of the cortex between autistic boys and girls ages 2-13.

Newswise: Internationally Trained Female Oncologists Face Many Discrimination Challenges in the U.S.
Released: 23-May-2024 7:05 PM EDT
Internationally Trained Female Oncologists Face Many Discrimination Challenges in the U.S.
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center

ASCO: A new study highlights workplace discrimination reported by internationally trained female oncologists. Dr. Coral Olazagasti will present study findings that showed female oncologists reported much higher levels of gender or race/ethnicity-based discrimination than their male counterparts.

Newswise: New study reveals how gender affects liver transplant success in cancer patients
Released: 9-May-2024 7:05 AM EDT
New study reveals how gender affects liver transplant success in cancer patients
Chinese Academy of Sciences

A groundbreaking multicenter cohort study in China has illuminated the impact of sex on the outcomes of liver transplantation (LT) for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common type of liver cancer.

Newswise: UC San Diego Health Recognized as High Performer for LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality
Released: 7-May-2024 3:05 PM EDT
UC San Diego Health Recognized as High Performer for LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality
UC San Diego Health

UC San Diego Medical Center earns “LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality High Performer” designation from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Healthcare Equality Index.

Released: 3-May-2024 3:05 AM EDT
Mexican researchers have found that people who avoid going to psychologists choose the most violent suicide methods
Scientific Project Lomonosov

Researchers from the National Autonomous University of Mexico, together with physicians of the Fray Bernardino Álvarez Psychiatric Hospital in Mexico city, have conducted a study, which demonstrated that male subjects with suicidal behavior who had not sought psychological or psychiatric assistance were likely to select more violent suicide methods compared to female subjects.



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