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Terry Real on Breaking Through Shame, Anger, and Trauma

Child: Welcome to my Mommy’s podcast. This episode is sponsored by Olipop. At least six instances a day I get the query, “Mom, can I have an Olipop?” Usually as soon as from every of my children. And I’m pleased to say sure. While I typically drink common soda as a child and often felt […]

Rapid COVID-19 Tests Will Soon Be Covered by Insurance

Dec. 2, 2021 — Private insurers will quickly be required to reimburse individuals enrolled of their plans for the price of at-home, fast COVID-19 checks, and masks mandates can be prolonged for air, rail and bus vacationers by way of at the very least mid-March. The measures are a part of a set of recent […]

Beating HIV Stigma: Undetectable Equals Untransmittable

Commentary By Karl Schmid Earlier this yr, GLAAD—in partnership with the Gilead COMPASS Initiative—carried out a survey titled, “The 2021 State of HIV Stigma Study.” Its activity was to measure American attitudes in direction of HIV and other people like myself dwelling with HIV. The outcomes of the examine have been disheartening, to say the […]

Majority of Patients Prefer In-Person Visits to Telehealth: Survey

Dec. 1, 2021 — The majority of Americans are keen to do video visits with their docs for non-emergency care however favor in-person visits, in response to a brand new research inJAMA Network Open. When hypothetical out-of-pocket prices are thought-about, the paper says, folks nonetheless worth in-person care extra extremely than video encounters. But the […]

Supreme Court Receptive to Case That Could Overturn Roe v Wade

Dec. 1, 2021 — A majority of U.S. Supreme Court Justices on Wednesday appeared receptive to the concept there isn’t any constitutional proper to abortion, or, at a minimal, that states are in a position to decide when a being pregnant could be terminated. The justices heard from attorneys arguing for and towards a 2018 […]

First Omicron Variant Case Identified in U.S.

Dec. 1, 2021 — The first case of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus within the United States was confirmed by officers at the moment in a person in California who had just lately traveled to South Africa. He or she was totally vaccinated towards COVID-19 and skilled solely “gentle signs which might be bettering,” officers […]

Progress Seen, however Inequities Persist

By Robert PreidtWell beingDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Dec. 1, 2021 (Well beingDay News) — Some progress has been made within the U.S. battle towards HIV, with new infections falling amongst white homosexual and bisexual males over the previous decade. But their Black and Hispanic counterparts didn’t see that advance, well being officers say. The persevering with […]

Vaping May Raise Risk for Impotence

By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Dec. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Vaping may be robust on the lungs, however new analysis warns of one other attainable hazard to males: It could greater than double the danger for erectile dysfunction. After monitoring erectile dysfunction (ED) threat amongst practically 25,000 males aged 20 and older, investigators […]

Nation’s First Overdose Prevention Centers Open in NYC

By Robert Preidt and Robin FosterHealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Dec. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The United States’ first overdose prevention facilities have opened in New York City within the Manhattan neighborhoods of East Harlem and Washington Heights. People will have the ability to deliver their medication and use them underneath the supervision of skilled employees […]

How to Give Experiences Instead of Gifts

Table of Contents[Hide][Show] In the midst of vacation gift-giving, I can’t assist however take into consideration the truth that typically well-intentioned items finally result in extra stress, for the giver and the receiver. So a lot in order that over time my husband and I made a decision to offer experiences as a substitute of […]