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ACOG Advises on Care for Transgender Patients

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Transgender patients have unique needs regarding obstetric and gynecologic care as well as preventive care, and ob.gyns. can help by

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Racist Attack on Asian Med Student Prompts Pleas for Tolerance

February 23, 2021 2019 Novel Coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, Coronavirus, crime, criminal, diversity, Ethics, HCoV-229E, HCoV-OC43, Human coronavirus 229E, Human coronavirus HKU1, Human coronavirus OC43, implicit racism, New York, pandemic, racism, racist, social determinants of health, Social Issues, socioeconomics, student, tolerance, wuhan coronavirus

Faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Health System, in New York City, circulated an internal memo

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Tablet-Based Sex Trafficking Screening Works for Minors in the ED

February 20, 2021 Adolescent, adolescent health, adolescent medicine, Adolescents, Child, child sexual abuse, Childhood, children, confidentiality, crime, criminal, hospital emergency services, kids, molestation, patient confidentiality, Pediatrics, Sexual abuse, sexual assault, sexual violence, social determinants of health, Social Issues, teenage, teenager, teens

(Reuters Health) – Using an electronic tablet to deliver a six-item screening tool to minors in a pediatric emergency department

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Combo Disappoints in Metastatic Prostate Cancer

February 13, 2021 activism, activist, Arm, biologic therapy, cancer, cancer (prostate), carcinoma, erlotinib, gefitinib, imatinib, malignant neoplasia, malignant prostate neoplasm, neutropenia, Pharmacokinetics, Prostate Cancer, Prostate Carcinoma, prostatic, Social Issues, su11248, sunitinib, taxanes, Toxicology, tyrosine kinase inhibitor

Combining the tyrosine kinase inhibitor saracatinib with docetaxel does not benefit patients with metastatic, castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), according to

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Cannabis-related poison control calls for Massachusetts kids doubled after medical pot legalized

August 19, 2019 Child Development, Children's Health, Controlled Substances, Illegal Drugs, marijuana, Poverty and Learning, Public Health, Social Issues, Today's Healthcare

After medical marijuana became legal in Massachusetts, cannabis-related poison control calls involving the commonwealth’s children and teenagers doubled, according to