Clinical care for Obesity and Diet Related illnesses needs more attention to Societal Determinants of Health Article from NEJM website about how despite rates of obesity starting to level off overall, the lowest income and minority populations continue to show a sharp increase. A focus on those factors as contributory needs to be a part of the discussion.
Social stigma makes the opioid crisis hard to confront (7min) There are many reasons why the opioid crisis is so hard to confront. One of them is social stigma. It often extends beyond users themselves, to their families. People see addiction as a moral weakness, and by extension, the moral weakness of their families.
When drinking ruins your liver - should you qualify for a transplant? When patients develop alcohol liver disease, they are often forced to wait 6 months to prove they can abstain from alcohol before they will be considered for a transplant. Is that a fair amount of time? Is that a fair practice at all?
Withholding surgery: How gaps in policy fail people who inject drugs A recent New York Times article described a harrowing situation faced by some people who inject drugs and develop endocarditis, a life-threatening infection caused by bacteria that enter the bloodstream and settle in the heart. The article described doctors in Tennessee deciding whether to perform repeat costly heart surgeries on patients who were re-infected with endocarditis as a result of ongoing illicit drug use—and at times declining to operate. There are policy failures that are to blame, too, for how and why resources are allocated this way. This looks at those failures and how our bias influences both the policies and how they are applied.
Injecting Drugs can ruin a heart - how many second chances should a user get? A life-threatening heart infection afflicts a growing number of people who inject opioids or meth. Costly surgery can fix it, but the addiction often goes unaddressed.
Our Story of Rape and Reconciliation In this TED talk, the speakers talk about their trials and tribulations dealing with their experience of one night that went wrong that lead to years of pain and sorrow. Their story sheds a new light on dealing with and recovering from a sexual encounter gone wrong.
I’m transgender and can’t use the student bathroom. The Supreme Court could change that. Imagine having the private matters of the bathroom become a public matter of the Supreme Court. This is the experience of Gavin Grimm, a teenage transgender male, who recently came out to his family and transitioned to male before the new school year.
Why Doctors Need to Ask Patients about Sexuality and Gender Identity A patient’s history like sexual practices, gender-related surgery, identification, or plans for self-treatment, are all part of the larger picture of the patient’s life and health. This article highlights that providers cannot chose to ignore these practices any more than they can choose to ignore what medications their patients are currently taking and must take a complete history.
Ash Beckham: We're all hiding something. Let's find the courage to open up. In this touching talk, Ash Beckham offers a fresh approach to empathy and openness. It starts with understanding that everyone, at some point in their life, has experienced hardship. The only way out, says Beckham, is to open the door and step out of your closet.
From He to She in First Grade Whose more afraid - you, or your child? One mother describes the love and worry that came with fully-supporting her child's transition.
Too Old for Sex? Not at This Nursing Home. Respecting the fact that the elderly still yearn for intimacy and relationships, this nursing home works to create guidelines and opportunity for those that are interested.
Interview: Patient Practice for Transgender and Gender-Nonconforming Youth Listen to Dr. Christine Aramburu Alegria discuss the importance of training physicians and staff in improved transgender patient practice and in creating a supportive office environment.
Oregon Court Allows a Person to Choose Neither Sex Jamie Shupe successfully petitioned to be identified as nonbinary after a whole lifetime of suppressing identity exploration.
Our Story of Rape and Reconciliation In this TED talk, the speakers talk about their trials and tribulations dealing with their experience of one night that went wrong that lead to years of pain and sorrow. Their story sheds a new light on dealing with and recovering from a sexual encounter gone wrong.
I’m transgender and can’t use the student bathroom. The Supreme Court could change that. Imagine having the private matters of the bathroom become a public matter of the Supreme Court. This is the experience of Gavin Grimm, a teenage transgender male, who recently came out to his family and transitioned to male before the new school year.
Why Doctors Need to Ask Patients about Sexuality and Gender Identity A patient’s history like sexual practices, gender-related surgery, identification, or plans for self-treatment, are all part of the larger picture of the patient’s life and health. This article highlights that providers cannot chose to ignore these practices any more than they can choose to ignore what medications their patients are currently taking and must take a complete history.
From He to She in First Grade Whose more afraid - you, or your child? One mother describes the love and worry that came with fully-supporting her child's transition.
Interview: Patient Practice for Transgender and Gender-Nonconforming Youth Listen to Dr. Christine Aramburu Alegria discuss the importance of training physicians and staff in improved transgender patient practice and in creating a supportive office environment.