Depression During Development
Accumulating evidence indicates that depression and suicide have increased among US adolescents in the past decade in a historically unprecedented way.
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20 Years of Options in Oregon
Health departments play an important role in providing objective data as states consider legalizing an option to hasten death in terminally-ill patients.
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Vaccine Hesitancy Is Still Trending
Vaccine advocates are drowning out vaccine denouncers. Very few are engaging others and changing opinions as tweeters exist in separate bubbles.
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Updating Your Health Status
Questions about privacy and consent arise as researchers predict diagnoses by analyzing individuals’ Facebook status updates and electronic medical records.
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Onyebuchi Arah
Oluwatobi Alliyu profiles Dr. Onyebuchi Arah to highlight current trends of noncommunicable diseases and social inequities in the US and around the world.
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Cuts and Condoms
Black men are impacted by HIV more than any other group in the US, and programs like Barbershop Talk with Brothers could reduce HIV inequities nationwide.
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Midwives in Medicine
Massachusetts House bill H.1948 would require midwives to become licensed in order to provide midwifery services to pregnant women.
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Family Non-Planning
Changes to Title X could impose an impossible choice for American women: accept limited and potentially misleading care or forgo family planning altogether.
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Encouraged to Excel, but How?
Latino parents are involved in their adolescents’ schoolwork, though in different ways and with different timing, emphasis, and embedding in daily routines.
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Rhodessa Jones
Julia Garcia profiles Rhodessa Jones to discuss the Medea Project and her journey with art, theatre, and connecting with people through stories.
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Power to Create Life
Little research has investigated how men’s attitudes and perceptions may influence women’s exposure to reproductive coercion.
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Talk About a Killer Buzz
What we show and how we show it will determine whether or not teens pay attention to tobacco prevention and control messages.
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Professional Protection
How will the Supreme Court’s decision determine health insurance coverage and employment protections for LGBTQ+ Americans?
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