Boxers or Briefs?
Researchers may have provided some new insight into the age-old question on what affects sperm counts.
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History and Health Consequences of Solitary Confinement
Solitary confinement fell out of favor in the 1890s but expanded greatly after the 1960s. Some prisoners are more at risk of isolation than others, and the detrimental impact of solitary on mental health is well-documented.
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Disparities in Maternal Mortality in California
California’s success in preventing maternal mortality is often cited as an example of how other states can improve maternal care, but racial disparities persist.
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Mining and Mobile Units
Coal miners’ “black lung” is at its highest rate in over two decades. Mobile units, created under a program of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act, provide miners with chest x-rays and breathing tests to monitor their health.
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Hearing Loss is Memory Loss
Asri Maharani and colleagues followed patients for 18 years to measure associations between hearing aid use and episodic memory. Memory loss slowed after participants started using hearing aids.
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Catholic Hospitals and a Woman’s Right to Know
Catholic hospitals often do not provide certain types of reproductive health care. Freedman and colleagues conducted research on women’s knowledge about hospital religious affiliation and its impact on their decisions about where to get care.
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Contraception Deception by Crisis Pregnancy Centers
Crisis pregnancy centers are known for their anti-abortion work, but some also focus on preventing women from accessing contraceptives.
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Resurgence of Black Lung in Central Appalachia
The Coal Workers’ Health Surveillance Program (CWHSP) was created to identify and stop the progression of black lung in coal miners. However, coal miners in central Appalachia are experiencing a resurgence of black lung.
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Multi-Dose Vaccines: Not Getting it Done
The HPV vaccine requires a series of shots to prevent infection, but it is difficult to get young patients to return for multiple visits of preventive care.
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Graduate Students and Campus Sexual Assault
Sexual violence on college campuses has been a focus of research and activism for decades, but most of the work and statistics on campus sexual assault focus on undergraduate students.
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