Sexual Assault-Related ED Visits Up in the U.S. From 2006 to 2019
FRIDAY, Oct. 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) — There was an increase in sexual assault (SA) survivors seeking emergency department (ED) care from 2006 to 2019 but a decrease in admission rates for these visits, according to a study published online Oct. 20…
Learn MoreERs Seeing Huge Rise in Cases of Sexual Assault
FRIDAY, Oct. 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Victims of sexual assault are seeking treatment in U.S. emergency rooms in growing numbers, with University of Michigan (UM) researchers detecting a 15-fold increase between 2006 and 2019.Rapes and other forms…
Learn MoreEl abuso sexual infantil en línea es común, y los perpetradores con frecuencia son amigos o la pareja
MARTES, 18 de octubre de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Un número sustancial de niños y adolescentes son perseguidos, atraídos y abusados sexualmente en línea, y unos adultos desconocidos no siempre son los perpetradores.En muchos casos, los amigos y las pa…
Learn MoreOnline Sexual Abuse of Kids Is Common; Perps Usually Friends, Partners
TUESDAY, Oct. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Substantial numbers of kids and teens are being tracked, lured and sexually abused online, and adult strangers aren’t always the perps.In many cases, it’s friends and dating partners who are doing the groomin…
Learn MoreMedical Groups Urge Protections for Health Workers Providing Gender-Affirming Care
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Three leading medical groups have asked the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate growing threats to doctors, hospitals, and families providing and seeking gender-affirming care.In a letter to U.S. Attor…
Learn MoreMedical Groups Urge Protections for Health Workers Providing Gender-Affirming Care
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Three leading medical groups have asked the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate growing threats to doctors, hospitals and families providing and seeking gender-affirming care.In a letter to U.S. Attorn…
Learn MoreUn estudio refuta el mito de que las pastillas anticonceptivas agrandan los senos de las adolescentes
LUNES, 3 de octubre de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Las pastillas anticonceptivas que contienen tanto estrógeno como progestina no contribuyen al crecimiento de unos senos agrandados en las adolescentes y mujeres jóvenes, y podrían en realidad asociarse c…
Learn MoreStudy Counters Myth That Contraceptive Pill Enlarges Breasts in Teen Girls
MONDAY, Oct. 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Birth control pills that contain both estrogen and progestin do not contribute to growth of enlarged breasts in teens and young women, a new study finds, and may actually be associated with developing less seve…
Learn MoreSexual Dysfunction Common Among Young Women With Cancer
FRIDAY, Sept. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) — More than 60 percent of young women diagnosed with cancer have sexual dysfunction, with more problems reported by women with cancer than among women from the general population, according to a study published…
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