News tagged with orientation
Youth bullying because of perceived sexual orientation widespread and damaging
(Medical Xpress)—Bullying because of perceived sexual orientation is prevalent among school-aged youths, according to a study led by Donald Patrick, professor of health services at the UW School of Public ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
May 20, 2013 |
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Openly gay: Does it affect performance appraisal?
Although knowing an actor is gay significantly affected ratings of his masculinity, there was no significant effect on ratings of his acting performance, researchers say.
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May 13, 2013 |
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Ethical, legal aspects of docs' discrimination discussed
(HealthDay)—Recent examples of doctors refusing to treat certain patients on questionable grounds, including their weight, have triggered discussion of discrimination among doctors, according to a perspective ...
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May 03, 2013 |
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US pediatricians back gay marriage, cite research (Update)
(AP)—The most influential U.S. pediatrician's group says gays should be allowed to marry to help ensure the health and well-being of their children.
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Mar 21, 2013 |
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Trustworthy mating advice deepens bond between straight women and gay men
Why do straight women and gay men form close relationships with one another? A new psychology study from The University of Texas at Austin suggests the glue that cements these unique relationships is honest, unbiased relationship ...
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Feb 20, 2013 |
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Brain's vision secrets unraveled
A new study led by scientists at the Universities of York and Bradford has identified the two areas of the brain responsible for our perception of orientation and shape.
Neuroscience
Feb 03, 2013 |
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Bisexual women at especially high risk of sexual violence, CDC says
(HealthDay)—Bisexual women in the United States are more likely to suffer from domestic violence than either lesbian or heterosexual women, a new government report shows.
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Jan 25, 2013 |
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Key elements in preventing homophobic bullying in schools
How are non-heterosexual people affected by discrimination endured in the school environment due to their affective-sexual orientation? This question was the starting point in the PhD thesis produced by the researcher Aitor ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 24, 2013 |
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Many researchers taking a different view of pedophilia
As a young boy, Paul Christiano loved the world of girls - the way they danced, how their spindly bodies tumbled in gymnastics. In adolescence, as other boys ogled classmates, he was troubled to find himself fantasizing about ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 21, 2013 |
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Bisexual men on the 'down low' run risk for poor mental health
Bisexual men are less likely to disclose and more likely to conceal their sexual orientation than gay men. In the first study to look at the mental health of this population, researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 02, 2013 |
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Court blocks California law banning gay therapy
(AP)—A federal appeals court on Friday put the brakes on a first-of-its-kind California law that bans therapy aimed at turning gay minors straight.
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Dec 22, 2012 |
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Virtual reality and robotics in neurosurgery—promise and challenges
Robotic technologies have the potential to help neurosurgeons perform precise, technically demanding operations, together with virtual reality environments to help them navigate through the brain, according to a special supplement ...
Surgery
Dec 20, 2012 |
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LGBTQ youth more likely to be truant or to consider or commit suicide
(Medical Xpress)—Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth and those questioning their sexuality are at significantly greater risk of truancy and of considering and attempting suicide than their heterosexual classmates ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 13, 2012 |
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Study explores how the brain perceives direction and location
(Medical Xpress)—The Who asked "who are you?" but Dartmouth neurobiologist Jeffrey Taube asks "where are you?" and "where are you going?" Taube is not asking philosophical or theological questions. Rather, he is investigating ...
Neuroscience
Oct 19, 2012 |
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Landmarks ID'd to orient humerus in elbow arthroplasty
(HealthDay)—The posterior humeral cortical line (PCL) is better than the transepicondylar axis (TEA) as a reference point and reproducible landmark for orienting the humerus during elbow arthroplasty, but ...
Surgery
Oct 17, 2012 |
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