Health
COVID-19 has isolated disabled people from family, love, sex
For the millions of disabled people living in Canada, COVID-19 containment measures have posed unique challenges to their health and well-being.
Aug 6, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
New technique to link serial killer victims using facial linkages
Murdoch University researchers have identified a new technique to potentially link serial killer victims based on subtle similarities in their faces.
Jul 30, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Rethinking women's mental health following partner abuse
When one in six Australian women report experiencing physical and/or sexual violence—and one in four report emotional abuse—by a current or previous cohabiting partner since the age of 15, you know there is a problem.
Jul 28, 2020
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HIV & AIDS
Lockdown led to less sex, lower use of HIV-preventing drugs: survey
(HealthDay)—About one-third of people prescribed drugs to prevent HIV stopped taking the medications when they were forced to stay home due to the coronavirus pandemic, a new survey finds. The reason, they said: They weren't ...
Jul 14, 2020
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Mothering in domestic violence: Protecting children behind closed doors
As emerging data shows an alarming rise of domestic violence during the pandemic, researchers at the University of South Australia are urging practitioners to look beyond clinical observations and focus on the strengths that ...
Jul 2, 2020
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Health
More young Americans are going without sex
Sex, and lots of it, has long been the primary preoccupation of young adults, but more of them are now going months and years without any intimate encounters.
Jun 12, 2020
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Health
What have we learned about intimate partner violence?
As many states issued stay-at-home orders to contain the spread of COVID-19 across the U.S., police in some areas noticed a spike in reports of domestic violence. Jennifer Hardesty and Brian Ogolsky, both professors of human ...
May 28, 2020
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Study investigates sexual activity in lockdown
New research indicates that only four in 10 UK adults have been sexually active during the COVID-19 lockdown—a finding that could have important physical and mental health implications.
May 26, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Many female undergrads unaware of risk factors for cervical cancer, skip Pap tests, researchers find
Most female undergraduate college students surveyed by Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work researchers were not familiar with risk factors for cervical cancer and had not had a Pap smear—the screening ...
May 11, 2020
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Study shows sharp decrease of intimate partner violence in Nicaragua
The percentage of women and girls in Nicaragua's second-largest city who reported experiencing physical violence by their partners during their lifetimes decreased from 55% in 1995 to 28% in 2016, according to a new study ...
Apr 21, 2020
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