To help protect older adults from financial exploitation, researchers are working to understand who is most at risk. New findings from the Keck School of Medicine of USC, published this week in the Journal of Alzheimer's ...
Jun 17, 2022
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Study after study, Diana Peragine has seen the same conclusion throughout her research: an early sexual debut poses a risk to sexual health and sets the stage for a long list of negative outcomes, ranging from unplanned pregnancy ...
Aug 12, 2022
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Why are older people especially vulnerable to becoming victims of fraud? A new UCLA study indicates that an important clue may lie in a particular region of the brain that influences the ability to discern who is honest and ...
Dec 3, 2012
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Pornography now is so widespread in the United States that it deserves to be addressed seriously as a major public health crisis, a panel of activists said Thursday.
May 16, 2014
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Scams and fraud exact a heavy toll on older adults, with estimates of yearly losses ranging from $3 billion to $36 billion in the U.S. alone.
Nov 18, 2020
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Stigma and discrimination lead to pervasive human rights violations against people with mental and psychosocial disabilities in low-income and middle-income countries. The final paper in The Lancet Series on Global Mental ...
Oct 16, 2011
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(AP) -- The nation's largest pediatricians' group has issued its first policy on protecting children from sexual abuse by doctors, citing a recent Delaware case and urging medical facilities to screen employees for previous ...
Jul 19, 2011
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US regulators are considering whether to grant a drug company's request to make emergency contraception available over the counter to people of all ages instead of by prescription.
Dec 6, 2011
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A new study finds that the total health, social and economic costs associated with the trafficking of women are almost three times greater than that for men.
Oct 16, 2020
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Children who are constantly moved around the social care system are more likely to be vulnerable to sexual exploitation, new research concludes.
Aug 9, 2019
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