Obstetrics & gynaecology
UK abortion clinic targeted by US religious group
(AP) -- One of Britain's main abortion providers says a campaign run by a U.S.-based religious group is intimidating women who use its services.
Mar 14, 2012
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HIV & AIDS
Battling AIDS stigma in Morocco's religious heartlands
"I don't have anything," said Asmaa with a sigh as she stepped out of the mobile clinic offering free AIDS tests in Sale, a conservative city in Morocco where the veiled young woman lives.
Mar 16, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dealing with grief in the time of COVID
(HealthDay)—That feeling that many people are collectively experiencing right now? It's grief.
Sep 21, 2021
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Health
Many US women don't realize they're seeking reproductive care at Catholic hospitals
More than one-third of women who go to a Catholic hospital for reproductive care aren't aware they're seeking obstetrical and gynecological care at a facility that may have limited health care options due to its religious ...
Jun 5, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
In rural America, religious attendance reduces compassion regarding opioids
Estimates suggest that 1.7 million people in the United States suffer from opioid-related substance abuse disorders and approximately 50,000 people die each year from an opioid-related overdose. The opioid epidemic is a widespread ...
Aug 9, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Psychological common ground could ease tensions among those with different religious beliefs
A University of Missouri study found that thoughts of death increased atheists, Christians, Muslims and agnostics conviction in their own world views. For example, contrary to the wartime aphorism that there are no atheists ...
Jan 7, 2013
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Profiling abortions in low- and middle-income countries
Multiple factors including a women's age, marriage status, education and how many living children she has are associated with pregnancy termination in low- and middle-income countries, according to a new study published this ...
Feb 28, 2023
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Vaccination
Hard-hit by COVID, Israel's ultra-Orthodox slow to get shots
Yossi Levy has repeatedly booked and canceled his coronavirus vaccine appointment. The 45-year-old ultra-Orthodox Jew recovered from the virus earlier this year, as have his eight children and wife. But a combination of lethargy ...
Dec 28, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Filmmaker David Lynch touts meditation for PTSD
Veteran filmmaker David Lynch says US authorities should use more transcendental meditation to help soldiers returning from Afghanistan with post-traumatic stress disorder.
Apr 12, 2013
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Understanding social media discussions about female genital mutilation
Conversations on social media about female genital mutilation (FGM) have not changed dramatically over the five years to 2020, according to an analysis of English Twitter data, though there was a shift from raising awareness ...
Jul 25, 2023
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