ALLMedicine™ Sexual Assault Center

Aug 1st, 2021 - Sexual violence continues to plague college campuses even with the implementation of bystander intervention programs. Previous research has demonstrated that diminished situational risk recognition increases the risk for sexual assault victimizati...

Jul 30th, 2021 - Interpersonal violence (IPV) is highly prevalent in the United States and is a major public health problem. The emergence and/or worsening of chronic pain are known sequelae of IPV; however, not all those who experience IPV develop chronic pain. T...

Jul 23rd, 2021 - College women with sexual assault histories report greater heavy drinking relative to those without histories of assault. Moreover, individuals with sexual assault histories often have difficulty regulating emotions and tolerating distress, which ...

Jul 22nd, 2021 - Using an intersectional framework, we assessed how gender stereotypes applied to women with different race and class identities who experienced gender-based mistreatment. Thematic content analysis of 238 responses to a woman in a vignette, who var...

Jul 22nd, 2021 - The aim of this article is to explore the interplay between poly-victimization and sexual assault against women in late life (SAWLL) according to the life-course perspective. Two themes emerged from qualitative interviews with 18 experienced welfa...

Feb 23rd, 2018 - Sexual assault is a complex situation with medical, psychological, and legal aspects. Forensic experts play a major role in terms of forensic and gynecological medical examination and evidence collection in order to maintain the chain of custody. ...

Jun 24th, 2017 - Emergency contraception refers to contraceptive methods used to prevent pregnancy in the first few days after unprotected intercourse, sexual assault, or contraceptive failure. Although the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first dedi...

May 15th, 2015 - The 2014 World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines for postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) developed recommendations for PEP irrespective of exposure source in recognition of the need to simplify eligibility assessment and prescribing practices. Tradi...

Mar 9th, 2010 - To review the evidence and provide guidelines on the management of sexual violence against women, specifically, rape. Outcomes evaluated include effectiveness of post-rape care provision. The MEDLINE database was searched for articles published up...

Sep 20th, 2008 - Serologic testing for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) is the primary way to identify persons with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. Testing has been recommended previously for pregnant women, infants born to HBsAg-positive mothers, ho...

Mar 25th, 2020 - Gammahydroxybutyrate (GHB) causes severe poisoning that requires emergency medical and hospital care. In addition, it is used as an anesthetic for planned sexual assault. Laboratory analyses will help assess whether today's clinical diagnostics of...

Mar 10th, 2020 - Substance use disorder (SUD) is the second most common psychiatric diagnosis in the U.S. population. Transition-age youth (TAY) from ages 18-25 are especially vulnerable to substance use and SUD. This time period represents a distinct stage separa...

Jan 18th, 2020 - Violence against women is a major public health threat that carries significant consequences for women's health. Moreover, women experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV) and sexual assault (SA) are more likely than non-abused women to seek cer...

Dec 12th, 2019 - This study involves developing, modifying, and preliminarily testing an intervention to prevent high-risk drinking and PTSD in women who have experienced sexual assault (SA) in the past 8 weeks. The intervention will be developed using user-center...

Nov 27th, 2019 - Sexual assault of college women is a serious and complex public health problem: one in five college women report being sexually assaulted. The purpose of this study is to conduct a randomized controlled trial study with 750 female college students...

Jun 14th, 2021 - Editor's note, 14 June 2021: This article was updated with a comment from North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust. The British Medical Association (BMA) said it would support legal action being taken by the widow of a consultant anaesthetis...

Jun 5th, 2021 - (Reuters Health) - While patients who have been sexually assaulted often welcome the post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) medications offered in the emergency room, infectious disease clinic follow-up and documented completion of PEP tend to be low, a ...

Apr 29th, 2021 - Last month, the University of Southern California (USC) reached an $852 million settlement with more than 700 women who accused ex-gynecologist George Tyndall of sexually abusing them while they were his patients, and who accused the school of try...

Apr 29th, 2021 - ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Cases of domestic violence against Indigenous women and children and instances of sexual assault increased over the past year as nonprofit groups and social workers scrambled to meet the added challenges that stemmed from ...

Mar 23rd, 2021 - El-fellani A. Mohammed, 65, an endocrinologist in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, has been charged with sexual offenses in his practice involving three females, two of them under the age of 16, according to a Regina Police Service news release. The ...