ALLMedicine™ LGBTQ Center

Aug 3rd, 2021 - This research investigates how school professionals, as institutional actors, influence school climates experienced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning (LGBTQ) youth. Although research links institutional characteristics ...

Aug 3rd, 2021 - The isolating public health measures mandated during the COVID-19 pandemic had complex influences on the lives and body image of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer individuals (LGBTQ+) in Canada. The aim of this study was to explore the impa...

Aug 2nd, 2021 - There has been growing attention to addressing the health inequalities and concerns of LGBTQ+ people, with research evidence highlighting areas requiring further attention and development. The distinct concerns of LGBTQ+ people when accessing midw...

Jul 31st, 2021 - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning (LGBTQ) youth have increased health risks, exacerbated by discrimination and lack of provider training. Currently, no graduate medical education requirements address the need for LGBTQ health ...

Jul 30th, 2021 - The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted LGBTQ+ communities. Many disparities mirror those of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. These health inequities have repeated throughout history due to the structural oppression of LGBTQ+ people. We aim to...

Jan 2nd, 2020 - PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To adapt the internal algorithms of the scheduled reduced smoking approach in Computer Assisted Stop Smoking Intervention for the World Wide Web (WebCASSI) into a smartphone application (app): Quitting Schedule. II. Once the...

Sep 23rd, 2019 - Patients with cancer suffer many devastating side effects; one that is understudied but vital to quality of life is the effect of cancer and its treatments on patients' sexual functioning and satisfaction. The long-term goal of this work is to imp...

Aug 22nd, 2018 - The purpose of this research study is to conduct a pilot randomized controlled trial of a game-based intervention is able to increase help-seeking-related knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors, reduce health risk factors/behaviors, and increase resi...

Aug 14th, 2018 - Depressive symptoms and disorders are among the most common adult health conditions and are a leading cause of disability /morbidity worldwide. Although evidence-based approaches such as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), antidepressant medicatio...

Apr 13th, 2016 - This project aims to develop performance ethnography approaches to reduce stigma towards lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) persons in Swaziland and Lesotho by holding performance ethnography at community roundtables in Swaziland and Le...

Jul 8th, 2021 - Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. After the pandemic's deadly first peak in April 2020, it became clear that Sweden's quest to protect its elderly had failed. My home country had b...

Jun 2nd, 2021 - Florida's Republican governor signed a bill Tuesday barring transgender females from playing on public school teams intended for student athletes born as girls, plunging the state into the national culture war over transgender rights. "In Florida,...

May 11th, 2021 - The Biden administration is reversing a Trump-era policy that allowed healthcare providers to bar services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer (LGBTQ) patients. The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) gave notice on Monda...

May 11th, 2021 - More than 11 million individuals in the United States identify as LGBTQ+, and data show that this population has a shorter life expectancy and increased rates of suicide, violence, and cardiovascular disease, according to Keshav Khanijow, MD, of N...

May 3rd, 2021 - Dermatologists cautioned colleagues to be aware of special hazards facing the LGBTQ community: A higher risk of skin cancer among gay men, possibly because of excess ultraviolet exposure, and acne in transgender people, who are especially vulnerab...