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Pride Month 2022: Article collections on health and wellbeing in the LGBT+ community

Frontiers

Pride month 2022’s theme is celebrating 50 years of Pride with a focus on acknowledging the many positive achievements of the LGBT+ movement. We are proud to showcase the top closed and open article collections on improving the health and wellbeing of LGBT+ individuals. LGBT+ aging. Mental health. HIV prevention.

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In conversation with Professor Laura Haynes, Field Chief Editor for Frontiers in Aging

Frontiers

Professor Laura Haynes, Field Chief Editor for Frontiers in Aging. Frontiers in Aging is an open access journal dedicated to advancing our understanding of human aging and age-related diseases, ultimately leading to improvement in health spans. Here, Frontiers journal manager John Rushton asks Prof.

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Racism and Codeswitching Are Aging Our Brains

Black Health Matters

Racism is not just dangerous for your mental and emotional health; it can age your brain. A new study from the Journal of the American Medical Association found that “repeated exposure to racial discrimination has been associated with a greater incidence of brain health disorders.”

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Emerging solutions to the global increase in chronic kidney disease

Association of Health Care Journalists

Unlike chronic kidney disease with known causes such as diabetes, which increases in prevalence with age, this type of kidney disease is seen in younger and middle-aged adults and sometimes even children. Mortality has doubled over the past 20 years, sparking a public health exploration into the epidemic.

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The New Face of Cancer is Getter Younger and Younger

Black Health Matters

Increasingly, people under the age of 50 are being diagnosed with various forms of cancer. Today, a woman in her 30s faces a higher risk of being diagnosed with cancer compared to her grandmother at the same age, according to Scientific American. Taking Action This is a reminder that cancer doesn’t discriminate by age.

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Ozempic and Other Weight Loss Drugs Linked to 162 US Deaths

Mercola

4 What's particularly alarming is that 46,000 of these reports — nearly three-quarters of the total — occurred after 2022. These aren't just minor inconveniences; they're significant medical events that could have long-lasting impacts on your health. This coincides with the increased availability and marketing of these drugs.

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Resurgence of congenital syphilis signals ‘urgent need’ for testing, treatment

HEALTHBEAT

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free New York City newsletter here. Public health officials in New York are urgently promoting syphilis testing and treatment, alarmed that a preventable sexually transmitted infection once close to eradication has returned. We’ve seen a rise in adult syphilis since that time.”