Once the diagnosis rolls in, so do the comments. You know the comments: the happy ones, the sad ones, the ones where you really have no safe response because you are not even sure what they just said, and the ones that make you feel guilty. Then there are the comments that make you want…
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In many medical situations, queer women are often disregarded or overlooked for very important cervical screenings that should be happening on a regular basis. If you are a person who has sex or intimate time with other women and are older than twenty-one, you should be being screened for cervical cancer yearly. Anyone who owns…
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If you are an LGBTQIA human, your doctors and medical care team should all be made aware. The conversation you will need to have can be brief and to the point, but if it is not had, you could be missing out on important and beneficial preventative care, treatments, or counseling you may qualify for.…
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Just what is a “flat topper”? This newly coined term describes the LGBTQIA person who had breasts, and for whatever reason or choice, has decided that they are more comfortable in life with a flat chest, or flat top. For many females, transgendered individuals, and gender non-conforming people, having breasts hinders their ability to self-identify…
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When working towards lowering your risk of cancer, protecting yourself and the people you care about is a must. The most common types of cancer to affect men in the United States are lung, prostate, colon, and skin cancer; with growing rates of testicular cancer throughout 2018. When cancers are detected and treated early, this…
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Sjogren’s Syndrome Overview Sjogren’s syndrome is a systemic autoimmune condition that affects the lacrimal and salivary glands, which results in any moist body membrane or tissue to become overly dry. This disease can be a primary illness, or secondary to another illness or rheumatic disease such as rheumatoid arthritis, systemic sclerosis, systemic lupus erythematosus, and…
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Androgen Deprivation Therapy, or ADT, is a therapy used to treat prostate cancer. Prostate cancer cannot thrive or grow without androgens, which include testosterone, follicle-stimulating hormones, and luteinizing hormones. This hormone therapy works to decrease the number of androgens within a male’s body, which thusly slows the growth of the cancer, and in some cases,…
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Pulmonary hypertension is a type of high blood pressure that affects the arteries in your lungs and the right side of the heart itself. Some forms of this disease are serious conditions that get progressively worse and can lead to death. Pulmonary hypertension causes the tiny arteries in your lungs called the pulmonary arterioles, and…
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