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Ohio House passes bill blocking gender-affirming care and trans athletes

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: Megan Henry; June 23, 2023; Hits: 559

Tags: trans athletes, House Bill 68 [HB 68], gender-affirming care, sexuality content, HB 8 ["Enact the Parents' Bill of Rights"]

Parasitic infections hit the health of low-income black communities where states have neglected sewage systems

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: Guest Author; May 22, 2023; Hits: 468

Tags: health inequities, environmental justice, intestinal infections

Excess black COVID deaths

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: Wornie Reed; June 16, 2023; Hits: 335

Tags: Ronald Reagan, racial health disparities, minority health, excess deaths

Health inequity alive and well in Ohio

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: Rob Moore; May 21, 2023; Hits: 326

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Tags: health equity, Health Policy Institute of Ohio [HPIO]

Bill banning trans athletes added to bill to limit health care for Ohio LGBTQ youth

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: Megan Henry; June 15, 2023; Hits: 313

Ohio House committee passes combined measure

Tags: LGBT+ youth, Ohio House Public Health Policy Committee

How diet may affect dementia risk

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: Cleveland Clinic News Service; May 20, 2023; Hits: 337

User Rating: 5 / 5

A neurologist weighs in on what foods may increase your dementia risk and offers some healthy habits for your brain health overall

Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, dementia, diet

Ohio suicides increased in 2021, according to new Ohio Department of Health report

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: Megan Henry; June 05, 2023; Hits: 319

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The number of suicide deaths in Ohio increased 8% to 1,766 deaths from 2020 to 2021 — meaning five Ohioans die by suicide every day

Tags: mental health, suicide, 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

Importance of routine checkups for women

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: Cleveland Clinic News Service; May 19, 2023; Hits: 862

It is National Women's Health Week. A gynecologist explains why routine checkups are so important

Tags: National Women's Health Week, routine checkups

More than 200 people submit opponent testimony against bill to limit health care for LGBTQ youth

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: Megan Henry; May 25, 2023; Hits: 388

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Rep. Gary Click, R-Vickery, reintroduced House Bill 68 in February after a previous bill that would ban doctors from performing sex reassignment surgery on minors failed to pass last year.

Tags: mental health, Save Adolescents from Experimentation Act [SAFE Act], House Bill 68 [HB 68], State Rep. Gary Click Jr., LGBT+ youth, gender dysphoria

Commission on Minority Health asks for more supports to fight disparities

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: Susan Tebben; May 04, 2023; Hits: 316

Tags: health disparities, OHio Commission on Minority Health, Angela Dawson

Balance declines with age, but exercise can help stave off some of the risk of falling

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: Guest Author; May 23, 2023; Hits: 1652

User Rating: 5 / 5

By Evan Papa

Tags: diet, exercise, aging process, biological age, gerontology

Chicago’s Blacks in Green gets a major boost from a $10 million EPA grant

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: Guest Author; April 22, 2023; Hits: 1013

The organization is one of 17 entities selected last week to help environmental justice communities tap into federal climate funds.

By Audrey Henderson

Tags: US Environmental Protection Agency [US EPA], Black Environmental Leaders, environmental racism, environmental justice, Blacks in Green, Naomi Davis, Environmental Health Watch [EHW]

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Ohio House passes bill blocking gender-affirming care and trans athletes

Parasitic infections hit the health of low-income black communities where states have neglected sewage systems

Excess black COVID deaths

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Bill banning trans athletes added to bill to limit health care for Ohio LGBTQ youth

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