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Mashup Score: 2The Importance of Zero HIV Stigma Day - 10 month(s) ago
Commemorated on July 21, this new awareness day seeks to motivate folks to fight HIV stigma all throughout the year.
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Mashup Score: 2Nicky Campbell - Fat chance? Are weight loss injections the answer to tackling obesity? - BBC Sounds - 11 month(s) ago
Nicky Campbell takes your calls on the day’s talking points.
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Mashup Score: 0Challenging diabetes stigma starts and ends with all of us - 1 year(s) ago
There is an entrenched, inaccurate, and overly simplistic, societal view that diabetes is caused by a failure of personal responsibility.1 This negative social judgement, known as diabetes stigma, can lead to perceived or experienced blame, stereotyping, rejection, exclusion, or discrimination (figure). In 2011, the International Diabetes Federation called for global action to challenge social…
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Despite affecting nearly 10% of the population, irritable bowel syndrome remains highly stigmatized. During IBS Awareness Month, a gastrointestinal disease advocacy group has launched the #YouandIBS campaign to confront this stigma head on. Although IBS is one of the most common gastrointestinal disorders in the world, it remains a source of shame for many patients, who often go undiagnosed
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Mashup Score: 0CRC Awareness Roundup: Lower screening age, effort to break stigma in Black community - 1 year(s) ago
For the entirety of March, the gastroenterology community has celebrated National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month to encourage individuals to learn more about the highly preventable cancer and to increase screening. Thus far in 2023, there have been major shifts in CRC screening, beginning with CMS lowering the minimum age for screening to 45 under Medicaid Part B and research found artificial
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Mashup Score: 0Let's talk about obesity - 1 year(s) ago
Obesity is a topic frequently discussed and debated in news, social media, and popular culture. From reports linking obesity to various social factors to endless articles and posts promoting weight loss, stigma around obesity and felt by people with obesity can be extensive.
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Mashup Score: 0Women's perceptions of weight stigma and experiences of weight-neutral treatment for binge eating disorder: a qualitative study - 1 year(s) ago
Weight-neutral treatment may improve psychological and behavioral outcomes regarding binge eating, and longitudinal, quantitative research is warranted. These findings are useful to decrease weight stigma in provider–patient interactions.
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Mashup Score: 0Let's talk about obesity - 1 year(s) ago
Obesity is a topic frequently discussed and debated in news, social media, and popular culture. From reports linking obesity to various social factors to endless articles and posts promoting weight loss, stigma around obesity and felt by people with obesity can be extensive.
Categories: Endocrinology, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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IAS and Gilead Sciences partnered in 2022 to expand the seed grant being annually offered by Me and My Healthcare Provider.
Source: Healthcare Asia MagazineCategories: HIV/AIDS, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 5Rossella Nappi: taking the stigma out of menopause - 1 year(s) ago
A few years ago, Rossella Nappi was scheduled to speak at a conference for obstetricians and gynaecologists. “A lot of people were waiting and I was in a rush, as usual”, recalled Nappi, who is professor of obstetrics and gynaecology at the University of Pavia (Pavia, Lombardy, Italy) and chief of reproductive medicine at the IRCCS San Matteo Foundation in the same city. The day of the conference…
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