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(http://www.socialpsychology.org/client/redirect.php?from=rss_feed&id=183709&url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/canada-medically-assisted-dying-law-mental-illness-debate/) Canada's Struggle Over Medically Assisted Dying for Mental Illness
Nov 21st 2024, 10:40

Source: (https://www.cbsnews.com/health/) CBS News - HealthCanada legalized medical assistance in dying, known as MAID, in 2016. Since that time, there have been 44,958 medically assisted deaths in the country. MAID deaths now account for roughly 4% of overall deaths per year in Canada, with the average age of patients being 77, and the law was set to expand in 2023 to patients suffering solely from mental illness. Yet unresolved questions have led to a delay in the expansion.(https://www.socialpsychology.org/client/redirect.php?action=rssHomepage) 

(http://www.socialpsychology.org/client/redirect.php?from=rss_feed&id=183765&url=https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/11/241120193038.htm) Cannabis Disrupts Brain Activity in Young Adults Prone to Psychosis
Nov 21st 2024, 10:40

Source: (https://www.sciencedaily.com/) Science Daily - Top HealthYoung adults at risk of psychosis show reduced brain connectivity, a deficit that cannabis use appears to worsen, new research has found. In the first-of-its-kind study, researchers detected a marked decrease in synaptic density in individuals at risk of psychosis, compared to a healthy control group. The breakthrough, published in JAMA Psychiatry, paves the way for psychosis treatments targeting symptoms that current medications miss.(https://www.socialpsychology.org/client/redirect.php?action=rssHomepage) 

(http://www.socialpsychology.org/client/redirect.php?from=rss_feed&id=183747&url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2024/11/20/Transgender-Day-Remembrance-Rachel-Levine-GLAAD-Health-Department-Becerra/6641732128684/) U.S. Officials Mark Transgender Day of Remembrance
Nov 21st 2024, 10:40

Source: (http://www.upi.com/Health_News/) United Press International - Health NewsTop U.S. government officials took time to honor Transgender Day of Remembrance in the United States amid a sizable political shift pending in Washington that includes the addition of the first transgender person ever elected to Congress. On Wednesday, America's highest-ranking transgender government official said, "in a nation that prides itself on freedom, every individual deserves the right to live authentically and without fear."(https://www.socialpsychology.org/client/redirect.php?action=rssHomepage) 

(http://www.socialpsychology.org/client/redirect.php?from=rss_feed&id=183741&url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdxvpl5zw19o) Vatican Wades Into Fight at Climate Talks Over Gender Rights
Nov 21st 2024, 09:34

Source: (http://news.bbc.co.uk/) BBC News - Top HeadlinesThe Vatican has blocked discussions over women's rights at the U.N. climate summit following a debate over gay and transgender issues. Pope Francis' representatives have aligned with Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iran, and Egypt to obstruct a deal that would have provided more financial help to women at the forefront of climate change. Charities say the deal is crucial because women and girls comprise 80% of those displaced by climate change.(https://www.socialpsychology.org/client/redirect.php?action=rssHomepage) 

(http://www.socialpsychology.org/client/redirect.php?from=rss_feed&id=183736&url=https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2024/11/20/surgeon-general-us-smoking-rates-disparities/6971732111270/) U.S. Surgeon General: Smoking Rates Continue to Fall, But Not for Everyone
Nov 21st 2024, 09:34

Source: (http://www.upi.com/Health_News/) United Press International - Health NewsAlthough the United States has made significant headway in curbing cigarette smoking and secondhand smoke exposure, a new report finds deep divisions remain and they run along predictable fault lines. Disparities in tobacco use continue to persist by income and occupation, geography, education, race and ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, and mental health status, the new data from the U.S. surgeon general found.(https://www.socialpsychology.org/client/redirect.php?action=rssHomepage) 

(http://www.socialpsychology.org/client/redirect.php?from=rss_feed&id=183751&url=https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/11/241120121833.htm) War May Adversely Affect the Function of Children's DNA
Nov 21st 2024, 09:34

Source: (https://www.sciencedaily.com/) Science Daily - Top SocietyChildren living in war-torn countries not only suffer from poor mental health outcomes, but war may cause adverse biological changes at the DNA level, which could have lifelong health impacts, according to a ground-breaking study published in JAMA Psychiatry. In the first study of its kind, researchers collected saliva samples from 1,507 Syrian refugee children and found an epigenetic process that can turn genes on or off without changing the...(https://www.socialpsychology.org/client/redirect.php?action=rssHomepage) 

(http://www.socialpsychology.org/client/redirect.php?from=rss_feed&id=183744&url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2024/11/20/house-bathroom-polilcy/2851732128111/) Trans U.S. House Member Banned From Using Women's Bathroom
Nov 21st 2024, 08:21

Source: (http://www.upi.com/Health_News/) United Press International - Health NewsBathrooms on the House side of the U.S. Capitol and in the House Office Building can't be used based on gender identity, Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson announced on Wednesday. "All single-sex facilities in the Capitol and House Office Buildings, such as restrooms, changing rooms and locker rooms, are reserved for individuals of that biological sex," Johnson said in a prepared statement. "Women deserve women's-only spaces."(https://www.socialpsychology.org/client/redirect.php?action=rssHomepage) 

(http://www.socialpsychology.org/client/redirect.php?from=rss_feed&id=183710&url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy42vxd99po) Iran Releases Woman Detained for Undressing
Nov 21st 2024, 08:21

Source: (http://news.bbc.co.uk/) BBC News - Top HeadlinesAn Iranian woman will not face charges after she stripped to her underwear in an apparent anti-hijab protest at a university in Tehran, Iranian authorities say. Earlier in November, a video went viral on social media capturing the moment the woman, Ahoo Daryaei, undressed on a university campus before being forcibly detained. Her detention drew international condemnation, with Amnesty International among those calling for her immediate release.(https://www.socialpsychology.org/client/redirect.php?action=rssHomepage) 

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