Health

In Beverly Hills, the Men’s Room to discuss “Gay Sexuality Over 40”

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- “Gay Sexuality Over 40” is the topic of the next monthly meeting of The Men’s Room at the Institute for Sexual Health.

The free lecture will be from 3 to 5 pm Sunday, Sept. 23, at the institute, located at 400 S. Beverly Drive, Suite 316, in Beverly Hills.

The focus will be on gay sexuality and aging, including how sexuality evolves for gay men over time and some of the challenges and gifts that are experienced at different stages of life. The platform gives voice to the experience of gay sexuality beyond young adulthood.

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White House sending two high-level people to GLMA's annual gathering

SAN FRANCISCO -- The White House will be well-represented as the GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBT Equality will hold its annual conference in San Francisco from Wednesday through Sunday, Sept. 19 to 23.

At the conference, LGBT and ally health professionals will attend workshops and plenary sessions on a wide range of health and healthcare issues affecting the LGBT community, and will have the unique opportunity to network with fellow professionals from across the United States and other parts of the world.

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Look Better Naked: From your skin to your bones

Want to be wrinkle free and fabulous in your 30s, 40s, 50s and beyond? It starts now!

Taking care of your skin

Protect your skin with a full-spectrum (UVA/UVB- blocking) sunscreen applied daily. If your skin is acne-prone, look for an oil-free zinc oxide sunscreen, as zinc is anti-bacterial and can help prevent a breakout.

Our skin is our largest organ and it can absorb what is applied such as lotions, perfumes and cosmetics. As doctors we use skin to deliver medications such as testosterone, so that is an indication of how great our skin absorbs topical applications.

The Center seeks responses to LGBT health survey

SAN DIEGO -- The San Diego LGBT Community Center is conducting a survey to learn more about the personal barriers that members of the LGBT community experience when trying to access healthcare services.

Information obtained from the survey will be used to develop a health self-advocacy program at The Center.

Those who live in San Diego County and self-identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or with a sexual orientation and/or gender identity other than heterosexual, are encouraged to take the short survey to help The Center better understand the community's healthcare needs.

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BREAKING NEWS: U.S. Supreme Court upholds health insurance law

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court this morning upheld President Barack Obama’s health care reform law, saying that the insurance mandate is unconstitutional but can survive because it falls under Congress' power as a taxing authority.

This means that the nation's high court says that Congress can tax people for not having health insurance.

This historic decision is a huge victory for President Obama and the Democrats, and will go down as one of the President's legacies.

The decision affects millions of people in California and around the nation, including many LGBT Americans.

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Scott Herman's Getting Fit: Take the Athlete Challenge | VIDEO

The SHF Athlete Challenge is all about pushing yourself to that next level of fitness with some great prizes to win along the way!

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WHO, Pan American Health Organization strongly denounce "ex-gay" therapy

WASHINGTON -- Services that purport to "cure" people with non-heterosexual sexual orientation lack medical justification and represent a serious threat to the health and well-being of affected people, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said in a position statement launched on May 17, the International Day against Homophobia.

PAHO is a regional office of the World Health Organization.

The statement calls on governments, academic institutions, professional associations and the media to expose these practices and to promote respect for diversity.

HRC observes National LGBT Health Awareness Week coast to coast

WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign Foundation, the educational arm of the HRC, is commemorating National LGBT Health Awareness Week this week (March 26-30) with a series of events from coast to coast designed to promote LGBT health and bring awareness to the unique healthcare needs of the LGBT community. 

White House creates a watershed moment for LGBT Health

(Editor's note: This commentary was originally published on HuffPost Gay Voices, a content-sharing partner of SDGLN.)

In the mid 90s, when my mentor, Dr. Judy Bradford, tried to urge me into the LGBT health field, I asked her, "But what's different about our health?" It still makes me chuckle to think of it. "Almost everything" is the answer.

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Older gay men’s mental health jeopardized by sexual minority stress, study finds

LOS ANGELES -- Sexual minority stress, along with aging-related stress, jeopardizes the mental health of midlife and older gay men, according to a new study published by the American Journal of Public Health.

In the study, sexual minority stress included the men’s perceptions that they needed to conceal their sexual orientation or that others were uncomfortable with or avoided them because of their sexual orientation.

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