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May 19, 2024
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Screen men, not women, for intimate partner violence

SAN FRANCISCO — To identify and prevent intimate partner violence, screening men for perpetration may be more useful than screening women for victimization, according to data presented at the ACOG Annual Clinical & Scientific Meeting.

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August 15, 2023
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Frequent recurrent headaches linked to bullying, suicidality in adolescents

Peer victimization and suicidality were associated with higher headache frequency in adolescents, while the association between headache and gender diversity weakened after controlling for other factors, according to research in Neurology.

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August 03, 2022
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Fraud victimization tied to elevated BP in older men

Older men without dementia who self-reported fraud victimization were more likely to experience significant increases in BP over time compared with men who did not report being victims of fraud, researchers reported.

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January 17, 2020
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Psychiatric patients significantly more likely to be perpetrators and victims of violence

Patients with psychiatric disorders are significantly more likely to be victimized by or perpetrators of violence than those without psychiatric disorders, according to findings of a nationwide cohort study published in JAMA Psychiatry.