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Pride Month: Fostering Inclusivity Can Make Schools More Welcoming for LGBTQ Youth Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer (or questioning, also known as LGBTQ) youth face a mountain of challenges in the world. Bullying is one of them. It impacts one in five students ages 12-18 each year, but it’s […]

National PTSD Awareness Day Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an insidious condition. By producing nightmares, it can affect a person’s sleep. By producing flashbacks, it can interrupt a person’s waking hours by creating fear, depression, and anger. It can also lead to other conditions, such as alcohol or drug addiction. […]

Men’s Health Month: Common Health Problems and How to Treat Them June is Men’s Health Month, and it’s essential that men focus on becoming — and staying — healthy. The goal of taking a whole month to focus on the health of men is to encourage education that helps males […]

Men Increasingly at Risk of Suicide Suicide is the eighth leading cause of death for men — actually, tied for seventh with Alzheimer’s disease — according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), accounting for only 2.6% of deaths. Without taking gender into account, suicide is 10th. That […]

Gender dysmorphia is not an illness or defect but is a condition that some members of the LGBTQ community face.

Substance Abuse Is a Top Threat to Men’s Health June is Men’s Health Month, a time “to heighten the awareness of preventable health problems and encourage early detection and treatment of disease among men and boys,” according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (also known as the CDC). […]

Embrace the Benefits of Owning a Feline for Hug Your Cat Day Dogs might be called man’s best friend, but cats are no slouches in the companion department. So, in honor of National Hug Your Cat Day, here’s some appreciation for our feline friends. Besides being soft, fuzzy, and incapable […]

Pride Month: Support Groups That See All Colors of the Rainbow It’s no exaggeration to say there have been tensions between the LGBTQ community and the religious right. Westboro Baptist Church in Kansas was long known for picketing funerals of fallen U.S. soldiers, saying the deaths were punishment for America […]

Women’s Health Month: The Unique Challenges Women Face as They Age May is Women’s Health Month, and there is no better time to focus on your overall health if you’re a woman. Too often, ladies face a tremendous amount of stress but tend to ignore their own health needs. While […]