Open Minded Health

18/06/2018

Open Minded Health has been running for 7 years. Just let that sink in. For seven years I've been posting about gender and s*xual minority health. Sometimes I posted weekly, other times biweekly. All through medical school, personal illness and injury and tragedy. And Open Minded Health is still here. Some marriages don't survive medical school (mine did!). But Open Minded Health did. [ 384 more words ]

Open Minded Health has been running for 7 years. Just let that sink in. For seven years I’ve been posting about gender and s*xual minority health. Sometimes I posted weekly, other times biwee…

10/07/2017

This week's post is different from our usual. No exploration of health disparities, no risk-reducing tips. And no complicated studies. Instead, this week I wanted to take a moment and explore the bis*xual vs pans*xual definition debate. I will admit that like most posts, this one was inspired by an article. But this was an exploratory article looking at the definitions of pans*xual that were online, not a formal study that recruited participants. [ 1,186 more word ]

http://openmindedhealth.com/2017/07/bis*xual-pans*xual-opinion/

This week’s post is different from our usual. No exploration of health disparities, no risk-reducing tips. And no complicated studies. Instead, this week I wanted to take a moment and explore…

26/06/2017

All le***an, gay, and bis*xual (LGB)* people are not the same. I've long been an advocate that it's not "the LGB community", it's "the LGB communities". Even within just the le***an "community", there are subgroups. Everyone has different experiences, needs, and expectations. There is no one universal experience, and no monolithic community. The easiest example is gender nonconformity. Within le***an and female bis*xual communities, for example, there are women who dress and act more masculine ("butch") and women who dress and act more feminine ("femme"). [ 763 more words ]

http://openmindedhealth.com/2017/06/depression-lgb-gender-non-conformity/

All le***an, gay, and bis*xual (LGB)* people are not the same. I’ve long been an advocate that it’s not “the LGB community”, it’s “the LGB communities”. Ev…

12/06/2017

There are a lot of unknowns when it comes to hormone therapy for trans people. Which androgen is best for trans men? Are there long-term risks if they don't have their ovaries or te**es removed? And can we develop a way to give trans men testosterone that doesn't involve needles or creams? This week's paper tried to answer one question: What happens to trans men's uteruses with all that testosterone? [ 418 more words ]

http://openmindedhealth.com/2017/06/uterine-changes-trans-men/

There are a lot of unknowns when it comes to hormone therapy for trans people. Which androgen is best for trans men? Are there long-term risks if they don’t have their ovaries or te**es removed? And can we develop a way to give trans men testosterone that doesn’t involve needles or creams? This week...

29/05/2017

Medical transition for trans people has only been available in the United States since the 1970's. Because it's so new we only have limited data about long term risks and benefits. When I was first learning about trans health I was frustrated by the lack of data. Are trans women protected from heart attacks like cis women are? Do trans men have lower risk for osteoporosis like their cis men peers do? [ 834 more words ]

http://openmindedhealth.com/2017/05/1811/

Medical transition for trans people has only been available in the United States since the 1970’s. Because it’s so new we only have limited data about long term risks and benefits. When…

15/05/2017

The term inters*x is synonymous with differences/disorders of s*xual development (DSD). We are taught in grade school that men have XY chromosomes and have a p***s and testicles. Women are XX and have a va**na and uterus. And some go so far as to claim that those two s*xes are the only human s*xes. Well, they're wrong. People with DSDs or who are inters*x are those whose biological s*x is different in some way. [ 1,139 more word ]

http://openmindedhealth.com/2017/05/long-term-inters*x-wellness-article-review/

The term inters*x is synonymous with differences/disorders of s*xual development (DSD). We are taught in grade school that men have XY chromosomes and have a p***s and testicles. Women are XX and h…

08/05/2017

Can you spare 30 minutes a year to increase our knowledge of LGBTQ health? Do you identify as LGBTQ? If yes, then please check out The PRIDE Study! The PRIDE Study is a new longitudinal study by the t of California San Francisco. It is the first long-term study ever launched on LGBTQ health. Long time readers may remember when I wrote about the Institute of Medicine report on LGBT health. [ 129 more words ]

http://openmindedhealth.com/2017/05/signal-boost-pride-study/

Can you spare 30 minutes a year to increase our knowledge of LGBTQ health? Do you identify as LGBTQ? If yes, then please check out The PRIDE Study! The PRIDE Study is a new longitudinal study by th…

20/03/2017

The term "gender and s*xual minorities" isn't just s*xual orientation and gender identity. It also includes relationship structures, like non-monogamy, and s*xual practices. Perhaps the most common minority s*xual practice is B**M/kink. B**M stands for bo***ge, dominance, submission/sadism, and masochism. The terms B**M and kink are roughly interchangeable. For today's article I'll be using the term kink. Kink is an activity between consenting adults for the purpose of creating intense physical and/or psychological experiences. [ 936 more words ]

http://openmindedhealth.com/2017/03/kink-health-project/

The term “gender and s*xual minorities” isn’t just s*xual orientation and gender identity. It also includes relationship structures, like non-monogamy, and s*xual practices. Perha…

12/03/2017

By Bis*xual Resource Center

06/03/2017

Le***an, gay and bis*xual (LGB) high school students are at higher risk for su***de than their heteros*xual peers. The reasons are complex. The facts are simple. In the US in 2015, 29% of LGB youth report attempting su***de in the past year compared to 6% of their heteros*xual peers. LGB youth also have higher rates of depression, anxiety, and non-suicidal… [ 688 more words ]

http://openmindedhealth.com/2017/03/marriage-equality-reduces-youth-su***de/

Le***an, gay and bis*xual (LGB) high school students are at higher risk for su***de than their heteros*xual peers. The reasons are complex. The facts are simple. In the US in 2015, 29% of LGB youth…

20/02/2017

"Brain tumor" are two words that strike fear into most hearts. They conjure images of thin patients with heads shaved and large fresh scars on their heads, of rapid neurological deterioration, and of sick children. Not all brain tumors are the same, however. Some are aggressive malignant cancer. Those are the bad actors like medullablastoma. They grow and spread quickly, and are very difficult to treat. [ 513 more words ]

http://openmindedhealth.com/2017/02/meningioma-revisited-article-review/

“Brain tumor” are two words that strike fear into most hearts. They conjure images of thin patients with heads shaved and large fresh scars on their heads, of rapid neurological deterio…

09/01/2017

Most people today know that cigarette smoking is bad for you. The mantra is drilled into children in school. To***co causes COPD and the vast majority of cancers, especially lung cancers. It raises the risk for heart disease. Asthma, diabetes, and osteoporosis are made worse by to***co. And for pregnant women, to***co causes birth defects. Children exposed to to***co are more prone to asthma, ear infectious, and death by Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. [ 875 more words ]

http://openmindedhealth.com/2017/01/smoking-trends-2005-2015/

Most people today know that cigarette smoking is bad for you. The mantra is drilled into children in school. To***co causes COPD and the vast majority of cancers, especially lung cancers. It raises…