The Transgender Suicide Crisis + Tai Chi Benefits for Aging Adults - The Doctor Weighs In
Patricia Salber, MD, MBA
Founder, CEO, Editor-in-Chief of The Doctor Weighs In, Inc., a leading online health & wellness information platform | LinkedIn Top Voices in Healthcare 2017 & 2018 | Thought leader, influencer, senior advisor, executive
Transgender Suicide is a Public Health Crisis
46% of trans men and 42% of trans women have attempted suicide, a public health crisis for the estimated 150,000 trans teens and 1.4 million trans adults. Read more ?
Why Every Aging Adult Should Learn the Discipline of Tai Chi
The statistics are eye-opening. Each year, millions of Americans, age 65 or older, with 1 of 5 fall-related injuries account for 800,000 hospitalizations each year. There exists meaningful evidence that the discipline of Tai Chi may reduce the risk of falling. Read more ?
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Trained service dogs can be the link between a child with autism and the world around them. Instead of stares and mutters, a service dog can alert the public that this child is a little different. Read more ?
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The Failure of Healthcare Public Policy in the U.S.
Nearly 40% of Americans who live below the poverty line avoid going to the doctor because of the cost of medical treatment. We must do better than this. Read more ?
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I feel suicide is not easy task to implement. The mind is the source to get a thought. It may change time to time. The vexation of life reaches climax only to do alternative to lead further decision.
Security Specialist
7 年People kill themselves because they believe a lie/lies. Transgenderism is pathological delusion and must be discredited and resisted, not enabled and encouraged. Trannies off themselves at the same rate whether they are supported or not, so the true burden of dropping their psychosis is on them -- there's no legitimate burden on society to coddle them and pretend along with them. Neither do we participate in anorexics' and bulimics' delusions that they are obese.
Contractors-Travelers-Professional Search
7 年you have mentally disturbed people - no surprise about suicides
Certified Medical asst. at Palm Beach Brain and Spine
7 年Very sad