FDA Relaxes Blood Donation Rules for Gay and Bisexual Men
After decades of rejecting or discouraging men who have sex with men (MSM) from donating blood for fear of HIV transmission, the FDA issued final guidance on Thursday relaxing donor eligibility rules. Under the new recommendations, the FDA scrapped time-based deferrals and screening questions targeting MSM and instead call for individual risk-based questions to be […]
30 Relatable Tweets About Social Anxiety
For many people, it manifests in the form of paralyzing fear and self-doubt when faced with situations that require interaction with other humans. They might also experience intense rumination over past exchanges and even physical symptoms like sweating and labored breathing. Although social anxiety can feel isolating, the people of Twitter are there to remind […]
How Do I Stop Being a Hypochondriac?
What is health anxiety? A hypochondriac is someone who has a constant fear of illness or getting sick. Stop being a hypochondriac by using self-help and getting cognitive-behavioral therapy. Do you find yourself constantly worrying about your health? Do you spend a lot of time on the internet researching your symptoms, only to become more […]
White Coat Hypertension: Get Rid of White Coat Syndrome
White coat syndrome is caused by extreme fear and anxiety of hospital visits. Treating white coat hypertension typically involves the following lifestyle remedies. White coat syndrome occurs when a person’s blood pressure readings tend to be higher at the doctor’s office compared to home settings. This is often attributed to the anxiety that surrounds doctors […]
How landscapes of fear affect the songbirds in our backyards: New research suggests that fear is responsible for underweight nestlings
A team of researchers headquartered at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has recently discovered that fear plays an important, unrecognized role in the underdevelopment, and increased vulnerability, of backyard songbirds. Scientists have long known that urban songbirds face a host of increased challenges, from habitat loss to altered food sources and a larger population of […]
Survey Probes Barriers to Long-Acting Injectable PrEP for MSM
Fear of potential severe side effects may be the greatest barrier to long-acting injectable HIV prevention among men who have sex with men (MSM), followed by out-of-pocket costs, a researcher said. When examining relative importance of perceived barriers to long-acting injectable pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), perceived side effects was the most important, representing 52% of the […]