Young Gay, Bisexual Men May Be at Higher Risk for Suicide, Study Finds

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Blacks may be two times more likely to be depressed and five times more likely to have attempted suicide than whites.

Young gay and bisexual men may be much more likely to attempt suicide or harm themselves than their older counterparts, and blacks are at greater risk than whites, British researchers report.

May Is Hepatitis Awareness Month

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People born 1945-65 are at greater risk for Hepatitis C than those born before or after

Each May, many partners across the federal government, including the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and its agencies, join with numerous non-federal and community allies to raise awareness of viral hepatitis during Hepatitis Awareness Month. The month-long observance includes national Hepatitis Testing Day on May 19th. These represent important opportunities to promote hepatitis testing and improve outcomes for the estimated 3.4 million to 5.3 million people living with viral hepatitis in the U.S., many of whom do not know they are infected. Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection can lead to serious liver disease, liver cancer, and death if undiagnosed and untreated.

Obamacare Expanding Coverage for the Poor, Study Finds

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Obamacare has led to improvements in health for low income Americans

State Medicaid expansions under Obamacare have improved low-income Americans' insurance coverage, increased their doctor visits and enhanced detection of chronic health conditions, which could lead to improvements in health, a new study suggests.

Thousands Leave Maryland Prisons With Risky Health Problems But No Coverage

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Stacey McHoul said she ran out of psychiatric medicine a few days after leaving jail last year and soon relapsed in a heroin habit.

Stacey McHoul left jail last summer with a history of heroin use and depression and only a few days of medicine to treat them. When the pills ran out she started thinking about hurting herself.
"Once the meds start coming out of my system, in the past, it's always caused me to relapse," she said. "I start self-medicating and trying to stop the crazy thoughts in my head."

In This Issue

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I don't know about you, but I've been enjoying CNN's documentary series The Eighties that's been airing on Thursday nights at 9:00 Eastern/Pacific. Next week's episode will be about the AIDS epidemic. I urge you to set your DVRs and watch it—not only because it's a big deal that a major network has dedicated an hour to HIV/AIDS, but also because we must never forget what the epidemic during the 1980s was really like, even though we have made tremendous progress.