Denial cancer risk

A law graduate who says the hormones he took as part of a female-to-male sex change have put him at heightened risk of ovarian and uterine cancer is suing the state of Oregon for refusing to cover a hysterectomy that his doctor says is medically necessary. … [Read more...] about Transgender Law Grad Sues Oregon Over Hysterectomy Coverage Denial, Alleges Discrimination

Tomsha now runs a nonprofit called the Perfectly Flawed Foundation, which helps kids whose parents have died of drug addiction. It raises money to expose kids to art, music, yoga and other activities where they can find happiness outside of substance use, to “break the cycle,” said Tomsha, who has an 8-year-old son. … [Read more...] about Holes in federal law to protect insurance coverage put mentally ill at risk, advocates say

In spite of my limited exposure to these types of disputes, the comparison that kept creeping into my mind was that of criminal defendants cooperating with authorities. The similarities are definitely there. In both circumstances, you have an individual with a lot to gain and plenty to lose (relatively speaking). Both situations require someone willing to maintain a high level of secrecy in regards to their activities. Both situations require that individual to risk a high level of danger—whether physical or economical— in order to achieve the desired goal. … [Read more...] about CBS series might not satisfy ‘true crime’ cravers, but still shows risks taken by whistleblowers

The extension of a handful of relatively popular and less controversial business and individual extenders such as the R&D credit and bonus depreciation is more assured. House Republicans, as part of a “tax-reform-lite” effort, have passed several bills making select provisions such as these permanent. For clean energy advocates, they have to cling to the more popular parts of the overall package and make sure their provisions are not trimmed away when Congress eventually takes it up. The business community, which wants many of the non-energy provisions in the EXPIRE Act extended, also must be much more vocal if the bill is to rise to the front of the agenda. … [Read more...] about Energy, Climate Change & Environmental Legislative Update-August 25, 2014

In a 2011 study, participants were assessed on how they responded to three distinct climate change message frames: 1) a traditional environmental frame, 2) a national security frame and 3) a health frame.[xvi] The first frame emphasizes the risk to various ecosystems, the second frame emphasizes the threat to U.S. national security and the third emphasizes the risk to human health. The participants in the study were divided into six categories termed “Global Warming’s Six Americas.” This information was based off an earlier study that found that American climate change perceptions can be divided into 6 distinct categories running along a continuum. The six categories were the alarmed (18%), the concerned (33%), the cautious (19%), the disengaged (12%), the doubtful (11%) and the dismissive (7%). The alarmed were engaged in the issue and felt and were looking for ways to be proactive on the issue, while the dismissive deny the existence of climate change and are … [Read more...] about Reframing Climate Change: A Public Health-based Climate Change Framework