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As 2018 comes to a close, IAFN would like to wish its members, partners and other industry professionals a safe and happy holiday season. As we reflect on the past year for the industry, we would like to provide the readers of the Forensic Nurses News a look at the most accessed articles from the year. Our regular publication will resume Thursday, Jan. 3.
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Newsweek
From July 12: A June study in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology found there’s a “wide range” of what constitutes a “normal” vulva — and no two female genitalia are exactly alike.
In an analysis of more than 650 women ages 15 to 84, Swiss researchers measured various genitalia, including the clitoris, labia majora and labia minora, and found that vulval appearance differed significantly woman to woman. While the average labia minora, or inner labia, was about an inch long, lengths varied from one-tenth of an inch to more than 3 inches.
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Kaiser Health News
From July 26: The woman arrived at the emergency department at Huntington Hospital on New York’s Long Island after she was hit by her boyfriend during an argument. Her situation raised concerns among the medical staff, which had recently been trained to be on the lookout for signs of sex trafficking.
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Tulane University via Medical Xpress
From Oct. 11: A new study led by an infectious disease epidemiologist at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine could change the way doctors treat a common sexually transmitted disease.
Professor Patricia Kissinger and a team of researchers found the recommended single dose of medication isn't enough to eliminate trichomoniasis, the most common curable STD, which can cause serious birth complications and make people more susceptible to HIV. Results of the research are published in Lancet Infectious Diseases.
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HealthLeaders Media
From June 14: The recent deaths of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain have thrust the issue of suicide into the spotlight. And for good reason. New numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that suicide rates are rising in every state, and in 2016 nearly 45,000 Americans age 10 or older died by suicide.
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Efficient Gov
From April 12: The most common date rape drug is legal, and sexual assault that involves it varies under individual state consent laws.
While government health and sexual violence awareness websites all tend to address Rohypnol, GHB and ketamine as the most common drugs behind sexual assault, many experts point to alcohol as the most common date rape drug.
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USA Today
From Sept. 13: The bone had been cleaned, cut, pulverized, chemically treated and incubated five times before it produced enough DNA for a positive identification.
The first two attempts were nonstarters.
Forensic scientists with the Bode Technology Group in Virginia, where New York City sent many unidentified human remains in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks on the World Trade Center, failed twice in 2002 to extract clear, liquid DNA that could generate a profile.
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The Joint Commission
From May 17: “I’ve been bitten, kicked, punched, pushed, pinched, shoved, scratched, and spat
upon,” says Lisa Tenney, RN, of the
Maryland Emergency Nurses Association. “I
have been bullied and called very ugly names. I’ve had my life, the life of my
unborn child, and of my other family members threatened, requiring security
escort to my car.”
Situations such as these describe some of the types of violence
directed
toward
healthcare workers. Workplace violence is not merely the heinous, violent events
that make the news; it is also the everyday occurrences, such as verbal abuse,
that are often overlooked.
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NPR
From Jan. 11: Pauline wants to tell her story — about that night in the basement, about the boys and about the abuse she wanted to stop.
But she's nervous. "Take a deep breath," she says out loud to herself. She takes a deep and audible breath. And then she tells the story of what happened on the night that turned her life upside down.
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A Plus
From Oct. 25: UN agencies called for the ban of "virginity testing" for women and girls across the globe in a joint statement on Wednesday. The offices for the World Health Organization, United Nations Women, and the United Nations Human Rights urged to end the practice globally, calling it "unscientific and a violation of human rights."
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Forbes
From June 21: An estimated one-third of people will suffer from stress or fear-related disorders at some point in their lifetime. Certain traumatic memories can stick with us and wreak havoc, causing chronic anxiety, depression, phobias and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). One of the most successful trauma treatments available is a behavioral therapy called "exposure therapy." A method that involves re-exposing the patient to traumatic stimulus in a controlled environment in an effort to break the association of fear or anxiety.
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