Practical for Your Practice is entering its sixth season, and this is a great time for us to reflect on who’s got our six. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about who I have relied on in times of difficulty or challenge, or even in those pivotal moments in my career. So many people have helped and supported me both in my personal and professional life. It was difficult to choose just one to share in this episode.
3,853
The number of "active duty and activated National Guard or Reserve service members (who) received a documented diagnosis corresponding to gender dysphoria from January 2015 to August 2022," according to a study published in the journal BMC Health Services Research, Oscillating US Department of Defense policies and medical record documentation of gender dysphoria in service members: An observational time-series analysis.
The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, and useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
2.5x
Factor by which veterans who identify as LGBTQ experience food insecurity as opposed to heterosexual veterans, according to a study published by JAMA Network Open -- Food Insecurity Among LGBQ+ Veterans.
225,000
The approximate number of new recruits who joined the U.S. Military in FY 2024, according to a press release from the Department of Defense, which indicated that this was about 25,000 more new recruits than the previous year.