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There is no “one-size-fits-all” approach to gender-affirming care, which may include hormone therapy, surgery, facial hair removal, speech therapy, behavioral changes, and changing personal pronouns.
Categories: Get Clinical
Tags: Student Magazine
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According to The National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA), an eating disorder is a serious but treatable mental and physical illness that is characterized by highly distressing beliefs and behaviors related to body shape and weight. Eating disorders do not discriminate and can affect people of all genders and ages.1 Nearly 1 in 10 people in the United States will have an eating disorder in their lifetime.
Categories: Advocacy
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The butterfly effect describes how each small action can have large and unpredictable effects as a part of the larger system that connects each fragment of our universe. You never know what the flap of a butterfly’s wings can lead to. The start to pursuing a career in pharmacy can be daunting and overflowing with the many different fields that student pharmacists can pursue. It’s tough to know which organizations to join or into which field to invest more time.
Categories: Leadership
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In March 2022 at the APhA Annual Meeting & Exposition in San Antonio, the APhA–ASP House of Delegates passed adopted New Business Item (NBI) 2022.1: Gender Expansive Rights, Education, and Advocacy. Within this adopted NBI, APhA–ASP encourages the improvement in care for gender-expansive patients by integrating gender-affirming therapy (GAT) into pharmacy school curriculum and supports the use of GAT in transgender and nonbinary (TNB) patients with an informed consent model.
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APhA–ASP is pleased to announce the winners of the 2022 Fall Membership Drive cash prize drawing.
Categories: Features