Light Therapy Shows Promise in Breaking Down Plaque Linked to Alzheimer’s
The new research shows how light and oxygen can break down the plaque that is thought to cause Alzheimer’s disease much in the way detergent breaks down dirt.
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11th Circuit Splits With Sister Courts on Gay-Conversion Bans
The 11th Circuit on Friday struck down bans on juvenile gay conversion therapy in South Florida, finding that therapists’ free speech rights trumped medical organizations’ consensus about the harms associated with trying to change teenagers’ sexual orientation.
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Opponent of Conversion-Therapy Ban Faces Uphill Battle at Fourth Circuit
An advocate for so-called gay conversion therapy could lose his challenge to Maryland’s ban on the practice because he lacks standing to sue, appellate judges indicated at a Fourth Circuit hearing Monday afternoon.
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Challenge to Gay Conversion Bans Hits 11th Circuit
The constitutionality of South Florida bans on juvenile gay conversion therapy is hanging in the balance in the 11th Circuit, where attorneys jousted Tuesday over whether the bans violate therapists’ free speech rights.
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A black high school senior sued the Troup County School System, its superintendent and the principal of LaGrange High School in federal court for expelling him for making a rap video, out of school, in the summer, and posting it on YouTube.
Read moreCalifornia High Court Weighs Value of Mandated Reporting Law
California has a compelling interest in stopping the proliferation of online pornography depicting child sexual abuse. But psychotherapists are testing the limits of that interest, arguing that a state law requiring them to report patients to the authorities if they divulge that they’ve viewed child pornography wrongly violates the core tenet of confidentiality.
Read moreNYC Moves to Repeal Ban on Gay Conversion Therapy
The highest-ranking member of the New York City Council introduced a bill Thursday to repeal the city’s own conversion therapy ban, in a political chess move he says will not restrict the rights of LGBTQ New Yorkers who live in the five boroughs.
Read moreTexas Legislature’s New Caucus Counts Its Small Victories
Texas state Rep. Celia Israel has introduced a bill to ban homosexual “conversion therapy” again and again in the Legislature, knowing it will be killed by a Republican majority. Though it died again this session, it was finally heard by a committee, a sign of growing clout of the new LGBTQ caucus.
Read morePolygraph Therapy Faces Scrutiny in Child Porn Case
After a critical hearing in New York, a spotlight is taking shape on the utility of “therapeutic polygraphs,” a treatment the U.S. probation system has used for decades on sex offenders.
Read moreEx-Professor Convicted of Raping Disabled Man Gets New Trial
A former Rutgers University professor convicted of raping a 29-year-old man with cerebral palsy on her office floor will get a new trial because she wasn’t allowed to present evidence that he consented to the relationship, New Jersey’s appeals court ruled Friday.
Read moreFather Demands Insurer Pay for Outdoor Therapy
A father claims Blue Cross Blue Shield’s blanket refusal to pay for his daughter’s therapy just because it took place at an outdoor wilderness program is discriminatory against people who suffer from mental health disorders.
Read moreFamily Therapists Win in Texas Supreme Court
The Texas Occupations Code permits licensed marriage and family therapists to diagnose a client’s emotional, mental and behavioral problems within their expertise, the state’s high court ruled, reversing a lower court.
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