Caring for the Older Transgender Adults: Social, Nursing, and Medical Challenges.

Aging is a challenging process for people with gender nonconformity. Indeed, the older transgender population faces several disparities in accessing and using health care and social support services. Furthermore, the clinical management of gender transition in later life is empirical since clear research evidence is lacking.

A brief analysis and hypotheses about the risk of COVID-19 for people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus.

COVID-19 is an infectious respiratory disease which firstly occurred in Wuhan, China and evolved rapidly around the globe. The causative pathogen is a novel coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2 with genomic similarities with SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV. The disease is transmitted among humans either through direct contact or via droplets from sneeze or cough.

Health status and access to health services of female prisoners in Greece: a cross-sectional survey.

Background: Self-reported health status of prisoners' population and access to health services during incarceration have not been adequately explored in Greece. The purpose of this study was to assess female prisoners' health status and access to healthcare in the Attica detention center "Korydallos".

Methods: A cross-sectional survey was carried out in 2014.