Background The agony and economic strain of cancer and HIV/AIDS therapies severely
impact patients' psychological wellbeing. Meanwhile, sexual minorities experience …

Background: Mental health and HIV disparities are well documented among sexual
minorities, but there is a dearth of research on other chronic conditions. Cardiovascular …

Background Alcohol consumption is more prevalent among sexual minorities than among
heterosexuals; however, differences between minority sexual orientation groups are …

Background Over the past 20 years, a growing literature has demonstrated that sexual
minority women have greater weight than heterosexual women, prompting concern that they …

Purpose: Investigate sexual orientation differences in cardiovascular disease risk and
cardiovascular disease. Design: Cross-sectional. Setting: The 2014 to 2016 Behavioral Risk …

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to provide a systematic review and, where possible,
meta-analysis on the prevalence of physical health conditions in sexual minority men (SMM …

Purpose: This study aimed to compare the prevalence of self-reported diabetes and
diabetes risk factors among adult sexual minority and heterosexual populations in the …

Purpose: Despite higher rates of modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) in
gay and bisexual men, few studies have examined sexual orientation differences in CVD …

Background It has been demonstrated that health disparities between lesbian, gay, bisexual
and queer (LGBQ) populations and the general population can be improved by disclosure of …

Objective Sexual minority women (lesbian and bisexual) experience significant stigma,
which may increase their cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. The purpose of this study was …