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New iPhone app will help conduct the largest LGBT health study ever

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With transgender celebrities gracing magazine covers and the Supreme Court set to rule on gay marriage across the U.S., the LGBT movement has come a long way. But we’re still far behind when it comes to addressing the health and wellness of LGBT people. </p><p>
To address that, medical researchers are launching a new “PRIDE Study” to shed some light on the unique health needs of LGBT folks—and they’re using iPhones to conduct it. A new ResearchKit app developed by the University of California at San Francisco will survey a wide range of LGBT folks about health issues like HIV/AIDS, smoking, cancer, obesity, mental issues and depression. </p><p>
“The main question there is, what is the relationship between being LGBTQ—or more broadly a sexual or gender minority person—and mental and physical health?” Mitchell Lunn, co-director of the PRIDE Study at UCSF, told BuzzFeed News (http://www.buzzfeed.com/stephaniemlee/a-big-lgbt-health-study-is-coming-to-the-iphone#.yoAgxRRa5).</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2940857/new-iphone-app-will-help-conduct-the-largest-lgbt-health-study-ever.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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