Cardiovascular disease in transgendered people: A review of the literature and discussion of risk.

This review examines the impact of gender affirming hormone therapy used in the transgendered and non-binary populations on cardiovascular outcomes and surrogate markers of cardiovascular health. Current evidence suggests that hormonal therapy for transgendered women decreases or is neutral regarding myocardial infarction risk. There is an increased incidence of venous thromboembolism (VTE), but newer studies suggest that the risk is significantly lower than previously described. For transgendered men, there appears to be an adverse effect on lipid parameters but this does not translate into an increased risk of cardiovascular disease above that of general male population. In all transgendered people, risk factor interventions such as smoking cessation, weight management and treatment of co-morbid conditions are important in optimising cardiovascular health. The effect of gender affirming hormonal therapy in transgendered people is difficult to interpret due to the variety of hormone regimens used, the relative brevity of the periods of observation and the influence of confounding factors such as the historical use of less physiological, oestrogens such as conjugated equine oestrogen and ethinylestradiol which are more pro-thrombotic than the 17β oestradiol that is used in modern practice

Nostra Aetate Awards Ceremony and Lecture, October 20, 1998

On October 20,1998, the Center for Christian-Jewish Understanding honored His Eminence Jean-Marie Cardinal Lustiger and Chief Rabbi Rene-Samuel Sirat with the prestigious Nostra Aetate Award. Presenting the awards were Dr. Samuel Pisar and His Eminence John Cardinal O’Connor. The event took place at the Sutton Place Synagogue, New York City and was emceed by Mitchell Krauss, former CBS news correspondent. As part of the CCJU Awards Ceremony, Cardinal Lustiger and Chief Rabbi Sirat each delivered a paper, both of which, in addition to Dr. Pisar’s and Cardinal O’Connor’s comments, are published here

CCJU Perspective, Winter 1999

Highlights: The conference “Religion and Violence, Religion and Peace,” held in Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland on May 18-20,1998 was sponsored by the Center for Christian-Jewish Understanding [and other organizations] -- David L. Coppola, Ph.D. named Director of Conferences and Publications -- New SHU campus at Stamford -- The Challenge of Conflict Prevention, address given by Secretary General to the United Nations, Kofi Annan -- Iman W. Deen Mohammed and Cardinal Francis speak about religion, education, peace and social justice --CCJU Executive Summary of Conference at Auschwitz.https://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/ccju_perspective/1000/thumbnail.jp

CCJU Perspective, Spring 1999

Highlights: Nostra Aetate Awards Ceremony and Lecture -- Dr. Mary Boys Speaks -- Executive Summary of Nostra Aetate Lectures -- Then and Now: 10 Advances in Catholic-Jewish Understanding Since Nostra Aetate -- Declaration on the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions: Nostra Aetate -- Crosscurrents -- Book Reviews.https://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/ccju_perspective/1001/thumbnail.jp

CCJU Perspective, Fall 2001

Highlights: Annual Seminarians\u27 Institute -- Letters -- News and notes: Chief Rabbi of the Ukraine & the Pope pray at Babi Yar; Pope\u27s Mea Culpa one year later; Rabbi Leon Klenicki retires; Father John F. Hotchkin dies; Cardinal Cassidy retires; Congressional Medal of Honor for Cardinal O\u27Connor; Pope insists on end to Middle East violence; U.S. Bishops make appeal to Israelis and Palestinians; Statement by Cardinal William H. Keeler on the Catholic-Jewish Holocaust Scholars group; Islamic Conference told to stress education; Cardinal Ratzinger writes of a New Vision ; Jews revisit Jesus; Jews views on Christianity, a 1968 document; Dr. Coppola speaks to priests\u27 group; Rabbi Ehrenkranz returns to Canada -- Pope Pius XII and the Jews, [by] Rabbi David G. Dalin -- Academics: Holocaust survivor speaks at Sacred Heart University -- Nostra Aetate, December 5, 2000: Senator Joseph I. Lieberman -- Book reviews.https://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/ccju_perspective/1003/thumbnail.jp

CCJU Perspective, Fall 1999

Highlights: Fourth Annual Nostra Aetate Awards: The Unfinished Agenda -- CCJU Sets Conferences -- News and Notes: Cardinal O\u27Connor\u27s Letter; Holocaust Remembrance Day; B\u27Nai B\u27rith Makes Donation; Lecture at Seymour Hollander House; CCJU Book Release; Looking Towards the Future -- The Papal Forest -- Academics -- Catholics and Jews Confront the Holocaust and Each Other / by Eugene J. Fisher -- 1974 Guidelines and Suggestions for Implementing the Conciliar Declaration Nostra Aetate -- Crosscurrents.https://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/ccju_perspective/1002/thumbnail.jp

Wireless Power Hotspot that Charges All of Your Devices

Each year, consumers carry an increasing number of gadgets on their person: mobile phones, tablets, smartwatches, etc. As a result, users must remember to recharge each device, every day. Wireless charging promises to free users from this burden, allowing devices to remain permanently unplugged. Today's wireless charging, however, is either limited to a single device, or is highly cumbersome, requiring the user to remove all of her wearable and handheld gadgets and place them on a charging pad. This paper introduces MultiSpot, a new wireless charging technology that can charge multiple devices, even as the user is wearing them or carrying them in her pocket. A MultiSpot charger acts as an access point for wireless power. When a user enters the vicinity of the MultiSpot charger, all of her gadgets start to charge automatically. We have prototyped MultiSpot and evaluated it using off-the-shelf mobile phones, smartwatches, and tablets. Our results show that MultiSpot can charge 6 devices at distances of up to 50cm.National Science Foundation (U.S.

Religion, Violence and Peace: Continuing Conversations and Study Guide

Continuing the conversation that began with the 1999 volume, Religion and Violence, Religion and Peace, this thought-provoking collection of essays also offers a Study Guide that explores the questions of violence and peace faced by people of the Abrahamic faiths. The essays in this work were presented by Jewish, Christian and Muslim leaders and scholars at the 2003 conference, “Pathways to Peace in the Abrahamic Faiths,” sponsored by the Center for Christian-Jewish Understanding of Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut. Contributors include David L. Coppola, Rabbi Rene-Samuel Sirat, Adolphe Steg, Rabbi Rene Gutman, James G. Williams, Jean Dujardin, Azizah Al-Hibri, and Louay M. Safi.https://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/shupress_bks/1009/thumbnail.jp