You Choose: Do More Work for Free or Be Labeled as a Bad Colleague Women in health, especially women of color, are paid less and asked to do more Mar 26, 2024
Do Your Patients Understand Their Written Discharge Instructions? All patients should have access to medical information in their native language Mar 26, 2024
Do Race, Sex Factor Into Who Has Donor Heart Offers Turned Down by Transplant Docs? Black people, men receive more offers before one is accepted Mar 25, 2024
Why Not Treat Patients the Same Way We Teach Medical Students? A case-base approach to problems in living and social determinants of health Mar 23, 2024
More Interns Recognize Harassment Years After #MeToo While sexual harassment rates are decreasing, more trainees are recognizing it, study finds Mar 22, 2024
In Heart Failure, Thinking Care Will Be Unaffordable May Mean Poorer Outcomes Distress over high cost of treatment in a Chinese study was linked to survival, quality of life Mar 21, 2024
California Wants to Pay Doctors More Money to See Medicaid Patients How much and who will get it will be determined later this year Mar 21, 2024
Women Physicians Still Paid Less Despite Wealth of Research on Gender Pay Gap There are more women physicians than ever, yet the gendered pay gap persists Mar 20, 2024
The 'Best We Have' Isn't Working for Endometriosis Patients Increased women's health research funding is long overdue Mar 19, 2024
Decision Aid Improved Understanding of Tubal Sterilization Web-based bilingual tool explained the permanence of tubal sterilization, as well as alternatives Mar 19, 2024
Biden Signs Executive Order to Boost Women's Health Research Says it's "the most comprehensive set of executive actions ever taken to improve women's health" Mar 18, 2024
EPA Imposes New Limit on Medical Sterilization Chemical, Citing Cancer Risk Rule would lower emission standards for ethylene oxide by 90%, agency says Mar 15, 2024
Is the U.S. Overcounting Maternal Deaths? New Study Stirs Controversy The CDC counters that the methods used in the new study "produce a substantial undercount" Mar 15, 2024
Oregon Measure 110 Wasn't a Failure. Rolling Back Drug Decriminalization Will Be. We can't arrest our way out of the overdose crisis Mar 14, 2024
Lawmakers Quibble Over Whether Telehealth Should Be Cheaper Than In-Person Visits Lawmakers, witnesses disagree on the answer at a House hearing on home healthcare Mar 13, 2024
HHS Aims to Lower Drug Costs, Fund Public Health Preparedness in Budget Proposal Another goal of FY 2025 budget is to protect reproductive healthcare, behavioral health workforce Mar 12, 2024
Commonly Used Fingertip Pulse Oximeters Not Up to Snuff Some failed to meet regulatory standards, skin pigmentation remains an issue Mar 11, 2024
Can Dying Shopping Malls Fix Medical Deserts? Repurposing malls can increase care access for marginalized communities Mar 10, 2024
Up in Smoke: What Happened to New Zealand's Tobacco Ban Plan? It appears the new government is making an embarrassing attempt to fend off a budget shortfall Mar 06, 2024
Emergency Surgery Rates Higher in Primary Care Shortage Areas, Study Suggests Retrospective study on Medicare patients shows disparities in serious complications, readmissions Mar 05, 2024
Indoor Pest Exposures Tied to Respiratory Issues in Kids With Asthma Mice, cockroach allergens associated with upper respiratory infections with reduced lung function Feb 29, 2024
In TNBC, Pathologic Complete Response May Vary by Race/Ethnicity Compared with white women, Black women less likely and Hispanic women more likely to achieve pCR Feb 27, 2024
AI in Healthcare: Navigating the Crossroads of Innovation and Equity Tech solutions should be aimed at boosting efficiency and care access Feb 27, 2024
NYC Medical School Goes Tuition-Free Thanks to $1 Billion Gift Move intended to attract a diverse pool of applicants who otherwise may not be able to attend Feb 26, 2024
Three Tools to Address Health Equity Data, communication and respect, and private-sector partnerships are key Feb 25, 2024
Idaho Sees Exodus of Obstetricians After Abortion Ban State lost 22% of its practicing obstetricians over a 15-month period Feb 23, 2024
What We Can Learn From the 2023 Lunar New Year Shootings Asian American and Pacific Islander communities should be included in future research Feb 23, 2024
USMLE Scores for Nepali Docs Will Remain Invalidated, Judge Rules District judge denied emergency motion to restore scores for 832 Nepali test-takers Feb 21, 2024
Misdiagnosed: Did the Color of My Skin Play a Role? An adapted excerpt from Blackstock's new book, Legacy Feb 21, 2024
Increasing Diversity in Medicine via the Mentorship Pipeline "It's important for us to be in these spaces" Feb 21, 2024 video
Primordial Prevention Can Protect Black Women's Cardiovascular Health Let's block the risk factors before they start Feb 19, 2024
Moving Forward With Diversity in Medicine After SCOTUS Decision Experts weigh in on the consequences of Supreme Court's affirmative action ruling Feb 19, 2024 video
Two Women Physicians Find Empowerment Through Entrepreneurship It takes great determination to successfully navigate the challenges along the way Feb 18, 2024
Hospital-at-Home Could Be a Double-Edged Sword Equity and infection prevention are cause for concern Feb 17, 2024
U.S. Probes Role of Supply Chain Middlemen in Generic Shortages Goal: identify "root causes" and "potential solutions" Feb 15, 2024
Safety Events at Hospitals More Common in Black and Hispanic Kids "Many factors could be driving these disparities," researcher says Feb 14, 2024 video
Child Protective Services Is Being Weaponized Against Our Black Patients HHS must institute more oversight of medical professionals making repeated calls Feb 13, 2024
Senators Thrash Pharma CEOs for Pricing Drugs Higher in the U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders blamed "corrupt" system, well-paid lobbyists Feb 09, 2024
Medical Schools Push Back on 'March-In' Rights Plan to Lower Drug Prices But Dems, FTC pledge support, offer recommendations to bolster guidance Feb 08, 2024
