Diversity in Medicine
From the Journals
Concerning trend of growing subarachnoid hemorrhage rates in Black people
“Addressing this racial disparity will require multidisciplinary factors targeted not just at subarachnoid hemorrhage risk factors but also at...
From the Journals
Study reveals racial disparities in advanced HF therapies
White adults were twice as likely as Black adults to receive a ventricular assist device or heart transplant.
Conference Coverage
Achieving diversity, equity and inclusion: Invite everyone and build a team
Don’t recruit diverse people to your program and then have them come and feel not included.
From the Journals
Few transgender teens discontinue hormones in young adulthood
Pioneering clinic’s research finds that 98% of transgender adolescents taking puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones were still taking the latter...
Feature
Climate change magnifies health effects of wildfire smoke in care deserts
About 5.5 million Americans live in the 488 counties where drive times to pulmonologists are an hour or more.
Best Practices
Best practices for an LGBTQ+ friendly medical space
With insights from four LGBTQ+ clinicians, here are several steps physicians can take to close the disparity gap.
From the Journals
Mentorship key to improving GI, hepatology workforce diversity
A collaboration of five gastroenterology and hepatology medical organizations presented findings on workforce perspectives on diversity and how to...
Latest News
Pregnant, postpartum women with disabilities at higher risk for violence
Those with a history of interpersonal violence and a physical disability were at particularly high risk for perinatal violence.
Dx Across the Skin Color Spectrum
Tinea capitis
Areas of alopecia with erythema and scale in a young Black boy with tinea capitis. He also had an enlarged posterior cervical lymph node (arrow)...
From the Journals
Racial disparities in preventive services use seen among patients with spina bifida or cerebral palsy
Comorbidities were highest among Black patients in a new study.
Latest News
Dr. Birds-n-Bees: How physicians are taking up the sex ed slack
Only 29 states and the District of Columbia mandate sex education, and 13 of those do not require that it be medically accurate.