Diversity in Medicine
Conference Coverage
Mailed Outreach for CRC Screening Appeals Across Races and Ethnicities
More participants chose colonoscopy above FIT — across all racial and ethnic groups — at 12.1% versus 5.6% overall.
Commentary
When It Comes to Medicine, ‘Women Are Not Small Men’
“Even if women’s health, quote unquote, is on the curriculum, it doesn’t mean that they’re really looking at sex differences.”
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Culture of Sexual Harassment, Bullying Plagues Ob.Gyn.
Even in this female-dominated field, a systematic evidence review found harassment by other physicians and even operating room staff to be common...
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Helping Patients With Intellectual Disabilities Make Informed Decisions
Alternatives to guardianship such as supported decision-making may be less restrictive and can better serve patients.
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Former UCLA Doctor Receives $14 Million in Gender Discrimination Retrial
Female doctor says institutions must increase transparency and practices that support equal pay for equal work.
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Resource Menu Gives Choice to Caregivers Struggling to Meet Basic Needs
The menu option allows caregivers to make choices based on their priorities and not on whether they meet the screening thresholds for need.
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Does Racism in Black Americans Boost Alzheimer’s Risk?
Alzheimer’s disease is twice as prevalent in Black Americans as in Whites, at 18.6% and 10%, respectively, and the difference can’t be attributed...
Feature
What’s Driving the Higher Breast Cancer Death Rate in Black Women?
New research suggests that racial disparities in breast cancer are driven by more than socioeconomic factors.
Opinion
Half-Truths Produce Whole Failures in Health Policy
A major problem currently facing medicine is the public’s trust in expertise.
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Trauma, Racism Linked to Increased Suicide Risk in Black Men
The study showed a direct association between experiences pertaining to threat, deprivation, and racial discrimination during childhood and...
Feature
Prostate Cancer Tsunami Coming, Experts Caution
Expert suggests approaches for enabling earlier diagnosis of prostate cancer in men in low- to middle-income countries.