Women Physicians Still Paid Less Despite Wealth of Research on Gender Pay Gap
Despite being a growing percentage of the physician workforce, women physicians continued to be paid less than their male colleagues, a strong body of evidence shows. While the gender pay gap decreased by 2% from 2021 to 2022 — from 28% to 26% — the gap was still significant, according to online networking service Doximity’s […]
‘Nutritional quality must be at the heart of climate smart agriculture’ — researchers
Farmers in sub-Saharan Africa need to diversify away from growing maize and switch to crops that are resilient to climate change and supply key micronutrients for the population, say researchers. Maize is a staple crop across the region where it is grown and consumed in vast quantities. Led by Dr Stewart Jennings from the University of Leeds, […]
Opinion | Marijuana Is Not the Solution for PTSD
A growing number of states have identified post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as an approved condition for medical marijuana. According to Colorado’s Medical Marijuana Registry, there are 70,533 patients as of February 2023 with an active medical marijuana registration in the state, and 10,734 of them indicate PTSD as the reason they are using medical marijuana. […]
Body Dissatisfaction Can Lead to Eating Disorders at Any Age: New study suggests that perimenopause may be an especially risky time for women who are trying to overcome a poor body image
Eating disorders are stereotypically associated with adolescents and young adults. Growing evidence, however, suggests that these conditions can occur at any time during a woman’s lifespan, including at midlife. A new study finds that body dissatisfaction is a primary cause of eating disorders, especially during perimenopause. Study results are published online today in Menopause, the […]
Fentanyl Burden Growing in Wyoming – Wyoming Department of Health
Fentanyl Burden Growing in Wyoming October 13, 2022 With overdose deaths connected to synthetic opioid use rising in Wyoming and across the country, the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH), in coordination with Governor Mark Gordon, is sharing important information about fentanyl and similar drugs with state residents. Fentanyl is a synthetic, or manmade, opioid. In […]
The Workplace Is Making Black Women Sick. Here’s How To Make It Healthier.
There’s a growing chasm between the incomes of Black women and white men. This year’s Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, the date that symbolizes how far Black women must work into the current year to match what white men made the year before, was on Sept. 21 ― more than a month later than last […]
Opinion | We Need a Direct Pediatric Care Physician Network
The direct care subscription delivery model is rapidly growing. Hint Health, a national leader in the direct care space, identified an increase of patients receiving direct primary care by 241% and an increase of direct primary care clinicians by 159% over the past 4 years. Direct care (DC) reestablishes the primary relationship between doctors and […]
Number of U.S. Cancer Survivors Grows to 18 Million
A growing — and aging — population, combined with advances in early detection and treatment, pushed the number of cancer survivors to new heights this year. More than 18 million Americans with a history of cancer, two-thirds of them over the age of 65 years, were living in the U.S. as of January 1 of […]
Opinion | Robots and the Future of Remote Healthcare
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare innovation has been occurring at an unprecedented rate. A growing focus on technology — and the ways it can help improve patient care and the provider experience — is now at the forefront, and many organizations are reexamining how they can implement new tools and processes in […]
We Didn’t Say ‘Gay’ At My High School. It Almost Cost Me My Life.
Coming of age in the early ’90s in a small city in southeastern Wisconsin meant growing up in a time and a place when no one said “gay” (or “lesbian” or “bisexual” or “transgender” or “non-binary” or any other part of the LGBTQ+ community), and the only time you heard “queer” was if you were […]