Diversity in Medicine
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Eighty percent of U.S. maternal deaths are preventable: Study
“It’s significant. It’s staggering. It’s heartbreaking.”
Clinical Review
ObGyn: A leader in academic medicine, with progress still to be made in diversity
The steady rise in ObGyn faculty and residents has contributed to greater racial/ethnic diversity than most clinical departments...
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Monkeypox in children and women remains rare, CDC data show
“This data should be very reassuring to parents and to children going to back to school.”
Feature
Words, now actions: How medical associations try to fulfill pledges to combat racism in health care
Many medical associations have publicly announced their determination to help eliminate racial disparities.
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Pediatricians at odds over gender-affirming care for trans kids
The American Academy of Pediatrics and some of its members are at odds over what the latter see as the organization’s refusal to discuss its 2018...
TRANSforming Gynecology
Mental health assessment for gender-diverse patients
While not all patients with gender dysphoria need therapy, the role of a mental health provider who specializes in gender-affirming care in the...
Commentary
Ten steps for clinicians to avoid being racist: The Francis commitment
The scars never go away and your status is always in question, no matter your title or uniforms of respect. Eventually it wears you down.
Commentary
Roe v. Wade overturned: A family medicine resident reacts
The most socially and economically vulnerable will be most harmed by restricting access to abortions, a resident says.
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Doc releases song after racist massacre in Buffalo
Cardiologist-musician Cleveland Francis wrote and recorded a song to honor the victims as “a plea to the other side to recognize us as people.”
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Alabama cites Roe decision in call to ban transgender health care
“No one – adult or child – has a right to transitioning treatments that is deeply rooted in our Nation’s history and tradition,” Alabama Attorney...
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Cardiologists concerned for patient safety after abortion ruling
Clinicians in many U.S. states are in uncharted territory with the country’s new patchwork of abortion legality, but some specialties may feel the...