Students who take a leave of absence during medical school are less likely to match into a residency or fellowship program, a new Yale study finds, a consequence that disproportionately affects B...
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A new Yale study finds that M.D.-Ph.D. programs in the United States have become less socioeconomically diverse in recent years. Between 2014 and 2019, applicants from families with higher househ...
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-03-nation-md-phd-socioeconomic-gap.html
Patients brought to the emergency department (ED) under police transport are more likely to be restrained in the ED, a new Yale study finds. And it may explain, at least in part, why racial dispa...
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Yale researchers have developed a new tool that can assess the state of equity and inclusion in medical school learning environments and provide feedback on how schools can make improvements. Usi...
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New Monash University research has revealed the barriers women nurses face to advance into leadership roles. These findings will inform organizational interventions and strategies to improve the ...
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-12-nurses-health-leadership-major-barriers.html
It was a good year for medical research as a team of toxicologists at Birjand University of Medical Sciences in Iran delved into the possible effects of cinnamon on memory and learning. In review...
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Efforts to strengthen contemporary health professionals' education and medical ethics should be informed by a robust understanding of medicine's role within the Nazi regime, according to a new re...
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-11-medicine-nazism-holocaust-crucial-medical.html
Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discoveries that enabled the creation of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 that were critical in slowing the pandemic—technology that's...
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Eddie Guo did a lot of self reflection and realized he needed more practice talking to patients to become an excellent doctor. But how? Medical education includes opportunities for students to pr...
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-09-students-app-medical-patients.html
U.S. movies perpetuate gender stereotypes in the medical field, found researchers co-led by Reshma Jagsi, MD, DPhil, of Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University. Their study examined the port...
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-09-movies-underrepresent-women-role-physicians.html
Victims' agency and needs, independent of their desire to exit trafficking, should be the focus of health care services for individuals who have been sexually exploited, concludes a new study by ...
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-08-awareness-intervention-sex-trafficking-health.html
Outbreaks of polycystic echicnococcosis, a life-threatening zoonotic disease, are driven by regional climate changes, according to a study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlob...
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-08-climate-life-threatening-zoonotic-disease-amazon.html
ChatGPT can outperform first- and second-year medical students in answering challenging clinical care exam questions, a new study by Stanford researchers has revealed. The findings highlight the ...
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-07-chatgpt-outscores-med-students-complex.html
In 2021 the U.S. surgeon general called on physicians and public health scientists to combat misinformation on social media. Many answered the plea, and many have faced unprecedented levels of ha...
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-06-two-thirds-physicians-biomedical-scientists-covid-.html
A new study led by Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University researcher Reshma Jagsi, MD, DPhil, has found that women, racial and ethnic minorities and individuals identifying as lesbian, gay,...
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-06-women-underrepresented-groups-sexual-academic.html
Leading national organizations focused on graduate medical education assert that losing the diversity gap is critical to ensure equity in medical education and health care quality. Nevertheless, ...
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-04-explores-ways-diversity-medical-residency.html
The first study to examine evaluation scores for professionalism and interpersonal communication skills among physicians-in-training and what happens afterward as these doctors begin their practi...
In most workplaces, one of the best ways to train and develop employees professionally is by providing effective feedback. Feedback that is timely, specific, and actionable has been proven to imp...
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-02-feedback-gender-disparities-emergency-medicine.html
The death of the world's oldest person at the age of 118 has reignited a debate that has divided scientists for centuries: is there a limit on how long a healthy human can live?
It was a good year for medical research as Swedish scientist Svante Paabo won the Nobel Prize in medicine for discoveries he made regarding human evolution—he spearheaded the development of new...
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Swedish scientist Svante Paabo won the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for his discoveries on human evolution that provided key insights into our immune system and what makes us unique compared wi...
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-nobel-prize-medicine-awarded-evolution.html
Most people hoping to become parents envision having children who are genetically related to them. But for gay men, this process is complicated and expensive. Seeing it through involves collabora...
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-08-biological-child-complicated-gay-men.html
A new study led by Penn LDI associate fellow Kevin Ahmaad Jenkins queried patients at a Veterans Administration (VA) renal clinic and found them angry, resentful, and stressed by their experience...
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-05-exploring-racism-health-impact-va.html
The first underwear meant to protect against sexually transmitted infections during oral sex was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday.
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-05-underwear-stds-oral-sex-fda.html
The first year of medical training after medical school brings intense stress, long work hours, irregular sleep schedules, and a risk of new or worsened symptoms of depression.
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-04-special-mental-health-groups-doctors.html
A novel study that surveyed more than 1,000 author citations in the top three peer-reviewed international medical journals showed a significant disparity regarding women and men faculty and autho...
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Research has long shown that people with more schooling tend to experience better overall health. But can your spouse's education make you healthier?
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It was a good year for medical research of all kinds, as a team of researchers at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago wondered if a treatment for Alzheimer's has been sitting on pharmacy sh...
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A 38-year-old male patient complaining of difficulty breathing through one of his nostrils for several years was found to have an ectopic tooth growing in his nose. In their paper published in Th...
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To assess how different styles of face masks affected speech intelligibility in normal hearing listeners, researchers from Washington University in St. Louis put some of the most popular mask des...