Health Diversity Perspective

• How We Create--Then Blame--A Viral Underclass   Stephen Thrasher discusses his new book, The Viral Underclass: The Human Toll When Inequality and Disease Collide.
  Medscape, October 13, 2022
• Gun Control: Physicians Speak Out 2022 Physicians reveal their priority for gun control among the country's top social issues and whether they think tougher laws are needed to address gun violence.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, October 07, 2022
• Infographic: Sliding Hospital Visits Limit RN and LPN Pay Gains Average compensation rebounded nicely for doctors last year, but not so for registered nurses and licensed practical nurses. A downturn in hospital visits has restrained recovery in nursing salaries.
  Medscape, October 07, 2022
• Providing Equitable Care in Early Breast Cancer: Addressing the Barriers   Mount Sinai experts discuss strategies to overcome factors that hinder diagnosis and treatment so all breast cancer patients may benefit from clinical advances.
  Medscape TV, October 06, 2022
• In Public Health Campaigns, Music Strikes a Lasting Chord   Dr Benjamin Levy, who has launched successful music-based campaigns including for colorectal cancer screening, shares his tips for educating through song.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, October 06, 2022
• Episode 5: Bladder Cancer Advances Abound, but for Which Patients?   Drs Cheryl Lee and Angela Smith discuss bladder cancer research focused on disparities in healthcare affecting women and minorities.
  Medscape, October 06, 2022
• Should You Pursue Certification in Lifestyle Medicine? Yes Lifestyle medicine is only getting bigger, and certified physicians will be highly sought-after, says lifestyle medicine practitioner Cate Collings, MD.
  Medscape Family Medicine, October 05, 2022
• Medscape Physician Assistant Burnout Report 2022 PAs share their experiences with burnout and depression and whether it's spurred thoughts of leaving the profession.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, October 05, 2022
• Life Expectancy Shorter in Women With T2D vs Men   Why is life expectancy for women with type 2 diabetes shorter than for men with the disease? Andrew H. Heald, MD, discusses the findings from 10-year of data and possible contributors to the results.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, October 04, 2022
• The Long Game: Extending Lung Cancer Survival: A New Standard of Care   Winship thoracic oncologists discuss standard-of-care treatments and individualized recommendations for locally advanced and metastatic NSCLC.
  Medscape TV, October 04, 2022
• EASD 2022 'Patients Need a Champion' for Their Diabetes Care   How do you advocate for your patients? How do you make sure their care is equitable? Anne L. Peters, MD, discusses the importance of advocacy.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, October 03, 2022
• Medscape RN/LPN Compensation Report 2022 Nurses from the largest nursing specialties share their views in a new report on nurse income, including bonus pay, education, and certifications.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, September 30, 2022
• HFSA 2022 Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from HFSA 2022
  theheart.org on Medscape, September 30, 2022
• Raising Awareness and Confronting Disparities in the Treatment of Advanced and Metastatic NSCLC   Angela Christine Argento, MD, looks at the disparities that exist in both the diagnosis and treatment of patients with advanced and metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
  Medscape, September 30, 2022
• Why Neurologists Should Care About Reproductive Rights   Many neurologic conditions require treatment with teratogenic agents. Abortion bans complicate these treatment decisions.
  Medscape Neurology, September 26, 2022
• Yes, We Should Talk Politics and Religion With Patients Avoiding these formally taboo topics can put our patients at risk, argues this cardiologist.
  Medscape Blogs, September 26, 2022
• Young Physicians Compensation Report 2022 Medscape's Young Physician Compensation Report 2022 explores changes in overall income, incentives, and attitudes about work amid recovery from a very tough year.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, September 23, 2022
• The Disparity of Outcomes in Persons of Color Living With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus   Michelle Petri, MD, discusses the more frequent and worse kidney outcomes in African American and Hispanic American individuals living with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).
  Medscape, September 21, 2022
• Opinion: Feminist Science Is Not an Oxymoron Feminists have generated a set of tools to make science less biased and more robust. Why don't more scientists use it?
  Undark, September 15, 2022
• When Do We Stop Using BMI to Diagnose Obesity? The body mass index (BMI) is a flawed tool used broadly to diagnose obesity. Dr Sylvia Gonsahn-Bollie argues that it is time to retire BMI and use other tools to determine body size.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, September 13, 2022