Autism research led by the Institut Pasteur, France, has found socioeconomic and cognitive correlations between rare loss-of-function variants in autism-associated genes and people without autism.
Women and those from racial and ethnic groups underrepresented in medicine (URiM) not only occupy few leadership roles in surgical departments but also tend to be clustered into certain leadership roles, according to a new ...
Oct 11, 2023
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Three-fourths of women in medicine report delaying pregnancy due to competing priorities of parenthood and career, according to a study published online July 27 in JAMA Network Open.
Jul 31, 2023
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A study undertaken by management experts at Kingston University's Business School and Maynooth University in Ireland has shown people in the early stages of their careers were more likely to be impacted by workplace stress ...
Nov 14, 2022
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A new paper in Family Practice, published by Oxford University Press, finds that women working as doctors in 49 countries reported high overall career satisfaction but lower satisfaction with some aspects of their career, ...
Oct 19, 2021
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This weekend, participants in the Kokoda Challenge will complete a grueling 96-kilometer overnight trek to raise money for youth programs.
Jul 16, 2021
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Female surgeons at a large academic medical center perform less complex surgical procedures than their male counterparts, according to a new study by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). This study, published ...
Oct 9, 2020
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In recent years, the number of women who entered U.S. medical school surpassed the number of men. But gender inequities still exist in many areas of medicine. Of academic hospital medicine programs, 79% are run by men, Johns ...
Jun 25, 2020
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For many adults, the mid-30's is a busy time. There's often career advancement, the start of a new family and associated responsibilities. It's also a critical time for how we diversify our days in order to stay up to speed. ...
Feb 18, 2020
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The search for meaning in life is a familiar challenge to many of us. Some materialist scientists and philosophers consider it a futile search. Prominent atheist Richard Dawkins, for example, claims that human beings are ...
Jan 9, 2020
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