Racial disparities in timely cancer treatment disappeared in states that expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), according to an analysis of over 30,000 health records led by researchers at Yale Cancer Center. ...
Jun 3, 2019
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In the state of California, reported incidences of sexual harassment are 5 percent higher for women and 10 percent higher for men than the national average, report the authors of a joint study produced by the Center for Gender ...
May 23, 2019
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An innovative health information technology (IT) program helps primary care providers to detect and manage depression and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in traumatized refugees, reports a study in a special June supplement ...
May 16, 2019
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New York City banned alcohol advertising on city property on Tuesday, citing health risks posed by excessive drinking.
Apr 30, 2019
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One night, a woman I'll call Tonya got a compliment from a guy when she was out with her boyfriend. Tonya's boyfriend cursed her because another man had complimented her. He said: "You give it to everybody, I want it too." ...
Mar 20, 2019
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Recognizing the persistence of health inequities in the Americas, an emerging Health Equity Network of the Americas (HENA) describes its approach to promoting health equity through intersectoral partnerships in a newly released ...
Feb 22, 2019
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Around the country, women physician researchers make 7 to 8 percent less per year than men. At the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, efforts to eliminate such a gender disparity have cut the difference in salaries ...
Jan 28, 2019
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(HealthDay)—An institutional gender equity initiative (GEI) can reduce gender-based salary gaps among medical school faculty, according to a study published online Dec. 21 in JAMA Network Open.
Dec 27, 2018
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Pharmaceutical giants GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer on Wednesday announced a merger of their consumer healthcare units that produce over-the-counter medicines.
Dec 19, 2018
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Supporting girls and women in their efforts to be physically active must become a global public health priority. Preliminary results from our research at Dalhousie University suggests that access to nature may be key to achieving ...
Nov 9, 2018
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