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Overlooking women in medicine can have far-reaching consequences

Gender Bias in Medicine Has Far-Reaching Consequences

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Exclusion of women from upper echelons of medicine may have real implications for patient care
The emergency medicine workforce comprises many non-emergency medicine trained physicians

Many Non-Emergency Medicine Trained Physicians in ER Care

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Higher proportion of emergency medicine trained clinicians in urban versus rural counties
Blacks have considerably increased risk for hypertension than whites through age 55 years

Blacks Have Elevated HTN Risk Through Age 55 Years

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Regardless of BP levels in young adulthood, blacks have increased hypertension risk versus whites
Higher levels of vitamin D may be protective against breast cancer

Higher Vitamin D Levels May Lower Breast Cancer Risk

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Pooled analysis finds levels ≥60 ng/mL are most protective among women aged 55 years and older
Neither glargine followed by metformin nor metformin alone halts the progressive deterioration of β-cell function in youth with impaired glucose tolerance or recently-diagnosed type 2 diabetes

Two Regimens Fail to Stop Declines in β-Cell Function

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Metformin alone or after insulin no help in youth with new diabetes, impaired glucose tolerance
There are sociodemographic disparities in eyeglass use by age

Sociodemographic Disparities in Eyeglass Use Among Elderly

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Glasses use less likely for those who were older, non-white, had lower educational levels, less affluent
More than 11 percent of adults aged ≥45 years in the United States report subjective cognitive decline

11.2% of U.S. Adults Aged ≥45 Report Subjective Mental Decline

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About half of those reporting subjective cognitive decline report SCD-related functional limitations
Virtual assistant programs like Google Assistant

Virtual Assistants Not HIPAA Compliant

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Lawyer recommends physicians should not bring Siri and Alexa to the office
A woman lost several toenails after a fish pedicure

Fish Pedicure Causes Woman to Lose Toenails

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Dermatologists should be aware of potential skin, nail problems tied to fish pedicures
One hundred people across 33 states have now fallen ill with Salmonella after eating Kellogg's Honey Smacks cereal

100 Now Sickened by Salmonella-Tainted Honey Smacks Cereal

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Thirty people have been hospitalized, but no deaths have been reported