Better understanding the experiences of people who become pregnant and give birth is crucial to improving postpartum care and patient-provider relationships.
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Research shows that a more diverse physician workforce also means healthier patients. But efforts to bolster Latina representation have for years faced an uphill battle.
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From Iran’s protests to the global demonstrations for abortion rights, here’s what we can learn from the protests for gender equality this year.
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Interventions to combat malnutrition should begin much earlier to include children under 6 months old and pregnant mothers, researchers say.
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Efforts to rectify this inequity and lead to a more equitable distribution of resources must encompass various strategies. Here are a few worth highlighting.
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Many people with sickle cell disease don’t receive adequate treatment to ease their pain and are subjected to racial discrimination and stigmatization.
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Around the world, intersectional movements for social justice are often being led by Black women from all backgrounds guided by feminist principles. From Sudan to Brazil, Black feminists are at…
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In the U.S., underrepresented ethnic groups make up 40% of the population but only 12.5% of board directors. Black directors make up just 4% and Black women make up just…
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Older adults want more input in the technology related to their care, including companion robots and location trackers, two papers find.
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Over one million women are controlled by the criminal justice system and over 741,000 women are in prison worldwide. Globally, the number of women in prison is estimated to have increased by about 59…
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A scholar who has studied imprisonment explains why the promise of sentence reductions in return for organ donation raises ethical issues about whether inmates can ever consent freely.
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Efforts to curb bullying of kids with disabilities should not take a one-size-fits-all approach, researchers say.