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Healio highlights the Health, Happiness, Wellness and Women resource center, a collection of blogs, news articles and features on women’s musculoskeletal health and wellness.
Speaker: Be an ally to women in medicine through mentorship
To be an ally to women in medicine, it is important to value the importance of diversity, be cognizant of inequities, accept feedback on personal shortcomings and be a mentor to incoming physicians. Read more.
Survey: Program effectively recruits female students into orthopedic career pipeline
About 90% of 9,207 high school students who participated in the Perry Outreach Program between 2009 and summer 2021 matriculated into college STEM majors. Read more.
Study: Discrepancies in work-family balance ‘uniquely impact female orthopedic surgeons’
There are several discrepancies in work-family integration between female and male orthopedic surgeons that “appear to uniquely impact female orthopedic surgeons.” Read more.
Women with exertional compartment syndrome may have higher recovery rate after fasciotomy
Female athletes who underwent fasciotomy for exertional compartment syndrome may have a greater likelihood of postoperative recovery and greater symptom resolution compared with male athletes. Read more.
Sex of surgeon shows no significant impact on 90-day adverse events of primary THA
Despite a slightly lower odds of 90-day adverse events for total hip arthroplasty procedures performed by female surgeons, published results found no significant association between surgeon sex and risk of these events following THA. Read more.
Male physicians received higher medical industry payments compared with female physicians
From 2013 to 2019, male physicians received significantly higher payments from medical industry companies compared with female physicians across all specialties and academic ranks. Read more.
Female athletes with femoroacetabular impingement had improved outcomes after arthroscopy
Female athletes with femoroacetabular impingement had significant improvements in patient-reported outcome scores and a high rate of return to sport after hip arthroscopy. Read more.
Female patients had worse clinical outcomes after MPFL reconstruction vs. male patients
Female patients had worse clinical outcomes after medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction compared with male patients. Read more.
Cannabis may affect anaerobic power, risk for cardiovascular disease in female athletes
Compared with non-users, female athletes who regularly use cannabis had reduced early anaerobic power production and may have an increased risk for cardiovascular disease. Read more.