Gender Disparity

Disparities by sex, race and between individual U.S. Veterans Affairs facilities exist in SGLT2i prescriptions for veterans with chronic kidney disease, type 2 diabetes mellitus and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, researchers found.

Representation of women in medical school faculty improved between 1990 and 2019, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.

Men and women admitted to the ICU with diagnoses uncommon for their sex faced poorer outcomes, according to study results published in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

Despite significant strides in decreasing mortality among people with HIV over a two-decade period, sex and racial disparities persist, researchers say.

Women appeared less likely to ask questions during Q&A sessions at academic conferences than their male counterparts, according to study results published in Psychological Science.

Surgeries performed by female gastrointestinal surgeons in Japan have no significant differences in outcomes compared with those conducted by their male counterparts, according to a study published in The BMJ.

Female primary care physicians spend more time using electronic health records than male PCPs, and this gap has widened over time, according to a study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.

Despite its benefits, data suggest that comprehensive molecular testing in patients with non-small cell lung cancer is underutilized due to a lack of resources.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Although gender differences exist that impact health care, there has been evidence of improvement and reason to remain optimistic about future change, according to a speaker here.

CHICAGO — Women continue to be underrepresented as leaders in clinical research and in clinical trials in particular, despite research showing female-led studies recruit more diverse participants, according to a speaker.