Gender Disparity

More women than ever have joined gastroenterology in the past 20 years — a staggering 219% increase according to the Association of American Medical Colleges — yet they continue to make up only 21% of active physicians in the specialty.

Women with axial spondyloarthritis face longer diagnostic delays and greater disease burden than men despite higher rates of treatment and healthy behaviors, according to data published in International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases.

Women in oncology continued to break barriers, unveil new research and accomplish major goals in 2024.

Despite tremendous progress in lung cancer treatment and survival the past few decades, one startling trend has emerged.

Data showed a lower likelihood for women as first and last authors of oncology clinical trials in industry-sponsored and high impact journals, according to study results presented at ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition.

Researchers found a positive association between the use of promotional language in medical science grants and the receipt of research funding, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.

Adults who do not have biological children had various reasons for undergoing permanent contraception and most experienced no regret after the procedure, according to an exploratory survey study published in Contraception.

The number and rate of reported abortions decreased in the U.S. while abortion ratios increased from 2013 to 2022, according to surveillance data published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

Access to obstetric care at rural and urban short-term acute care hospitals across the U.S. steadily declined from 2010 to 2022, with the greatest impact seen among hospitals in rural counties, researchers reported in JAMA.

Sexual and gender minority physicians and trainees had a higher likelihood for burnout and lack of professional fulfillment compared with their straight, cisgender colleagues, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.