Gender Disparity
Fewer IVF cycles, live births after Alabama Supreme Court’s embryo ‘personhood’ decision
DENVER — Modeling data suggest the decision to grant personhood status to embryos in Alabama was associated with hundreds fewer IVF cycles and live births and poorer quality of life, though there was less monetary cost to the health care system.
Younger women more likely to report regret after hysterectomy for benign conditions
Women aged 30 years or younger were more likely to report feelings of surgical and loss-of-fertility regret after undergoing laparoscopic hysterectomy vs. women aged 31 to 49 years, researchers reported in Obstetrics & Gynecology.
National Hispanic Heritage Month: Experts work to address disparities in medicine
National Hispanic Heritage Month is observed every Sept. 15 to Oct. 15.
Study explores gender gap in authorship, peer review process
BARCELONA, Spain — Despite the increased presence of women in ophthalmology, a gender gap still exists in publication authorship and the peer review process, according to a study presented here.
Men play crucial role in identifying, addressing gender biases toward women in medicine
CHICAGO — Men physicians can support women physician colleagues by paying attention to their own unconscious biases and microaggressions, and by pointing out the same attitudes and behaviors in others, according to Sanjay K. Juneja, MD.
Female residents may have fewer research publications, lower H-indices vs. male residents
Although male and female residents had similar rates of first author publication, results presented here showed female residents had fewer publications overall, lower H-indices and fewer first author publications.
Women 8% less likely than men to receive a liver transplant, possibly due to candidate size
Women with hepatocellular carcinoma were less likely to receive a liver transplant and more likely to die or be removed from the waitlist vs. men, underscoring the need for changes to allocation policies, according to researchers.
Some PTSD dimensions tied to urinary symptoms, hot flashes for midlife women veterans
Aspects of PTSD across several dimensions were associated with menopause-related health in midlife women veterans such as urinary and vasomotor symptoms, vasomotor symptom interference and sexual dysfunction, researchers reported.
Improving social factors may mitigate race disparities in preterm birth, preeclampsia
Black and white women have similar risk for preterm birth and preeclampsia when accounting for a wide range of social determinants of health, particularly socioeconomic factors, researchers reported.
Providing menstrual products in schools ‘critical step’ to address period poverty
In the U.S., the average age of menarche is continuing to decrease, highlighting the importance of providing menstrual products for women and girls in all school bathrooms and public buildings to alleviate period poverty.