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Is Medicine's Gender Bias Killing Young Women?
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A recent study suggests younger women who have heart attacks may hesitate to get help because they’re afraid of being labeled hypochondriacs. But the bigger problem is just how justified that fear really is. http://www.psmag.com/health-and-behavior/is...
Not Yesterday’s Cocaine: Death Toll Rising From Tainted DrugBy Laura UngarNOVEMBER 25, 2019 REPUBLISH THIS STORY DISPONIBLE EN ESPAÑOL
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CINCINNATI — A pain pill prescription for nerve damage revived Gwendolyn Barton’s long-dormant addiction last year, awakening fears she would slip back into smoking crack cocaine.
She’d done that drug and others for about 20 years before getting sober in...
Women around the world prove science isn't just for 'boys with toys'
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Female scientists have joined together to disprove one astronomer's thesis: science is just "boys with toys." Shrinivas Kulkarni, an astronomer who teaches astrophysics at the California Institute of Technology, made waves this weekend after he was quoted...
'Halt And Catch Fire' Explores What It Was Like For Women In '80s Tech
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The TV series Halt and Catch Fire tells a story you might not expect about the personal computer revolution of the 1980s. For one thing, it's set in Texas, not Silicon Valley. And though there are plenty of bearded, bespectacled men building things in...
Race and Medicine: The Harm That Comes From Mistrust; The New Health Care
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Racial bias still affects many aspects of health care. Racial discrimination has shaped so many American institutions that perhaps it should be no surprise that health care is among them. Put simply, people of color receive less care — and often worse...
Blind Auditions Could Give Employers A Better Hiring Sense
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Entrepreneur Petar Vujosevic was just a regular guy who saw a big problem with the way the hiring system works. Typically, a hiring manager posts an opening, describes the ideal candidate and resumes come flooding in. After doing some interviews, the...
Medical Faculty Pay Gap Persists Women earning nearly $20,000 less, study finds
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NEW YORK — Female physicians at some of the nation’s most prominent public medical schools earn nearly $20,000 less a year on average than their male colleagues, according to an analysis published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine. Before adjusting for...
Gene-edit claim alarms scientists
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Use of reproductive cells could create unseen woes for future generations By Jonathan Saltzman and Felice J. Freyer GLOBE STAFF A Chinese scientist’s claim that he used a powerful new gene-editing technique to change the embryonic DNA of twins drew fire...
Making Gains for Women in STEM Fields Will Take More Effort
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PARIS — If the world of STEM is looking for more women role models, Véna Arielle Ahouansou and Alejandra Estanislao are candidates. Both are young and have degrees in a field involving science, technology, engineering or mathematics — the disciplines...
Secret World War II Chemical Experiments Tested Troops By Race
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As a young U.S. Army soldier during World War II, Rollins Edwards knew better than to refuse an assignment. When officers led him and a dozen others into a wooden gas chamber and locked the door, he didn't complain. None of them did. Then, a mixture of...