Diagnosing Perinatal Depression
Experts discuss the balancing act that arises when healthcare providers are cautious when protecting a mother with perinatal depression (previously known as postpartum depression) and her child.
Discrimination and Racism Sub-categories:
- Implicit Bias (15)
- Informed Consent (2)
- Stigma and Stereotypes (29)
Including Females In Basic Research
Only about a third of research subjects in clinical studies are women this results in poor understanding of how new drugs work on women.
Undocumented Immigrants Skipping Healthcare
With the federal government’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants, many of them are skipping going to the doctor or the emergency room for fear of deportation.
Lung Cancer Stigma
Most forms of cancer have a built-in constituency of patients and loved ones, but lung cancer patients, instead, are often blamed for their own disease.
Criminalization of Homelessness
In 2016, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development estimated that there were more than 500,000 homeless Americans on a given single night in January. The U.S. government currently claims that, while there are high rates of homeless Americans, the number is actually decreasing. Many experts challenge that claim, saying that homelessness is on the …
Our Obesity Obsession: Does Science Support It?
Experts discuss how culture drives our obsession with weight and what science really has to say about it.
Difficult Patients
Patients used to accept doctors’ orders without question. Today, more are challenging their doctors’ opinions. However, even those who do it politely are likely to be labeled “difficult.”
Doctors’ Obesity Bias (2016)
Studies show that medical professionals are as biased as the rest of us against people who are overweight, resulting in lectures, misdiagnoses, and patients who start avoiding the doctor. Experts explain the problem, results, and what might be done about it.
Fixing the Healthcare Cost Spiral
American healthcare is the most expensive in the world. An expert author details some of the causes and possible solutions now being established.
Gender Diversity in Basic Research
Only about a third of research subjects in clinical studies are women. In basic research on animals and cells, female models are even more poorly represented. This results in poor understanding of how new drugs work on women and occasional drug recalls when major side effects are discovered after the fact. Experts discuss why such an imbalance occurs, its …
Weight, Culture and Science
The cultural bias against obesity is often justified on health grounds. But recent studies show that people classified in the "overweight" BMI category actually have less mortality than normal weight people. Experts discuss how culture drives our obsession with weight and what science really has to say about it.
Women and Work
Experts explain the social, economic, and governmental factors that are leading women to quit their jobs--often unwillingly--and stay home.
