We often do it. Maybe you’re working at a construction site and need to call for help due to a misplaced connection that drops a pile of 2X4s on a coworker. Conversely, you’re sitting at a park when a loose dog bites the arm of a kiddo on the playground, causing blood loss and requiring …
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Anyone tuned into social media during the recent global pandemic may remember clicking on links, pictures, and videos from talking heads discussing wild accusations and ideas about all kinds of information. From the origin of the virus to the many home remedies sure to cure even the slightest sniffle, we were overrun with a fantasy-footballish …
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Over 437,000 children were removed from their homes in the last year. That staggering statistic acts as a sort of report card on the American legal system. While there are cases that warrant such extreme acts, plenty of issues should never have made it past a simple report. This is especially true when it …
Healthcare Discrimination Leading to Family Separation: Devastating Impacts on Children Read More »
The point of surgery is to create both life-saving and life-altering benefits for patients needing a more invasive solution to many of the everyday health issues we experience today. Sounds like a win-win scenario. Surgeons spend years perfecting their skills, and citizens receive the exceptional care that extends their years or quality of life. …
The Hidden Biases in Medicine: Why Do Black Men Fare Worse After Surgery Read More »
For the most part, every day Americans across the country have begun to get back to life as usual. Walking into grocery stores and other locations without being forced to wear a mask has allowed many of us to look at COVID-19 as a thing of the past. Unfortunately, we are very much still …
COVID-19 and the Importance of Remaining Vigilant Read More »
As we begin to prepare for the upcoming year, you’d think our society would celebrate a collective sigh of relief from lower Covid numbers and more precise preventative medicines. Unfortunately, the opposite is occurring, and few are paying attention. Over the past 10 weeks, more than 150,000 flu-related hospitalizations and deaths have occurred across the …
How Covid, Flu, and Other Respiratory Viruses are Creating Serious Backups at Hospitals Read More »
The COVID-19 epidemic affected individuals all over the world, health-wise, socially, and economically well-be, with women bearing much of this burden. Since they make up over 70% of the medical workforce, women are mostly in charge of leading the health response teams, putting them at a higher risk for infection. At the same time, women are …
Impact Of Covid-19 On Women in Academic Medicine Read More »
For decades, public research has proven time and time again that minority groups experience higher rates of illness and death across a wide range of health conditions. Whether diabetes, hypertension, obesity, asthma, or heart disease – people of color are more prone to deal with the financial, emotional, and health repercussions of life-limiting illness. The same is …
Racial Disparities in IVF Treatments & Prenatal Care Read More »
Medical education has produced defining concepts to maximize psychological safety in the learning environment. While numerous studies have examined the negative effects of the social, verbal, physical, and sexual harassment experienced by medical students (Amarin et al., 2017), alongside students’ well-being (Eckleberry, et al., 2017; Bynum, et al., 2019). This emphasis on the frequent absence …
Communities need strength and proper resources to meet the needs of children, youth, and families by focusing on the capabilities of a community that includes its citizens, agencies, and organizations. Community Health Needs Assessments (CHNA) identify critical health needs and issues through systematic, comprehensive data collection and analysis. It provides a framework for assessing the …