Leading Ladies: Women Physicians In the Industry
Apr16

Leading Ladies: Women Physicians In the Industry

While it might be common in the nursing industry, women physicians haven’t always been as prominent in the medical field. Medicine has traditionally been a male-driven field. Sure, the majority of nurses in our country have been women since the early turn of the century, but we never saw the same representation of ladies in the physician field. However, the demographics are changing and more women than ever are gracing med...

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The Female Physician Advantage
Dec28

The Female Physician Advantage

A recent study was conducted to answer a very old question: are females better than males? Well, that was the gist of it. The real question was: Do patient outcomes differ between those treated by male and female physicians? And the answer? Yes. The Battle of the Sexes Analyzing 1.5 million Medicare patients’ death and readmission rates, the researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health found that female physicians had...

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Super Models Who Wanted to Be Doctors
Sep25

Super Models Who Wanted to Be Doctors

Who says you can’t be beautiful and smart? You can’t tell me Barbie is the only babe that wanted to make it through medical school. But, it’s still rather hard to believe that some of the world’s most famously recognized fashion models once had more academically charged aspirations. In fact, some of the biggest names in the modeling game once dreamed of practicing medicine. Yeah, I know what you’re thinking, just because some gorgeous...

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The Pay Gap: A Not-so-new Trend with Women in the Medical Field
Sep25

The Pay Gap: A Not-so-new Trend with Women in the Medical Field

Gender equality is a goal we like to think we achieved decades ago, but in reality, it’s something that we continue to fight for everyday. Most people have outgrown the idea that women belong in the kitchen, but that’s only the beginning of the fight towards true equality. There is still a large difference in jobs most believe are suitable for a certain gender; women don’t become construction workers, just as men don’t become nannies....

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