There is a big problem in the world of women’s healthcare: It is under-researched and underfunded, receiving around only 5% of global funding. As a result, the male body has become the default, often at the expense of women, who experience conditions differently from men and have a whole range of specific healthcare needs.
Does a patient’s chances of serious outcomes differ if they are treated by a female doctor? A recent study looks into this hypothesis to ascertain the difference between chances of a patient dying under a male and a female doctor. According to the study, hospitalised patients treated by female doctors have a lower risk of…
Female GPs spend more time with patients and treat more complex cases than their male colleagues but Medicare fails to reward that work, according to the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners’ ‘Health of the Nation’ report released in Canberra today.
Georgia’s Caroline Langdale set a new Idaho state women’s catch-and-release record after landing a 30.5-inch brown trout on the South Fork Snake River. The fish, caught during a guided trip with Ed Emory of the South Fork Lodge, surpassed previous women’s records and represents what Idaho Fish and Game officials describe as an exceptionally rare
When James Bond returns in a new feature film in the next few years, it seems the people in power at Amazon are determined that Bond’s gender will almost certainly remain male. That said, the debate over whether or not James Bond should be a woman comes up almost every time there is a female-led
Mako Nishimura fought his way up in the Japanese underworld, but drug addiction and the slow dismantling of organized crime gangs nearly destroyed him. By Shawn Williams. Read by Ami Okumura Jones continue reading…
Welcome to today’s photo of the day! Here we have a Colt official police revolver marked “TWC 327” on the butt, issued to the Tennessee Correctional Institution for Women. Correctional facilities run the numbered weapons list for exactly the reason you’d expect. Every gun had a number, every number had a gun, and if something