Science & Society

Bias Of Physicians Results In Low Quality Care For LGBT And Disabled Patients

Physicians' unconscious attitudes toward special patient populations like disabled and LGBT patients may be partially responsible for poorer overall health observed in these communities, according to a Rowan University professor of family medicine. P ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 11 2015 - 10:15am

Crime Shows May Reduce Sexual Assault

A new study reveals viewers of "Law and Order" have a better grasp of sexual consent than viewers of other crime dramas such as "CSI" or "NCIS," suggesting that individuals who watch programs in which sexual predators are pun ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 9 2015 - 3:00am

Options For Patients: The Menu Approach Works

A significant proportion of medical treatment decisions are not clear-cut. How can patients and doctors know is better for a specific patient-- medication or surgery, therapy, or even no treatment? If medication, which class of drugs? If surgery, what typ ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 10 2015 - 12:19pm

The Alleged Perversion of Geoff Marcy and Sexual Harassment.

P erversion and sexual assault is what Geoff Marcy is accused of not “harassment” or treating a conference like a “dating market”.   In our collective zeal to protect women from unwelcome but otherwise ordinary advances let us not conflate asking someone ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Oct 15 2015 - 2:13pm

Environmental Activism Is Good For Business

. Clothing brand Patagonia gives 1% of its sales “to support environmental organisations around the world”. Carpet-maker Interface takes an “aggressive approach” to reach its goal to source 100% of its “energy needs from renewable sources by 2020”. Nudie J ...

Article - The Conversation - Oct 12 2015 - 10:47am

Government Complies Less With Environmental Regulations Than Corporations Do

When the United States Environmental Protection Agency wrecked the ecosystem in Colorado, CEOs across the America likely had a private sentiment- if a corporation not being paid by the EPA had done it, they'd be in jail. Sure enough, when the EPA cau ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 14 2015 - 7:30am

Are Today’s Smokers Really More "Hard Core" About It?

As smoking continues its inexorable southward journey toward single-digit percentages of populations being smokers, it’s common to hear people say the smokers who remain are all “hard core”, heavily dependent smokers, impervious to policies and campaigns. ...

Article - The Conversation - Oct 14 2015 - 7:00am

Along With Mental Health, Peers Influence Dating Violence

An analysis of emergency department surveys looked for risk and protective factors among teenagers who report dating violence and alcohol use. Patients ages 14 to 20 that came to the  University of Michigan Injury Center emergency department seeking care ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 18 2015 - 8:00am

How To Help Fathers In Jail Be Better Dads- Yoga?

A paper in California Journal of Health Promotion  by Washington State University Extension educator Jennifer Crawford claims that yoga, a religious movement which became a fitness fad in the United States, may help incarcerated fathers improve their pare ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 19 2015 - 8:00am

Young Rural Latinos Experience Discrimination When Obtaining Health Care

Young Latinos living in rural areas say they face discrimination when they obtain health care services, a factor that could contribute to disparities in their rates for obtaining medical care and in their health outcomes. Perceived discrimination is consi ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 19 2015 - 1:12pm