First-of-its-kind inquiry launched into women’s pain The investigation aims to overhaul Australia’s ‘old-fashioned attitudes towards women’, in a bid to improve healthcare and reduce stigma.
Call for ‘every woman’ to share gender bias health stories The results of a newly launched survey will help shape policy to reduce gender inequities in the health system.
Bowel cancer incidence rates up 266% among 15–24-year-olds Research has found age bias as a perceived barrier to getting a diagnosis for the deadly cancer – but a GP expert says there are other factors.
Do future healthcare providers show weight bias? New Australian research shows they do, and that this could have a negative impact on people living with obesity or overweight.
Do homeopathy clinical trials lead to reporting bias? Dr Carolyn Ee examines newly released evidence on the efficacy of homeopathy.
‘We need to act now’: GPs call for action on equality this IWD With the pandemic further highlighting ongoing and persistent inequality, GPs say this year’s International Women’s Day theme – #BreaktheBias – could not be more timely.
Gender bias is still putting women’s health at risk It’s no secret men and women are different, but these differences have not been reflected accurately in the field of medicine.
‘More than 80%’ of diagnostic errors deemed preventable A perspective piece in the Medical Journal of Australia claims some form of diagnostic error occurs in up to one in seven clinical encounters.
‘Medicine should have no place for gender bias or discrimination’ Two female GPs in leadership roles discuss why recent negative comments on women in medicine are harmful and should be soundly rejected by the profession.