Tobacco, vape shops sell more to minors than other retailers

U.S. regulations require retailers to check ID for everyone under age 27 who tries to buy tobacco products, but half of tobacco and vape shops don't do this, a 2018 study of California retailers suggests. Forty-five percent of tobacco and vape shops sold e-cigarettes and...

8th grade girls start period podcast to combat stigma

Have you ever tried to talk out loud about your period and been met with lowered voices and hushes? The stigma that keeps menstruation relegated to hidden tampons and shameful whispers is exactly what a group of 8th grade girls at Bronx Prep Middle School in New York, part...

The relationship between physician/nurse gender and patients' correct identification of health care professional roles in the emergency department

A 2006 study of emergency medicine (EM) patients found male physicians were more often recognized as doctors that were female physicians. Researchers sought to identify gender awareness of...