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/PRNewswire/ -- William B. Lawson, MD, Ph.D. is being recognized by Continental Who's Who as an Exceptional Healthcare Professional in the field of Psychiatry....
/PRNewswire/ -- William B. Lawson, MD, Ph.D. is being recognized by Continental Who's Who as an Exceptional Healthcare Professional in the field of Psychiatry....
Black women are 3 to 4 times more likely to die from a pregnancy-related cause. How do we change the narrative for Black maternal health?
American Medical Association Faces Backlash for Calling to Remove Sex From Birth Certificates Posted on The American Medical Association (AMA), the largest organization of physicians and medical students in the United States, came under fire over the weekend for a recent proposal calling to end the designation of (sex) on birth certificates. The proposal (pdf), which was adopted by the by the AMA’s board of trustees in June, states that recording the baby’s sex on the public portion of birth certificates, as has always been the case, has “potential for discrimination.” “Our Ameri...
Print this article If we needed more evidence that national wealth, scientific knowledge, technical know-how and sophisticated healthcare don’t guarantee healthier lives, then the impact of the coronavirus pandemic has provided it. Covid-19 is cutting life expectancy in many wealthy Western countries, cancelling decades of gains already under threat from growing inequality. The United States is the stand-out failure. For decades, enormous spending on healthcare has failed to produce better health and longer lives than in many other countries that spend less. Covid-19 has added hugely to...