Clarice, Author at Baylor College of Medicine Blog Network

Diabetes self-management and gender disparities

August 18, 2023 Department of Family and Community Medicine, Depressive symptoms, Diabetes, gender differences, Hispanics, Self-efficacy, Self-management

Diabetes is a chronic condition that affects 23.2 million Americans and is particularly prevalent among Hispanics. Effective self-management is crucial in diabetes care and requires

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Reluctant to prescribe probiotics? Gut health, safety and ethics

August 11, 2023 ethics, gut health, microbes, NICU, prematurity, probiotics, safety

“First, do no harm.” I can think of no more important principle as I examine a tiny, fragile newborn in the neonatal intensive care unit

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Equity in organ transplantation: Are we there yet?

July 28, 2023 Equity, ethics, Health Disparities, health equity, kidney, liver, policy, Transplant

The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) released its latest policy updates on July 13, 2023, that aimed to improve equity in liver allocation. This update improved

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Eye’ve heard enough: today’s physician shortage

July 21, 2023 eye care, eye exams, healthcare access, healthcare utilization, ophthalmologist, optometrist, physician shortage, policy

Two years ago, the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) published a report that predicted a shortage of 134,000 physicians in the United States by

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Hate speech in healthcare

July 14, 2023 clinical encounters, hate, microaggressions, Patients, professionalism, speech

Hate speech and microaggressions from patients directed toward clinicians in healthcare settings are unfortunately a common occurrence. Hate speech is defined as verbal or nonverbal

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When pregnancy causes stroke: the risk we must talk more about

June 23, 2023 cardiovascular/cerebrovascular events, maternal health, maternal mortality, Postpartum, pregnancy-related stroke, Public Policy, women of color

In March of 2020, just as the world entered lockdown, I experienced a personal loss: a friend died following a stroke. She was 30 years

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Story time in medicine

June 16, 2023 Narrative Medicine, non-medical stories, pediatric palliative care, stories, storytelling

One of my favorite questions to ask parents during an initial patient care encounter has nothing to do with a chief complaint, review of systems

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Limited access to outpatient child psychiatric services in major U.S. cities during COVID-19

June 8, 2023 Chicago, child psychiatric services, child psychiatrist, Houston, Insurance, Los Angeles, Mental Health, pediatric patients, psychiatric services

In the midst of a pediatric mental health crisis, we conducted a study, along with other Baylor College of Medicine medical students and psychiatry residents,

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Is there hidden meaning in “madness”?

May 26, 2023 Delusion, Irrational, Madness, Mental Health, Philosophy, Psychology, Psychosis

Rationality typically occupies a hallowed space in both healthcare policymaking and individual medical treatment. However, recent scholarship and activism show there may be unappreciated value