Women have made great strides in medicine. In what was once a traditionally male profession, women now make up about half of today's medical students. Still, major disparities remain: According to a new study, there are more mustaches—yes, mustaches—than women in leadership positions at top American medical schools.
The research is published in the British Medical Journal's "Christmas Issue," an annual collection of peer reviewed but generally quirky scientific reports. Among the other results published this year: a debunking of the so-called Curse of the Rainbow Jersey in professional cycling, a discussion of the life expectancy of elected politicians, and a survey of Bob Dylan citations in medical research.
[For more of this story, written by Nathan Collings, go to http://www.psmag.com/health-an...ed-school-leadership]
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