Doctronic reports that weight bias adversely affects health, leading to avoidance of care and increased stress.

If we want to understand bias and prejudice, it might help to understand infant development—feelings and how they work—and evolution. Human beings are attracted to novelty and differences—this is the ...

The reality of workers' compensation life is that "bias" is rampant in the system–-especially when it comes to medical proof presented in litigated matters. A July 28 article in Pennsylvania Law ...

Human beings have an innate tendency to categorize and classify the world around them. This cognitive process, while essential for making sense of the environment, often gives rise to biases. Biases, ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated health disparities along racial and ethnic lines. In response, healthcare organizations are reexamining their role in contributing to these inequities and ...

Bias can be defined as an inclination of temperament or outlook, especially a personal and sometimes unreasoned judgment—i.e., prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared ...