(Reuters Health) - Surgical residents say it's tough to have children during their five years of intensive training due to a lack of flexibility in program requirements and lack of support from peers and faculty.Based on a survey of U.S. trainee surgeons, or residents, researchers conclude in JAMA Surgery that national and institutional changes in parental leave policies could help trainees start families sooner."For a majority of residents, who are in their late 20s and early 30s, the peak years of child-bearing overlap with years of residency training," said lead study author Dr. Maria Altieri, a surgeon in St. Louis, Missouri, who conducted the survey during her fellowship at the Washington University School of Medicine and who had two children during her residency.Altieri and colleagues surveyed 2,188 surgical residents across the U.S. in 2018. Questions assessed attitudes toward parental leave and having children during residency and the residents' own experiences.They also … [Read more...] about Surgical training programs not supportive of new parents
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News $0 corporate tax for Amazon, profitable giants sickens US voters
AKRON, Ohio — Colin Robertson wonders why he pays federal taxes on the $18,000 a year he makes cleaning carpets, while the tech giant Amazon got a tax rebate. His concerns about a tilted economic playing field recently led Robertson to join the Akron chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America. At a gathering this month, as members discussed Karl Marx and corporate greed over chocolate chip cookies, it was not long before talk turned to income inequality and how the government helps the wealthy avoid taxes. “One of the benefits of taxation is taking it and using it for the collective good,” said Robertson, 25, comparing his minimal income to the roughly $150 billion net worth of Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s chief executive and the world’s richest person. “He could be taxed at 99.9 percent and still have millions left over,” Robertson said, “and I’d be homeless.” It is a topic that several presidential candidates, led by Sens. … [Read more...] about News $0 corporate tax for Amazon, profitable giants sickens US voters