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Hospital exec says White race should be made to feel uncomfortable about its ‘Whiteness’: ‘Dangerous’

A Maine hospital executive involved in diversity, equity and inclusion hosted an antiracist prayer service that had a group of White people apologize for their internalized racism as White people, according to a video reviewed by Fox News Digital.

Ryan Polly is a vice president of DEI at MaineHealth, a hospital system of over 20,000 employees. He has said the hospitals cater to overwhelmingly White patients, which is reflected by local demographics.

Polly refers to himself as a “minister” of a group called One Spirit. According to a video reviewed by Fox News Digital, which has since been scrubbed, Polly is shown teaching attendees how to be practitioners of antiracism through a prayer that he dedicated to “loving spirits who are known by many names.”

OSU med students required to read ‘antiracism’ docs, warned against asking Black colleagues ‘How are you doing?’

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Ohio State University College of Medicine (OSUCOM) students are required to read a slew of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and antiracism literature, including an opinion piece that recommends a White colleague not ask a Black colleague how they are doing.

“This opinion piece … informs the reader of ‘things to be mindful of with not only Black friends but also Black Colleagues in the workplace.’ One recommendation is to stop asking, ‘How are you doing?’ Its reason is that the situation ‘for Black People (and all People of Color)’ is to ‘experience racism every day,’” the July 2023 report published by Do No Harm, a medical nonprofit, states.

Alabama child medical transition ban reinstated by US appeals court

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A U.S. appeals court Monday reinstated Alabama’s ban on gender transition drugs for children, overturning a lower court injunction.

The three-judge panel for the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, all of whom were appointed by former President Donald Trump, reinstated the law, ruling that Alabama has “a compelling interest in protecting children from drugs, particularly those for which there is uncertainty regarding benefits, recent surges in use, and irreversible effects.”

Exclusive: Insider Reveals Hospital ‘Forced’ Progressive ‘Social Justice’ Indoctrination on Medical Trainees

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A leading Louisiana-based medical center “forced” its medical students and resident physicians to play a radical game as part of training geared at indoctrinating future physicians to advocate for left-wing progressive “social justice” ideals, according to a shocking revelation by a whistleblower.

EXCLUSIVE: St. Louis University Pushes Ideological Transgender ‘Toolkit’ on Med Students

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FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—St. Louis University’s Transgender Health Collaborative is pushing a toolkit on “transgender health” intended to influence students of medicine to embrace ideological understandings of gender and sexuality.

See No Harm

Gender Ideology Medical association Op-Ed Ian Kingsbury, PhD

Call it a match made in heaven. The Journal of the American Medical Association has a penchant for publishing non-rigorous research, and CNN has an insatiable appetite for promoting it. Their latest rendezvous comes by way of a study that sets out to assess regret and overall levels of satisfaction among people who elected to undergo mastectomies as part of a gender transition. The study appeared on August 9, and CNN ran an article on it within hours of its publication.

Exclusive: Medical Watchdog Calls For Endocrine Society To Reconsider Support Of Trans Medicine On Minors

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A medical watchdog organization has called on the Endocrine Society to perform a “systematic review” of its support for medical interventions that seek to change the sex of minors, a letter obtained exclusively by The Daily Wire reveals.

Do No Harm, an organization that seeks to “Protect healthcare from a radical, divisive, and discriminatory ideology,” highlighted growing skepticism of transgender medical interventions across Europe in a letter to the Endocrine Society. The organization has maintained its support for what it refers to as “gender-affirming care,” which includes the use of puberty blockers, cross-sex hormone therapy, and surgical interventions like double mastectomies.

How political activism in medicine is failing patients

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The special doctor-patient relationship is under threat

Trust in the public healthcare system declined among Americans during the Covid-19 pandemic. It’s no wonder: public health bureaucrats pushed for various insane policies that ran counter to common sense, admitted to deceiving the American people and worked to shutter debate surrounding the national and global coronavirus response. But instead of doing everything they can to restore trust in the system (and prove that they’re still deserving of it), government officials and medical associations have continued to politicize the healthcare field, sowing discord between patients and their doctors.

A consistent theme throughout the pandemic was that while Americans were less likely to trust the medical establishment, they mostly liked their personal doctors. But some new policies proposed and enacted by left-wing activists and politicians threaten the doctor-patient relationship.

The Affirmative-Action Ruling Could Spell Trouble for the MCAT

United States DEI Medical School Op-Ed Ian Kingsbury, PhD

Patients may suffer the painful consequences if the war against merit — and for racial discrimination — continues.

The Supreme Court’s recent ruling against affirmative action in college admissions isn’t deterring fans of race-based admissions — it’s inspiring them to seek workarounds. And that could be bad news for the Medical College Admission Test, or MCAT.

The nation’s leading medical-school association, the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), developed and oversees the MCAT, a standardized exam that has been instrumental to medical-school admission for nearly a century. The exam was developed in response to high attrition rates in medical schools and broad acknowledgement that a standardized screening for aptitude best served the interests of the profession and patients.

Maine hospital executive rankles for decrying ‘Whiteness’ in antiracist training: ‘Demeaning himself’

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MaineHealth insider says DEI training is ‘pushing’ hyperfocus on ‘Whiteness’

A vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion at MaineHealth, one of the largest hospital systems in the State of Maine which serves a predominantly White community, blasted executives’ Whiteness and claimed that the racial group of people need to be subjected to “sensitivity” training in order to create a “safe space.”

During an antiracist training, Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Ryan Polly blasted White leadership at “predominately White” corporations for purportedly behaving in a way he described as “Whiteness.” He further claimed that White people are uncomfortable being associated with people of color.

Emory researchers blame ‘structural racism’ for Type 2 diabetes in black people

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Critic of the paper says ‘health literacy is an even bigger problem’

“Structural racism” contributes to higher Type 2 diabetes rates in black Americans, according to a new paper from Emory University researchers.

The researchers used a framework that “consider[s] the domains of health behaviours and social norms, structural racism, access to high-quality care, economic development, and public awareness.”

Doctors sue California over training that whites are naturally racist

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A coalition of California doctors, including the anti-discrimination group Do No Harm, filed a lawsuit against California’s mandated implicit bias training for physicians, noting the training promotes the belief that “white individuals are naturally racist.”

AB 241, passed by California lawmakers in 2019, requires all continuing medical education (CME) courses to include implicit bias training. Because 50 CME hours are required each year to maintain one’s medical license, the law essentially mandates that practitioners consume these lessons or lose their ability to earn their livelihoods, while also replacing limited course time with unnecessary or counterproductive information.

Pediatrician’s Group to Review Guidelines for Treatment of ‘Trans’ Youth

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The American Academy of Pediatrics plans to review the evidence for irreversible, experimental transgender care for children and may amend its policies on the matter, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal.

Reportedly, the review will include evaluations of care such as puberty blockers and hormone therapy treatment. Children who identify as “transgender” and believe their biological sex does not align with their “gender identity” may undergo this type of care, in addition to irreversible sex reassignment surgery (via the Wall Street Journal):

A Challenge to Racial Politics in Medicine

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Doctors sue to stop a California requirement to teach ‘implicit bias.

The diversity, equity and inclusion bureaucracy has injected progressive politics into many corners of the private economy, but its role in medicine is especially pernicious. Now a lawsuit is challenging whether California can force doctors who teach continuing medical education courses to also teach racial politics.

Under a 2019 California mandate, all continuing medical education courses in the state after 2022 must include a discussion of “implicit bias.” This is the notion that doctors supposedly harbor racist views they don’t realize they have, and thus must be taught to recognize and admit them. All such courses must include lessons on “how implicit bias affects perceptions and treatment decisions of physicians and surgeons, leading to disparities in health outcomes,” or “strategies to address” the unintended bias.

Read more at the Wall Street Journal.

Physicians sue to end implicit bias training requirement in California

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Two physicians and a nonprofit group have filed a lawsuit against the Medical Board of California to stop it from enforcing a state requirement for physicians to study the role of implicit bias in health inequities as part of continuing medical education, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

A California state law that took effect Jan. 1, 2022, requires medical professionals to study implicit bias as part of the 50 hours of continuing education they are required to take every two years to renew their license to practice.

Read more at Becker’s Hospital Review.

Lawsuit Challenges California’s’ DEI Program for Doctors

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A nonprofit and two individuals filed a lawsuit Tuesday against California for its diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives required for prospective medical doctors.

Do No Harm, a group formed last year to oppose DEI in medicine, joined Los Angeles-based anesthesiologist Dr. Marilyn Singleton and ophthalmologist Dr. Azadeh Khatibi in suing the Medical Board of California.

California sued by doctors over ‘implicit bias’ DEI training requirements

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Two doctors and medical advocacy group Do No Harm are suing California over its law requiring that doctors complete “implicit bias” training as part of their continuing medical education.

DNH and Dr. Marilyn Singleton, a Los Angeles anesthesiologist, joined Dr. Azadeh Khatibi, a Los Angeles ophthalmologist, in its suit against the Medical Board of California.

Doctors Sue Over Blue State Law Mandating ‘Implicit Bias’ Training For Physicians

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Doctors in California sued the state for mandating so-called “implicit bias” training for physicians in continuing education courses, according to a press release from Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF).

California passed Assembly Bill 241 in 2019, which mandates so-called “implicit bias” trainings for doctors by law, in which they are required to learn about their so-called “unconscious bias” against certain racial groups. Dr. Azadeh Khatibi and Dr. Marilyn Singleton filed a lawsuit against the state along with Pacific Legal Foundation and Do No Harm, a medical activist organization, arguing that being forced to participate in so-called “implicit bias” training by the state violates the First Amendment.