A recent study found significant differences in suicide rates between female physicians and women in the general population. The study revealed that female physicians in the U.S. are 53% more likely to die by suicide compared to women non-physicians. In contrast, male physicians have a lower suicide rate than men in the general population. Amanda Choflet, dean of Northeastern University’s School of Nursing, co-authored the study, which analyzed physician suicide data from the National Violent Death Reporting System. (fb)

According to a survey cited by Forbes, 36% of women over the age of 35 who choose to have a child later in life do so because they want to achieve their professional goals first. For women in medicine, the choice to have a child can come at a particularly unhealthy cost. (fb)