Medical Careers and Motherhood: A Cross-Sectional Study of Hispanic Female Physicians.

Background: One factor many women consider when choosing a medical specialty is the plan to have children and the compatibility of their chosen specialty with motherhood.

Objective: We surveyed Hispanic female physicians who are mothers to collect demographic information, specialty choice, childbearing, and professional and personal life characteristics, along with respondents' suggestions for female physicians who want to start a family, and how hospitals and medical institutions could enhance their support of female medical staff members with children.

Methods: The questionnaire was fielded on an online forum for Hispanic female physicians who are mothers.

[Patients, clients, doctors and providers: is it just a question of terminology?].

With the modernization of healthcare and management of a Hospital as a bussiness, There is the risk of changing the words "patient" and "doctor" into "client" and "provider", risking the humanitarian care, thrustworthiness, and doctor-patient relationship. Using first and last names could be an option for communication.

Pink Breast Milk: Serratia marcescens Colonization.

Background Breast milk can turn pink with Serratia marcescens colonization, this bacterium has been associated with several diseases and even death. It is seen most commonly in the intensive care settings. Discoloration of the breast milk can lead to premature termination of nursing.

[Hepatitis C and normal transaminases].

Since the discovery of hepatitis C virus and its serologic markers, an identification of a subgroup of patients with persistent normal ALT (PNALT) was done. It has been estimated that this group accounts to 25% of patients with chronic hepatitis C. It is not recommended to biopsy or initiate treatment because of the natural history of the disease is benign with slow progression.