The American Medical Association recommends cleaning out your medicine cabinet once a year. It may be tempting, if you're the organized type, to decant frequently used drugs into labeled, matching bottles, but don'tâkeeping pills in their original containers guards against confusion and is thus safer, says Negrete.
In 2008, a male doctor in his first year earned $35,300 more than a female doctor in her first year. This was an increase from the 1999 salary gap, which was $21,778 for first-year physicians, according to a study published in the February 2011 issue of Health Affairs that's cited by David W. Freeman on CBSNews.com.
Male physicians earning a median salary of $225,000 a year in 2010, according to Medscape, while females earned a median of $160,000 in 2010. The difference here was $65,000 a year. In dermatology, the disparity was $37,500 a year, with women earning a mean of $262,500 a year compared to $300,000 for men.