A new analysis by researchers at UCLA Health found that mortality rates of middle-aged Black Americans caused by the "deaths of despair"—suicide, drug overdose and alcoholic liver disease—surpassed the rate of white Americans ...
Apr 10, 2024
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"Precision medicine," an emerging approach to health care in which a patient's genetics, diseased tissue and other factors guide clinicians to personalize treatment strategies, can dramatically improve health outcomes for ...
Jan 17, 2024
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An early advocate for the electronic health records now found in hospitals across the country has developed a plan to improve their use, lighten clinicians' workload and enhance patient care.
May 25, 2023
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A new study reveals a staggering disparity in life expectancy between Black Americans and their white counterparts between 1999 and 2020. In an analysis of U.S. data, a Yale-led team of researchers found 1.63 million excess ...
May 17, 2023
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Duke Health researchers have identified the cause of an inherited metabolic disease common among people with Lumbee and other Native American heritage, overturning decades of settled science and pointing to new, more effective ...
Apr 19, 2023
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Everyday discrimination experienced by people of racial and ethnic minority groups during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with significantly increased odds of moderate to severe depression and thoughts ...
Aug 30, 2022
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The genes involved in coronary heart disease, the most common form of heart disease, appear to be nearly the same for everyone, according to a VA study.
Aug 3, 2022
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Persistent gaps in life expectancy between Black and white Americans have been highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, this gap has narrowed by nearly 50% in three decades, largely due to improvements among Black Americans, ...
Sep 28, 2021
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As if the COVID-19 pandemic isn't scary enough, the flu season is not far away. How severe will the flu season be as it converges with the COVID-19 outbreak? What can we do to prepare?
May 29, 2020
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Despite numerous obstacles and severe withdrawal effects, long-term users of psychiatric drugs can stop taking them if they choose, and mental health care professionals could be more helpful to such individuals, according ...
Jul 20, 2017
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