News tagged with disparities
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BMI thresholds for gestational diabetes differ by race
(HealthDay) -- There is considerable racial/ethnic variation in the prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) by body mass index (BMI), according to a study published online May 22 in Diabetes Care.
Diabetes
Jun 01, 2012 |
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Younger colon cancer patients have worse prognosis at diagnosis, yet better survival
Younger patients with colorectal cancer were more likely to present advanced stage tumors at diagnosis and metastasize much sooner, yet had better than or equal survival to patients 50 and older, according to data being presented ...
Cancer
May 30, 2012 |
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Inadequate pain meds in ER for patients with long-bone fractures
(HealthDay) -- The majority of patients with long-bone fractures receive inadequate pain medication in the emergency department, and disparities in management exist, according to a study published in the May ...
Other
May 21, 2012 |
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Researchers find no disparities in imaging before breast cancer surgery
If racial and ethnic disparities in breast cancer exist, they are not due to differences in the use of imaging to assess the extent of tumors before surgery, according to new findings that will be presented by Fox Chase Cancer ...
Cancer
May 17, 2012 |
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Collaborative study looks for clues on hard-to-treat breast cancer
Some types of breast cancer can be successfully treated with drugs such as tamoxifen, but treatment for a type of breast cancer more common in young and black women is still limited to radiation and general chemotherapy. ...
Cancer
May 16, 2012 |
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Clergy can fight HIV on faith-friendly terms
The public health community has long struggled with how best to reduce HIV infection rates among black Americans, which is seven times that of whites. In a new paper in the journal PLoS ONE, a team of phy ...
HIV & AIDS
May 16, 2012 |
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Quality of care, other issues may cause worse results in black prostate cancer surgery patients
Black prostate cancer patients may not be getting the same quality of care as white patients, according to a first-of-its-kind study by researchers at Henry Ford Hospital who found racial disparities in the results of surgery ...
Cancer
May 15, 2012 |
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Expensive hospital readmissions linked to health-care-associated infections
New research finds a strong link between healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and patient readmission after an initial hospital stay. The findings, published in the June 2012 issue of Infection Control and Hospital Ep ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 04, 2012 |
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Study says screening accounts for much of black/white disparity in colorectal cancer
A new study finds differences in screening account for more than 40 percent of the disparity in colorectal cancer incidence and nearly 20 percent of colorectal cancer mortality between blacks and whites. Differences in stage-specific ...
Cancer
May 03, 2012 |
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African-Americans face roadblocks to HIV therapy, untreated depression makes it worse
African-Americans with HIV are much less likely to adhere to drug therapy than others with the disease, according to a University of Michigan study.
HIV & AIDS
May 02, 2012 |
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Equal access to care helps close survival gap for young African-American cancer patients
A new analysis from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital adds to evidence that equal access to comprehensive treatment and supportive care typically translates into equally good outcomes for most young African-American and ...
Cancer
Apr 30, 2012 |
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Children today face reduced racial disparities in kidney transplantation
A policy instituted in 2005 has reduced racial disparities in kidney transplantation among children, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society Nephrology (JASN). Children are be ...
Other
Apr 26, 2012 |
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'Health care deserts' more common in black neighborhoods
New research into "health care deserts" finds that primary-care physicians are especially hard to find in predominantly Black and/or low-income Hispanic metropolitan neighborhoods.
Health
Apr 25, 2012 |
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Could the childhood obesity 'epidemic' be ebbing?
(HealthDay) -- After two decades of steadily increasing rates of childhood obesity, at least one state may finally be turning things around.
Pediatrics
Apr 24, 2012 |
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Hispanic lung cancer patients tend to live longer than blacks and whites
A new analysis has found that Hispanic lung cancer patients seem to live longer than white or black patients. Published early online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study suggests that, ...
Cancer
Apr 23, 2012 |
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