A new study published in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings by University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers shows that, in a nationwide survey of young American adults age 18-44 years, nearly a third of non-Hispanic Blacks and ...
Jul 29, 2020
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More than 80% of U.S. physicians reported that people with significant disabilities have worse quality of life than nondisabled people, an attitude that may contribute to health care disparities among people with disability, ...
Feb 1, 2021
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The income gap between men and women in the United States has been closing over the last quarter century, but not among physicians.
Sep 13, 2013
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It's been almost a year since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, dismantling the constitutional right to abortion more than 50 years after the case was decided.
Jun 21, 2023
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday released proposed rules—first announced a year ago—to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars.
Apr 28, 2022
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While mammograms are often the first step to detecting breast cancer, patients need additional tests after an abnormal screening result. Further imaging can determine if a finding is truly suspicious for cancer, and sometimes ...
Jul 11, 2022
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(HealthDay)—The American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates has adopted a policy on augmented intelligence, according to a report published in the association's AMA Wire.
Aug 13, 2018
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The gap in the use of insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) among Black and white Medicare beneficiaries widened from 2017-2019, according to new research published in the Endocrine Society's Journal ...
Dec 15, 2021
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As the coronavirus pandemic continues to threaten hard-hit minority communities, the nation's largest association of doctors has passed a policy that recognizes racism as a public health threat.
Nov 24, 2020
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The odds of dying appear to increase for patients treated at hospitals with higher proportions of minority trauma patients, although racial disparities may partly explain differences in outcomes between trauma hospitals, ...
Sep 19, 2011
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