A team of health equity researchers from several institutions has leveraged a complex web of data to test a hypothesis: That structural racism is associated with resources and structures at the neighborhood level that are ...
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The cost of severe flooding in the United States is often tallied in economic terms, including a flood's impact on infrastructure.
Dec 18, 2023
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A Duke Health analysis of breast cancer in North Carolina has shown that the state's urban counties had higher overall incidences of disease than rural counties, especially at early stages upon diagnosis.
Nov 20, 2023
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New research finds that almost half of people who use illicit drugs in rural areas have been recently incarcerated.
Nov 9, 2023
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Alzheimer's disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disease estimated to affect 6 million Americans and 33 million people worldwide. Large numbers of those affected have not yet been diagnosed.
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A bacterium that causes a disease called scrub typhus—a disease not previously reported in the United States—has been detected in North Carolina, according to a new study by researchers at North Carolina State University ...
Jul 13, 2023
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In a new translational study from UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, researchers analyzed genetic changes in the organs of recently deceased patients to understand how metastatic cutaneous melanoma spreads in those ...
Apr 27, 2023
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In August 2011, as Hurricane Irene approached North Carolina, the National Hurricane Center released forecasts depicting where in the state the storm might hit.
Dec 1, 2022
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New research from University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers is shedding light on racial disparities in breast cancer mortality in women who live in economically deprived neighborhoods.
Nov 8, 2022
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Adopting more programs that make and deliver medically tailored meals to people with serious, diet-sensitive diseases could result not only in improved health outcomes in the form of fewer hospitalizations nationally, but ...
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