Cardiology
Stroke rehab improves recovery. So why aren't Hispanic survivors getting enough of it?
Joe Granados was slumped in a chair when his wife—alerted by their children—came to check on him. He didn't seem like himself.
May 22, 2023
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Ethnicity & Disease
Ethnicity & Disease is the official peer-reviewed journal of ISHIB. The journal provides a comprehensive source of information on the causal relationships in the etiology of common illnesses through the study of ethnic patterns of disease. The broadly multidisciplinary journal draws from research in epidemiology, genetics, health services, social biology, and anthropology.
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New study finds link between racial/ethnic disparities and COVID-19 deaths
Ohio University researcher Berkeley Franz has published a new study examining the relationship between systemic racism, residential segregation and racial/ethnic disparities in COVID-19 deaths in the United States.
Mar 10, 2022
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Study disputes notion that people of color have 'flawed' beliefs about pregnancy
Black and Latinx individuals are often the focus of health educational efforts to "correct" perceived flawed beliefs about pregnancy in order to increase contraceptive use and reduce unintended pregnancies. In a study published ...
Sep 30, 2020
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Health
Health disparities prove to be multidimensional
Hollings Cancer Center researcher Chanita Hughes-Halbert, Ph.D., said this is illustrated in two recent health disparity studies, both reported online in April in the medical journal Ethnicity and Disease. These two studies ...
Jun 8, 2020
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Cardiology
Study explores why Caribbean adults have higher hypertension rates
Adult populations in the Caribbean, mirroring black populations in the U.S., experience higher rates of hypertension, stroke, and heart disease, and researchers want to know why.
Oct 18, 2019
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Health
Potential of strategic partnerships to form a Health Equity Network of the Americas (HENA)
Recognizing the persistence of health inequities in the Americas, an emerging Health Equity Network of the Americas (HENA) describes its approach to promoting health equity through intersectoral partnerships in a newly released ...
Feb 22, 2019
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Health
Angiotensin receptor blockers normalize sodium excretion
Drugs that inhibit a hormone that constricts blood vessels also help improve sodium excretion in blacks who hold onto too much sodium in the face of stress, investigators report.
Nov 13, 2018
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Overweight & Obesity
Formerly incarcerated black men with family in jail or prison are more likely to be obese
Black men who have been incarcerated and have a close relative in jail or prison are three times more likely to be obese than other black men, according to new research from a sociologist at Rice University.
Apr 27, 2018
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Health
Improving low-income residents' utilization of farmers markets
A pair of studies conducted at LSU Health New Orleans School of Public Health found reasons and possible solutions to improve low-income residents' access to fresh, local produce at farmers markets. The first study, published ...
Feb 20, 2018
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Cardiology
To beat hypertension, take the 'clinic' to the people
Eliminating racial disparities in the outcomes of programs to control blood pressure can be accomplished with a few one-on-one coaching sessions delivered by health professionals —but not if the program requires people ...
Aug 4, 2016
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