Compared to other races, African American patients are more likely to experience premature arteriovenous (AV) graft failure in the treatment of advanced kidney failure, according to a study published today in Radiology.
Feb 21, 2023
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A national study on access to healthcare visits, medicine/medical equipment and community resources during the COVID-19 pandemic, shows disparities related to sociodemographic characteristics, like race, gender, and age. ...
Feb 7, 2023
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In highly developed countries, Indigenous populations may have a higher rate of stroke, according to new research that highlights a dire need for more data and well-designed studies.
Feb 6, 2023
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Preventive health screenings are important for everyone, yet these simple and routine things are not readily available to some. Nothing in life is perfect, medicine included. The health care system has not figured out a way ...
Feb 3, 2023
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Current medical standards for accessing stroke risk perform worse for Black Americans than they do for white Americans, potentially creating a self-perpetuating driver of health inequities.
Jan 27, 2023
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The United States could see a huge rise in diabetes among young people over the next several decades, a new modeling study finds.
Dec 30, 2022
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Clinical trials are critical to the development and approval of medical treatments, whether those are drugs, vaccines or medical devices. It is challenging to recruit certain people for clinical trials for different reasons, ...
Dec 1, 2022
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In a finding that illustrates just how deeply racial disparities permeate the U.S. health care system, a new government report finds that suicide rates dipped slightly among white Americans while they rose for Black and Hispanic ...
Nov 16, 2022
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New research presented this week at ACR Convergence 2022, the American College of Rheumatology's annual meeting, found a greater number of preterm births in unvaccinated versus fully vaccinated pregnant patients with rheumatic ...
Nov 8, 2022
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In 2021, the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) held a consensus conference, "From Bedside to Policy: Advancing Social Emergency Medicine and Population Health," which included identifying priority areas for future ...
Nov 2, 2022
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