Psychology & Psychiatry
COVID-19 and anti-Asian hate
For her senior honors thesis, recent graduate Tiffany Tieu chose to look close to home to study anti-Asian racism in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Apr 6, 2023
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News tagged with asians
Parkinson's & Movement disorders
For people with Parkinson's disease, quality of life linked to race, ethnicity
Among those living with Parkinson's disease, Black, Hispanic and Asian people were found to have a lower health-related quality of life than white people, according to a new study published in the April 5, 2023, online issue ...
Apr 6, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Happy songs: These are the musical elements that make us feel good
Music has a unique power to affect the way people feel and many people use music to enhance or change their mood, channel emotions and for psychological support.
Mar 31, 2023
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Diabetes
Study recommends using age, not weight, to screen for diabetes
Researchers should focus on age, not weight, to capture the greatest number of people in all racial and ethnic groups with prediabetes and diabetes, recommends a new Northwestern Medicine study.
Mar 24, 2023
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Medications
Statin use low for primary prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease
Statin use is low for primary prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), with the lowest use seen among Black and Hispanic adults, according to a study published online March 22 in JAMA Cardiology.
Mar 23, 2023
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Racial, ethnic disparities seen in postpartum emergency visits
Black and Hispanic patients consistently experience higher odds of postpartum emergency departments visits in New York state, according to a study published online March 21 in JAMA Network Open.
Mar 22, 2023
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Pediatrics
Race, ethnicity reporting in pediatric clinical trials has improved, finds study
Race and ethnicity reporting has improved significantly in pediatric clinical trials, but there is still underrepresentation of certain racial and ethnic groups, according to a study published online March 14 in Pediatrics.
Mar 14, 2023
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Pediatrics
Burden of alopecia areata significant in the United States
The burden of alopecia areata (AA) is considerable in the United States, with people of color, especially Asians, disproportionately affected, according to a study published online March 1 in JAMA Dermatology.
Mar 6, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Global COVID-19 study finds higher infection risk was main driver of ethnic inequality
In the most comprehensive analysis of ethnic inequalities in COVID-19 health outcomes to date, a major new global study has found that ethnic minority groups experienced higher rates of severe illness and death during the ...
Mar 6, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Research on teen social media use has a racial bias: Studies of white kids are widely taken to be universal
Most research on teen social media use has been conducted on white teens and college students. As a result, it is unclear to what extent overlooked populations such as racial and ethnic minorities, sexual and gender minorities ...
Feb 20, 2023
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