Health
Homicide a leading cause of death for kids, teens
Homicide has become a leading killer of children, with guns being the most common weapon used in their deaths, a new study shows.
Dec 19, 2022
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News tagged with black males
Medical economics
External factors, including homicide, drive death rate disparity in US black-white young adults
Preventable causes of death are driving early-life disparities in black and white young adults in the United States, according to a new study led by Oxford's Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, published in Demography.
Nov 11, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Life expectancy of minorities hit hardest in the US during COVID-19
COVID-19 affected life expectancy around the world. In the U.S. life expectancy losses were much larger for Hispanic and Black males in the U.S. compared with their White counterparts, according to new research published ...
Aug 25, 2022
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Cardiology
When heart-assisting implants could save a life, patients who are Black or female don't get them as often
Black people and women with severe heart failure who might be good candidates for surgery to implant a heart-assisting device have a lower chance of actually getting that operation than white patients, or male patients, a ...
Aug 1, 2022
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Sleep apnea
More Black men have been dying from sleep apnea than white people and Black women
A University at Buffalo study has found that over the past two decades, more Black men have been dying from obstructive sleep apnea than have white people or Black females. Their death from sleep apnea has continued to rise, ...
May 3, 2022
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Health
FDA proposes ban on menthol cigarettes, flavored cigars
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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Health
New report highlights US 2020 gun-related deaths: Highest number ever, gun homicides increase by more than one-third
A new report from the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions analyzes Centers for Disease Control and Prevention firearm fatality data for 2020—a year that saw the highest number of gun-related deaths ever recorded ...
Apr 28, 2022
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Medical research
Study: Black children most likely to be physically restrained in emergency departments
A new paper by Yale researchers finds racial disparities in the use of physical restraints on children who are admitted to the emergency department. Black children are more likely than White children to be subdued with restraints ...
Sep 14, 2021
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Health
Patients of women doctors more likely to be vaccinated against the flu
New UCLA research suggests that elderly patients of female physicians are more likely than those of male physicians in the same outpatient practice to be vaccinated against the flu.
Apr 14, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Perceived discrimination makes black females more likely than males to exercise, eat healthy
Black men and women, as well as adolescent boys and girls, may react differently to perceived racial discrimination, with Black women and girls engaging in more exercise and better eating habits than Black men and boys when ...
Feb 25, 2021
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