HIV & AIDS
Why addressing racism against Black women in health care is key to ending the US HIV epidemic
Forty years into the HIV/AIDS epidemic, Black women continue to bear the highest burden of HIV among women.
Dec 7, 2021
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Research links COVID-19 in pregnancy with stillbirths
Pregnant women with COVID-19 face increased chances for stillbirths compared with uninfected women, and that risk spiked to four times higher after the delta variant emerged, new government data show.
Nov 19, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Researchers find disparities in suicide risk among lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults
Suicide risk among lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults varies considerably depending on the intersection between sexual identity and other aspects of identity, such as gender, age, and race/ethnicity, according to a study led ...
Nov 9, 2021
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Health
Social inequities perpetuate breastfeeding disparities for Black women
As Black women continue to have the lowest breastfeeding initiation and duration rates in the United States, researchers examined factors associated with breastfeeding disparities and inequities through the lens of critical ...
Nov 8, 2021
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Health
Socioeconomic barriers for women start early and impact health often
Socioeconomic barriers unique to women, including inadequate access to contraception, postpartum follow-up and maternity leave set women's cardiovascular health back early in life and can result in heart attack, stroke and ...
Nov 1, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
For Black women, new online prediction tool could reduce breast cancer deaths
In the United States, Black women are more likely to have breast cancer at earlier ages and with a worse prognosis than white women. Despite this, there is a critical gap in breast cancer risk prediction models for Black ...
Oct 29, 2021
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Health
Low vitamin D status may lead to elevated colorectal cancer risk in black women
A new study from the Slone Epidemiology Center and the Boston University School of Medicine suggests that Black women with a low vitamin D status have an increased risk of developing colorectal cancer, in line with the findings ...
Oct 25, 2021
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Vaccination
Why people should be vaccinated for COVID-19: Questions answered
The latest data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicates that only a third of all pregnant women in the U.S. are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, yet they are among the most vulnerable who ...
Oct 20, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Starting mammography at age 40 would reduce disparities in deaths for Black women
If Black women begin mammography screening every other year starting at age 40, breast cancer deaths could be reduced by 57 percent compared to starting screening 10 years later according to analyses conducted by a modeling ...
Oct 19, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
African American breast cancer patients less likely to receive genetic counseling, testing
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have surveyed cancer doctors to identify differences in physician attitudes and beliefs that may contribute to a gap in referrals to genetic counseling ...
Oct 18, 2021
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