Older Black and Hispanic patients with advanced cancer are less likely than white patients to receive opioid medications for pain relief in the last weeks of life, according to a study led by investigators at Harvard-affiliated ...
Jan 18, 2023
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Nurturing mothers have garnered accolades for rescuing skinned knees on the playground and coaxing their children to sleep with lullabies. Now they're gaining merit for their offspring's physical health in middle age.
Jan 23, 2012
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Chronic pain is a top cause of disability in the United States, with the costs of medical care and lost productivity exceeding $500 billion, according to an Institute of Medicine report. Many people who suffer an acute traumatic ...
Oct 5, 2023
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University of Michigan researchers say employing a conversational assistant—think 'Hey, Siri,' or perhaps something less global like an "Ask the Doc"—could be one way to narrow the gap in health disparities impacting ...
Dec 1, 2020
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If future physicians are to best serve the changing health needs of patients and their communities, medical education must put greater emphasis on public health and prevention, experts say in a supplement to October's American ...
Sep 28, 2011
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New research shows increasing disparity in mortality among candidates with and without hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who are on the waiting list for liver transplantation. The study available in the April issue of Liver ...
Mar 22, 2012
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The human gut is more than a source of instinct.
Jun 14, 2021
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Mental health experts from Meharry Medical College School of Medicine have released the first comprehensive report on the correlation between the incarceration of African American males and substance abuse and other health ...
Nov 11, 2012
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As the coronavirus pandemic continues to threaten hard-hit minority communities, the nation's largest association of doctors has passed a policy that recognizes racism as a public health threat.
Nov 24, 2020
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The income gap between men and women in the United States has been closing over the last quarter century, but not among physicians.
Sep 13, 2013
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