American Indian people with atrial fibrillation (AFib) had the highest risk of non-hemorrhagic stroke when compared with people in other racial and ethnic groups, and they also experienced the highest overall risk for stroke ...
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Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center and colleagues analyzed national data to investigate the differences in cancer prevention beliefs by race and ethnicity. They found that minorities, including blacks, Asians and Hispanics, ...
Apr 17, 2013
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(HealthDay)—Community-level factors explain some, but not all, racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 rates in Massachusetts, according to a report published online Aug. 27 in Health Affairs.
Aug 31, 2020
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Disparities in health care delivery and health outcomes present distressing challenges to underserved populations, who often experience a greater burden of chronic diseases and are more likely to show signs of poor disease ...
May 16, 2019
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The reluctance or refusal to accept COVID-19 vaccinations can be tackled by a five-pronged strategy to addressing the behavioral and socio-demographic factors behind vaccine hesitancy. Writing in the Journal of the Royal ...
Jun 3, 2021
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The WHO reports that drowning claims the lives of at least 236,000 people every year, making it one of the top 10 leading causes of death for children and youth aged one to 24 years. More than 90% of drowning deaths occur ...
Nov 27, 2023
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Patients from minority ethnic groups have a disproportionately higher rate of emergency hospital admissions, according to research by Queen Mary University of London and Barts Health NHS Trust.
Aug 19, 2021
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People who enroll in health research studies, such as cancer screening trials, usually have better health than the target population (the "healthy volunteer" effect).
Apr 25, 2023
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Mortality rates for ischemic heart disease varied more between different Asian American populations than had been previously reported, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.
Sep 27, 2022
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National Institutes of Health researchers have found that the words that scientists use to describe human populations—such as race, ancestry, and ethnicity—significantly changed from 1949 to 2018. Such changes and their ...
Dec 2, 2021
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