Faculty from the University of Minnesota and HealthPartners Institute recently published an analysis in JAMA Network Open on the first large-scale study in the U.S. to demonstrate that a patient's language and need for an ...
May 3, 2023
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Following a low-carbohydrate diet comprised primarily of plant-based foods was significantly associated with lower risk of premature death among people with type 2 diabetes, according to a new study led by researchers at ...
Feb 28, 2023
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For people at high risk of contracting HIV, missing doses of their daily HIV prevention pills can have big consequences. In some cases, missing a pill can lead to lack of protection against the virus.
Feb 9, 2023
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While the benefits of diverse teams are well documented, medicine lacks the racial and ethnic diversity necessary to provide the best care for all patients and create an environment ripe to propel scientific innovation.
Feb 2, 2023
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The My Life, My Story (MLMS) project was established through the Veterans Health Administration in 2013 with the goal of bringing the patient's voice into their medical record. It is a narrative medical tool that allows the ...
Jan 17, 2023
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Black, Latin American, and other underrepresented groups continue to receive inadequate representation among students and faculty at US neonatal nurse practitioner (NNP) training programs, reports a survey in Advances in ...
Jan 6, 2023
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Representation of women in academic medicine improved from 1990 to 2019, but representation of underrepresented minorities (URM) only modestly increased, according to a study published online Dec. 20 in JAMA Network Open.
Dec 29, 2022
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Muscular dystrophy is a debilitating disease that causes progressive weakening and loss of muscles. Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy (FCMD), the second most common form of childhood muscular dystrophy in Japan, is a ...
Dec 12, 2022
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Ten months after transplanting the first genetically-modified pig heart into a human patient, University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) researchers continue to report on new findings from the landmark transplant. ...
Nov 14, 2022
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An increase in the percentage of underrepresented in medicine (URiM) pediatric academic faculty was seen in the last 20 years, with the increase primarily driven by female representation, according to a study published online ...
Aug 23, 2022
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