Health
Tackling inequalities in end-of-life care
Language barriers are resulting in people from South Asian communities experiencing more pain at the end of life, new research has found.
Jul 26, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Are monolingual Spanish speakers more at risk in the pandemic?
The pandemic has highlighted societal inequities that leave historically disenfranchised communities more at risk for COVID-19 exposure. But recent studies suggest the disparities more severely impact Hispanic people who ...
Oct 12, 2021
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Language barriers could contribute to higher aggression in people with dementia
Immigrants living with dementia were more likely to present with agitation and aggression compared with their non-immigrant counterparts, a new study by Edith Cowan University (ECU) in collaboration with The Dementia Center, ...
Feb 9, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Indigenous Mexicans turn inward to survive COVID-19, barricading villages and growing their own food
While the coronavirus hammers Mexico, some Indigenous communities in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca are finding creative ways to cope.
Aug 11, 2020
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Health
Home care patients with language barriers at higher risk for rehospitalization
Patients with language barriers who are receiving home health care are at an increased risk for hospital readmission, according to a new study published in the International Journal of Nursing Studies.
Oct 27, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
New translation system for humanitarian assistance
The success of a psychiatric or psychotherapeutic treatment decisively depends on the quality of communication between the therapist and patient. In the case of refugees, this communication is often impeded by language barriers. ...
Nov 21, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Australian national register could help reduce Indigenous rheumatic fever numbers
Australia's First Nations populations are among the world's highest sufferers of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD), yet only one in five patients received treatment in 2019.
Oct 23, 2023
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Neuroscience
Bioethicist explains how scientists are examining neural and behavioral markers to explore infant minds in new ways
Babies blink, cry, and yawn—and a few weeks into their lives, they might smile. But do these movements mean that newborns have conscious experiences of perceiving the world around them? Or are these processes happening ...
Jun 12, 2024
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Vaccination
In Norway, vaccination coverage varies with birth country
Vaccination coverage varies with country of birth, according to a new review about the proportion of people vaccinated among immigrant groups conducted by the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. The reasons for the differences ...
May 6, 2021
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Medications
'Unbelievable good price': This pharmacy dispenses bargain medicine—and hope
As disease raced through her body, Ruby suffered unrelenting pain for years.
Dec 5, 2022
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