Joseph Varon—who is chief of intensive care at United Memorial, a small hospital that mainly treats minority patients in Houston—made headlines when a photo of him hugging an elderly COVID patient during Thanksgiving ...
May 12, 2022
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A simulated pancreatic cancer clinical trial screening process showed that Black patients were significantly more likely than white patients to be excluded from clinical trials for a wide range of eligibility criteria, according ...
Oct 6, 2021
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A new study has uncovered inequities in access to kidney transplantation in the UK despite its universal healthcare system. The findings appear in an upcoming issue of CJASN.
May 29, 2020
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A survey of uninsured patients at a large free medical clinic in South Florida identified barriers to skin cancer prevention in minority and immigrant populations, including a lack of knowledge, the belief that dark skin ...
Sep 15, 2016
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Although breast cancer is somewhat more aggressive in South Asian and Black women than in White women, this is largely due to age differences between ethnic groups in the UK, according to new research.
Mar 10, 2016
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A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine today demonstrates both the importance and the challenge of treating people who are at high risk of a stroke.
May 10, 2016
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Racial minorities are disproportionately affected by stroke, with Black patients experiencing worse post-stroke outcomes than white patients. Racial disparities in stroke outcomes have been linked to suboptimal control of ...
Sep 28, 2021
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New research from Boston Medical Center found that Black and Hispanics patients treated with surgery for retinal detachment had worse vision results than white patients. Published in the Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology, ...
Jan 17, 2023
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Numerous studies have shown that people from racial and ethnic minority groups are underrepresented in clinical trials of new medical treatments for multiple myeloma. A study published today in the Blood Journal suggests ...
May 4, 2023
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A lot of evidence shows that a patients' race or ethnicity is associated with differences in how health care providers communicate with them, the health care they receive, and their health outcomes. In HIV care, a key to ...
Jan 27, 2014
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