Socioeconomic barriers unique to women, including inadequate access to contraception, postpartum follow-up and maternity leave set women's cardiovascular health back early in life and can result in heart attack, stroke and ...
Nov 1, 2021
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Three-quarters of rural Americans live more than an hour from the nearest site testing new treatments for COVID-19, research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine reveals. Overall, almost a third of Americans ...
Oct 25, 2021
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(HealthDay)—Race and income—both individually and combined—affect the incidence of migraine diagnosis on admission to the hospital, according to a study published online Aug. 9 in the Journal of the National Medical ...
Sep 10, 2021
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Of the 106,000 people in the U.S. who are awaiting a lifesaving organ transplant, roughly 60% are minorities.
Aug 25, 2021
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Saint Louis University research has found that Medicare patients who belong to racial and ethnic minority groups (Black, Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, or Native American) experience worse access to and quality of ambulatory ...
Aug 17, 2021
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(HealthDay)—There is an increase in the risk for diabetes-related lower-limb amputations in geographically underserved and minority groups, according to a study published online July 22 in Diabetes Care.
Aug 17, 2021
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Since the human genome was first mapped, scientists have discovered hundreds of genes influencing illnesses like breast cancer, heart disease and Alzheimer's disease. Unfortunately, Black people, Indigenous people and other ...
Jul 15, 2021
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Black and Hispanic residents are more common in obstetrics and gynecology (OBGYN) than in surgical and nonsurgical specialties, according to a research letter published online May 19 in JAMA Network Open.
May 20, 2021
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Recently published research from the University of Arizona Health Sciences shows that advanced-stage kidney cancer is more common in Hispanic Americans and Native Americans than in non-Hispanic whites, and that both Hispanic ...
May 6, 2021
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The US government launched a major ad campaign Thursday urging people to get vaccinated, as case numbers of COVID-19 are once again on the rise in America.
Apr 1, 2021
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