From 2019 to 2020, there was a decline in the percentage of adults with a dental visit in the previous 12 months, according to an April data brief published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National ...
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The variable race is associated with urinary tract infection (UTI) in children, but it can be replaced with history of UTI and duration of fever in a previously developed prediction tool, according to a review published online ...
Apr 19, 2022
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Using the UK Biobank, a large-scale biomedical database, researchers from the School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences have found that AI models can be racially biased if they are trained on unbalanced databases, ...
Apr 13, 2022
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Clinical trials represent one the largest investments of collective resources in science. These studies, which recruit participants and rigorously evaluate new interventions and therapeutics, aim to advance scientific knowledge ...
Apr 11, 2022
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Last month the British Medical Journal published an editorial calling for racism to be listed as a leading cause of death among Black people in the United States.
Feb 16, 2022
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Considerable controversy surrounds race-based algorithms in medicine—such as an adjustment for Black race in equations that estimate individuals' kidney function. A new study in CJASN has examined the impact of changes ...
Jan 21, 2022
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A study led by UC Davis has found significant differences in gut bacteria between Black and white women, even after accounting for their insulin sensitivity status. The study, published today in PLOS ONE, is the first to ...
Jan 19, 2022
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(HealthDay)—Including race coefficients in calculations of the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) contributes to racial disparities in preemptive listing of kidney transplant candidates, according to a study published ...
Jan 7, 2022
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(HealthDay)—Race is associated with differential management of skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs), according to a research letter published online Dec. 23 in JAMA Network Open.
Jan 5, 2022
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Why should two individuals with exactly the same risk factor profile for developing heart attacks or strokes be treated differently based purely on their race? Is it race that alters risk of these people or is race a surrogate ...
Dec 21, 2021
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