September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. It's one of the leading causes of cancer death among all men. However, Black men are disproportionately hit hard by the disease. One in 6 Black men will develop prostate cancer ...
Sep 20, 2023
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Racial bias built into a common medical test for lung function is likely leading to fewer Black patients getting care for breathing problems, a study published Thursday suggests.
Jun 2, 2023
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University of Kentucky College of Public Health faculty member Rachel Vickers-Smith, Ph.D., and a team of investigators recently examined whether there is racial or ethnic bias in who receives an alcohol use disorder (AUD) ...
May 25, 2023
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Risk models for type 2 diabetes overestimate risk for non-Hispanic Whites, according to a study published online May 17 in PLOS Global Public Health.
May 18, 2023
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Artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms trained on fundus photographs infer the self-reported race (SRR) of infants, regardless of whether the images contain color, according to a study published online May 4 in JAMA Ophthalmology.
May 12, 2023
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Breast cancer is one of the most common and deadly types of cancer, and the best outcomes stem from early detection. But some screening techniques may be less effective for people with darker skin.
May 9, 2023
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If you work at a company, university or large organization, you've probably sat through a required training session meant to fight gender and racial discrimination in the workplace. Employers increasingly invest in efforts ...
Mar 31, 2023
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The leading U.S. medical journal, read regularly by doctors of all specialties, systematically ignores an equally reputable and rigorous body of medical research that focuses on Black Americans' health.
Mar 8, 2023
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Algorithms that incorporate race as a modifying factor to guide clinical decision-making have recently been criticized for propagating racial bias in medicine. The calculation of lung or kidney function are examples of equations ...
Feb 24, 2023
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Black adults treated at advanced heart failure centers received potentially life-changing therapies, such as transplants and heart pumps, about half as often as white adults, possibly due to racial bias, a small National ...
Oct 19, 2022
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