Health informatics
Women and minorities bear the brunt of medical misdiagnosis, find studies
Charity Watkins sensed something was deeply wrong when she experienced exhaustion after her daughter was born.
Jan 22, 2024
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News tagged with racial bias
Health informatics
How a failure to understand race leads to flawed health tech
A new study focused on wearable health monitors underscores an entrenched problem in the development of new health technologies—namely, that a failure to understand race means the way these devices are developed and tested ...
Dec 7, 2023
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Radiology & Imaging
Structural racism shown to persist in radiotherapy
Everyone should get quality care, no matter the color of their skin. However, implicit bias, micro-aggressions, and a lack of cultural understanding persist, leading to oppression and unequal treatment in health care.
Nov 30, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Can you spot the AI impostors? Research finds AI faces can look more real than actual humans
Does ChatGPT ever give you the eerie sense you're interacting with another human being?
Nov 14, 2023
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Surgery
Black patients more likely to perceive racial bias from orthopaedic surgeons, finds study
Black patients report more difficulties relating to their orthopaedic surgeon and are more likely to perceive bias from their surgeon, as compared with White patients, reports a study in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.
Oct 9, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Video: What Black men need to know about prostate cancer
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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Medical economics
Black men were likely underdiagnosed with lung problems because of bias in software, study suggests
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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Psychology & Psychiatry
Researchers investigate racial, ethnic bias when diagnosing alcohol use disorder among veterans
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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Diabetes
Risk models for T2DM overestimate risk for non-Hispanic whites
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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Ophthalmology
AI algorithms trained on fundus photographs infer self-reported race
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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