Pediatrics
Moving past conflation of race and genetics
Race is not genetic. Race is a social and political construct. However, the conflation of race and genetics is one way that racism persists in medicine and research.
Oct 27, 2021
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News tagged with racial differences
Psychology & Psychiatry
Studying racial and ethnic differences in perception of provider competence
,Patients who identify as racial and ethnic minorities prefer medical providers who share and understand their culture, but those patients are not as likely as others to access providers who can provide such care, according ...
Sep 28, 2021
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Health
The quality, not quantity, of cardiovascular fat can interfere with memory later in life
A worsening cardiovascular profile after menopause may contribute to the fact that women are disproportionately affected by dementia. A new study identified a link between cardiovascular fat volume and radiodensity and cognitive ...
Sep 22, 2021
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Sports medicine & Kinesiology
Racial differences in recovery following sports-related concussion identified in young black and white athletes
Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers examined whether race (Black or White) influences outcomes and subjective experiences in young athletes who have sustained a sports-related concussion. Of primary interest ...
Aug 24, 2021
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Medical research
Patient preferences do not explain racial disparities in opioid prescribing
Why are Black patients less likely than white patients to be prescribed opioids for acute pain in the emergency department (ED)? While many theories have been put forward (ranging from racial differences in patients' pain ...
Aug 19, 2021
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Medications
Study explores race inequity in opioid prescribing among US health systems
A new Dartmouth-led study published this month in the New England Journal of Medicine sheds light on the role U.S. health systems play concerning racial inequality in prescription pain medicine receipt.
Jul 21, 2021
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Vaccination
Unvaccinated minorities in Virginia are more likely to get vaccinated than unvaccinated whites
While Virginia has now surpassed the 70% mark for vaccinations among adults, there are significant differences among racial and ethnic groups regarding willingness to get the vaccine, according to the new statewide vaccine ...
Jul 2, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Black and white women have same mutations linked to breast cancer risk
The prevalence of genetic mutations associated with breast cancer in Black and white women is the same, according to a new JAMA Oncology study of nearly 30,000 patients led by researchers in the Basser Center for BRCA at ...
Jun 14, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Pancreatic cancer trials fail to include minorities despite worse outcomes
Despite the fact that certain racial and ethnic minorities get pancreatic cancer more often, are diagnosed at a younger age and die sooner, clinical trials fail to include representative proportions of non-White patients ...
May 14, 2021
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Neuroscience
Who is affected by brain pressure disorder the most?
Black and Hispanic women may be more likely than white women to have a brain pressure disorder called idiopathic intracranial hypertension, according to a study published in the May 12, 2021, online issue of Neurology, the ...
May 12, 2021
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