New Zealand debates whether ethnicity should be a factor for surgery waitlists
New Zealanders this week were debating a thorny health care issue—whether ethnicity should be a factor in determining when patients get surgery.
Jun 22, 2023
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New Zealanders this week were debating a thorny health care issue—whether ethnicity should be a factor in determining when patients get surgery.
Jun 22, 2023
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For years, multiple sclerosis was seen as a disease that largely affects white people. But a new study finds that it's much more common among Black Americans than previously believed.
Jun 15, 2023
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The NHS will be "flying blind" in its attempts to meet its legal, and moral, obligation to eliminate ethnic inequalities in health and care until longstanding problems with the quality of ethnicity data are resolved, warns ...
Jun 13, 2023
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Black women are four times more likely to die while pregnant or just after childbirth than white women, according to the latest figures published by Mbrrace—a national program which surveys and investigates the causes of ...
Jun 2, 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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There's one question that Hollings Cancer Center researcher Jennifer Dahne, Ph.D., co-director of the remote and virtual trials program at the South Carolina Clinical & Translational Research Institute, hears more than any ...
Jun 1, 2023
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The American population is older than it used to be, according to new U.S. Census data.
May 25, 2023
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Charles Thomas was unwell but he had no time for rest. He was on the cusp of a management promotion and a move to Florida to begin a new chapter that would alter his family's financial future and break the cycle of generational ...
May 23, 2023
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Public health officials announced Tuesday that a lot fewer Americans were without health insurance after the COVID-19 pandemic than before it.
May 16, 2023
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High inflation rates are stressing certain sociodemographic groups more than others, exacerbating inequalities in health in the United States, found a new study led by a York University researcher.
May 15, 2023
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