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Bill Addresses Racial Disparities in Maternal Deaths

A piece of legislation before the U.S. Senate would aim to address racial disparities in maternal mortality and morbidity. Senators Tim Kaine and Kamala D. Harris introduced the Maternal care Access and Reducing Emergencies Act. According to a release, the United States is one of only 13 countries in the world where the rate of […]

Complaint Alleges Racial Bias in Failure to Address Sewage Risk

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — An advocacy group claims Alabama health officials are discriminating against residents of a poor, mostly black county by failing to address sanitation problems that led to an outbreak of a parasite most common in underdeveloped countries. San Francisco-based Earthjustice said it filed a civil rights complaint with the federal government on behalf […]

Study: Minority Medical Residents Routinely Face Racism

(Reuters Health) – Minority doctors in training routinely deal with bias, sometimes subtle, sometimes not so subtle, a new study suggests. Researchers found that resident physicians from racial and ethnic minorities face a daily barrage of microaggressions as well as overt prejudice, according to the study published in JAMA Network Open. Read More

AP Fact Check: Trump Claims on Pre-Existing Conditions? False

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump isn’t playing it straight when it comes to his campaign pledge not to undercut health coverage for people with pre-existing medical conditions. Five weeks before midterm elections, he is telling voters that those provisions “are safe,” even as his Justice Department is arguing in court that those protections in the […]

Even Light Exercise Helps Memory, Study Finds

How much exercise does it take to boost your memory skills? Possibly a lot less than you’d think, according to the results of a new study that examined the impact of light exercise on memory. In their study of 36 healthy young adults, researchers found surprisingly immediate improvements in memory after just 10 minutes of […]

Hurtful Mascots

Last month, off Interstate Highway 94 in Michigan, a billboard was printed that read, “R*dsk*n: noun. older slang: disparaging, offensive. 1. The word r*dsk*n is very offensive and should be avoided.” This billboard was strategically placed outside of Paw Paw, where the mascot of the high school is—you guessed it—the R*dsk*ns. There have been vocal […]

Humana Gives U.H. $15M for Medical School

A local public university has partnered with a national health insurance company to advance public health and the school’s health care courses. Louisville, Kentucky-based Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) will donate $15 million over 10 years to create the Humana Integrated Health System Sciences Institute at the University of Houston, which will include the colleges of […]

Retirement Community Resident in D.C. Has Legionnaires’

A resident of a Northwest D.C. retirement community has been diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease, prompting concern that other residents could be at risk of contracting a dangerous, pneumonia-causing bacteria that can spread through a building’s plumbing. Residents of three buildings in the Ingleside at Rock Creek senior community on Military Road were instructed to take […]

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Hispanic Physicians Oppose Change to Immigration Policy

The National Hispanic Medical Association, representing 50,000 Hispanic physicians, strongly opposes the Public Charge Proposal that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced on September 22, 2018. “The proposed rule change would greatly undermine achievements made in access to prevention and medical care for Latino legal immigrants by limiting nutrition, health care, and medications and […]

AP: Drug Prices Going Up Despite Trump Promise

NEW YORK — President Donald Trump made reducing drug prices a key promise during his election campaign, repeatedly accusing drug makers of “getting away with murder.” At the end of May, he promised that drug companies would be announcing “massive” voluntary drug price cuts within two weeks. That hasn’t happened, and an Associated Press analysis […]

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Why America Faces a Doctor Shortage

For more than 75 years, the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME), a joint venture of the American Medical Association (AMA) and the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), has been tasked with maintaining excellence in American medical education by accrediting all medical schools in the U.S. and Canada. At first glance, LCME seems like […]

Nobel Prize in Medicine Awarded for Immune System Cancer Research

STOCKHOLM — The Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded Monday to two researchers from the United States and Japan for advances in discovering how the body’s immune system can fight off the scourge of cancer. The 9-million-kronor ($1.01 million) prize will be shared by James Allison of the University of Texas Austin and Tasuku Honjo […]

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