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Section: Disparities

Doctor Alleging Racial Profiling Will Get Hearing

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — A judge has declined to dismiss a lawsuit that accuses the University of Michigan of illegally firing an administrator who said black patients and visitors were victims of racial profiling at campus hospitals. Attorney James Fett says Judge Timothy Connors set a Dec. 5 trial date after hearing arguments September 22. […]

September 26, 2016

Drugmakers’ Discount Cards Offer Pluses and Minuses

WASHINGTON — Facing public furor for the price of its emergency allergy shot EpiPen, Mylan Pharmaceuticals quickly pointed to a familiar industry solution: copay discount cards. Copay coupons or cards have become a ubiquitous part of the pharmaceutical business, offered through websites, mobile apps and doctor’s offices. Patient advocates say they can bring down out-of-pocket […]

September 21, 2016

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Employees of Alaska Blood Bank File Complaint

ANCHORAGE, Alaska —Several Blood Bank of Alaska employees have filed a federal complaint accusing the blood bank’s leadership of mismanagement and financial impropriety since the organization moved into its $45 million facility earlier this year. The Aug. 28 complaint filed with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says the blood bank’s missteps have resulted in […]

September 21, 2016

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Paralympics: Rio Isn’t So Disability-Friendly

RIO DE JANEIRO — Inside the Olympic Park, there are ramps, strategically placed railings, tactile paving inside venues, and more. It’s evident that experts designed the grounds for the Summer Games and Paralympics to be accessible to people with disabilities. But outside the venues is a different story. For those with disabilities, navigating Rio de […]

September 19, 2016

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University of Florida Awarded $1.7M to Study Zika in Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The University of Florida announced that it has been awarded a U.S. grant of roughly $1.7 million to research the mosquito-borne Zika virus in Haiti. The university’s Emerging Pathogens Institute said in a statement that the U.S. National Institutes of Health grant will be allocated over four years. Director Dr. Glenn Morris […]

September 19, 2016

Caregiver Charged With Hitting Autistic Boy

NEWARK, Del. — Delaware State Police have arrested a caregiver they say hit a 13-year-old autistic resident of a group home where she works. The agency said in a news release that the caregiver worked at the Manor Group Home, which is owned by the Christina School District. Police say the caregiver was seen repeatedly […]

September 19, 2016

N.E. College Sends Professors to Teach at Clinics

CONCORD, N.H. — Janelle Jones knew she wanted to get a master’s degree someday, but she figured that would mean driving to a college campus at least an hour away. Now, her commute is just a walk down the hall, thanks to a New England College program aimed at boosting New Hampshire’s mental health workforce […]

September 14, 2016

$25 Million Donation Could Clear Path for New Dental School

EL PASO, Texas—El Paso could be getting a dental school. The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso has announced a $25 million donation for the Woody L. Hunt School of Dental Medicine. Officials say the contribution from the Woody and Gayle Hunt Family Foundation will support the first new dental school in Texas […]

September 13, 2016

Home Repairs and Checkups Help Seniors Age in Place

WASHINGTON — Where you live plays a big role in staying independent as you age. Now researchers say an innovative program that combined home fix-ups and visits from occupational therapists and nurses improved low-income seniors’ ability to care for themselves in their own homes. Still to be answered is whether that better daily functioning also […]

September 13, 2016

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Clients Find Purpose at Recovery Center

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — In 2013, Elizabeth Torres, then 47, stared at a bag of crack and a small bundle of bills. For the longtime drug addict, it might have been a relaxed day. She had drugs, money, and she wasn’t even homeless- depending on your definition of a home. But she didn’t want the drugs. […]

September 2, 2016

VA: Ex-Marine Who Killed 3 Did Not Have PTSD

WICHITA, Kan. — A former Marine who ambushed and killed three Baton Rouge law enforcement officers last month never saw combat in Iraq, but told doctors he suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder because a buddy showed him videos of maimed and decapitated bodies, according to newly released Veterans Health Administration medical records. Gavin Long’s doctors […]

September 2, 2016

Program Seeks to Diversify Physicians in Omaha

OMAHA, Neb. — Two local University of Nebraska institutions have teamed up to create a program to diversify Omaha’s physician population. The Urban Health Opportunities Program will provide tuition and other benefits to undergraduate students at the University of Nebraska at Omaha who want to be doctors in Omaha, particularly in the northeast and southeast […]

September 2, 2016

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Panel: Screening for Kids in Montana Could Prevent Suicides

HELENA, Mont. —A panel seeking ways to fix Montana’s highest-in-the-nation suicide rate is recommending mandatory depression screening of all schoolchildren beginning at age 11 and programs teaching coping skills to kids as young as 6. Preventing suicide and lifting the stigma of depression is a slow process that will require a cultural shift that begins […]

August 31, 2016

Med Student Learns With Team That Treated Him

ST. LOUIS —Luke Weaver knew from a very young age he wanted to be a doctor. He just didn’t realize how much experience he would have with hospitals before ever reaching medical school. When the Belleville native was 15 years old, he started feeling very sick. Initially, doctors thought he had a sinus infection or […]

August 31, 2016

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Canada’s Switched-At-Birth Case Raises Questions

WINNIPEG, Manitoba— The Canadian government is setting up an independent investigation after DNA evidence indicated two men from a northern Manitoba indigenous community were switched at birth. David Tait Jr. was born three days after Leon Swanson in the winter of 1975 at the Norway House Indian Hospital in the western Canadian province. For years, […]

August 31, 2016

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Brain Injuries Overlooked in Domestic Assaults

CHICAGO— There are no bomb blasts or collisions with burly linemen in Susan Contreras’ past. Her headaches, memory loss and bouts of confused thinking were a mystery until doctors suggested a probable cause: domestic violence. A former partner repeatedly beat her, she says. “He would hit me mainly in the head so that nobody would […]

August 29, 2016

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Blacks in Texas Face Highest Risk of Maternal Death

HOUSTON — Black women face the greatest risk for pregnancy-related death in Texas, according to a new report. The report released last week found that cardiac events, overdose by legal or illegal prescription drugs, and high blood pressure disorders are the leading causes of maternal death. “This confirms what we feared — that many of […]

August 29, 2016

“Buddy Check 22” Helping Veterans

SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. — Some Scottsbluff-area residents have joined a social media movement and are meeting monthly to decrease the suicide rate of veterans. Nationally, Buddy Check 22 maintains a Facebook site that, through its exchanges of information, tries to change the outlook on life some veterans have and provide an outlet where they can talk […]

August 24, 2016