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Section: Disparities
Disparities
How Coffee Shop Racism Harms Black Patients
A couple of weeks ago, two black men entered the Philadelphia Starbucks store to meet a friend, and have a conversation, just like many of us usually do. Unlike many of us, however, they were arrested for trespassing – after minutes of taking their seats. A phone call – that lasted only 30 seconds – […]
May 9, 2018
Disparities
Contraceptive for Men? Stops Sperm from Swimming
A compound called EP055 binds to sperm proteins and significantly slows the overall motility of the sperm without affecting hormones. The finding, which appear in PLOS ONE, suggest EP055 could be a candidate for contraceptive pill for men that’s free of side effects. “Simply put, the compound turns-off the sperm’s ability to swim, significantly limiting fertilization […]
May 9, 2018
Disparities
Panel: Racial Health Disparities Deeply Embedded
Panelists from the Mankato medical community Monday said much work remains in eliminating racial health disparities. The discussion was part of the Greater Mankato Diversity Council’s latest Write on Race gathering at the Verizon Center. The journaling project focused on race and health in its most recent quarter. Minnesota consistently ranks well among states in […]
May 9, 2018
Disparities
Shedding Light on Asian American and Asian Students’ Mental Needs
The “Let’s Talk!” conference at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) recently convened Pan-Asian college students, supporters and other educational leaders for a day-long forum addressing the success and well-being of Asian and Asian American college students across the country. Now in its third year, the conference — created as a passion project by […]
May 9, 2018
Disparities
State Finds Obesity Disparity Growing
Money appears to be a strong separator between the lean and the obese in Minnesota, which has one of the nation’s widest economic gaps when it comes to excess weight gain. Minnesota ranked 42nd among states for its disparity, because the obesity rate of 28 percent for all adults in the state in 2016 bloated […]
May 7, 2018
Disparities
Guidelines Urge Care for Mothers After Birth
As mothers around the world marvel that Kate Middleton went home from the hospital mere hours after giving birth to her third child Monday, the largest group of women’s doctors in the U.S. is urging a major shift in the way physicians care for mothers of new babies. Instead of waiting six weeks for a […]
May 7, 2018
Disparities
Students Kickstart Project for Minority Healthcare
A group of Penn State students have started an effort to bring awareness of and encourage the use of health and wellness services among minority students on campus. A new component of HealthWorks, the Minority Health Initiative, was created to educate students on the resources available to them by HealthWorks and to provide them with […]
May 7, 2018
Disparities
Trump to Appoint Dr. Oz to Fitness Panel
The Trump administration announced Friday that the president would appoint 1986 Wharton MBA and School of Medicine graduate Mehmet Oz of “The Dr. Oz Show” to the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition. Known often as “Dr. Oz,” Oz has entered into public discourse on numerous occasions as a result of controversial statements and […]
May 7, 2018
Disparities
Plan May Make it Harder to Get Healthcare for Disabled
Can you imagine going to your doctor’s office and not being able to get on the examination table because it is too high? Or not being weighed throughout your entire pregnancy because your primary care physician does not have a wheelchair-accessible scale? Unfortunately, these examples are the stark reality for people with disabilities. Notwithstanding advancements […]
May 7, 2018
Disparities
Black Patients in ICU with Heart Failure Less Likely to See Cardiologist
African-Americans Admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) for heart failure are less likely than white patients to receive care by a cardiologist. “It is important to realize that here are racial disparities in American healthcare,” Dr. Khadija Breathett from the University of Arizona in Tuscon told Reuters Health. “In order to receive equal access […]
May 7, 2018
Disparities
Students of Color Asked to Describe Isolation
Director of the African American Knowledge Optimized for Mindfully Healthy Adolescents (AAKOMA) Project and Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Georgetown University Medical Center Dr. Alfiee M. Breland-Noble gave a talk at the African, Latin, Asian and Native American (ALANA) Cultural Center entitled, “College, Stress and #Beychella” on Wednesday, April 18. Breland-Noble began her talk by […]
May 2, 2018
Disparities
Symposium Focuses on Equity in Cancer Care
The statistics can be daunting. Black men are roughly twice as likely to die of their prostate cancers and black women are 35 percent more likely to die from their breast cancers than both of their white counterparts, according to the National Cancer Institute. Cancer death rates for American Indians and Alaska Natives increased from 1990 to […]
May 2, 2018
Disparities
Health Official Says Disparities Demand Attention
In Washington, D.C., Howard Koh, MD, was known simply as “the ASH,” an acronym for his full title, assistant secretary for health for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. But for a physician who had devoted his career to battling tobacco use, to suddenly be known as the ASH — even though the title […]
May 2, 2018
Disparities
Navajo Say the Trump Shift on Healthcare Violates Treaties
The Trump administration says Native Americans might need to get a job to keep their health care. But Navajo leaders say that policy defies their 150-year-old treaty rights. Three states have introduced a rule — and several more plan to — that says a person has to work or to be in school to receive […]
May 2, 2018
Disparities
Study: Gap in Early Death Rates Narrows for Blacks
Racial disparities when it comes to early deaths are narrowing in the U.S., according to a study published in PLOS ONE on Wednesday. Researchers credited reductions in years of life lost among black adults for the narrowing gap, in particular pointing to declining heart disease, HIV and cancer death rates—particularly among black adults in their 30s […]
May 2, 2018
Disparities
Incidence of Autism Rises, but Shows Signs of Leveling Off
A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that while rates of autism in children in the United States continue to rise, some signs suggest things may be leveling off. The new statistical findings, from the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network, reflect data from more than 10,886 children. The results […]
May 2, 2018
Disparities
Black in Medicine: The Importance of Representation
In 2016, I went to the emergency room due to my allergies and was told after an X-ray that I would be placed on isolation because of a mass visualized in one of my lungs and because I had taken a trip to Nigeria the previous summer. I had no symptoms, though, so both the […]
April 30, 2018
Disparities
Latinos with M.S. Struggle with Depression
A new study has found that half of Latino patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) also suffer from depression. In analysis presented at the 70th annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) in Los Angeles, CA, researchers from Mount Sinai Beth Israel reported that depression is more prevalent in minorities with MS and low-income backgrounds. […]
April 30, 2018
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