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Section: Disparities
Disparities
Md. Governor Orders Study of Pot Disparities
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has ordered a study of the state’s developing medical marijuana industry to ensure opportunities for minority participation. Hogan directed the Governor’s Office of Minority Affairs to initiate a disparity study. He instructed the office to work together with the state’s medical marijuana commission and the transportation department. “As […]
May 1, 2017
Disparities
Native American Health Director Resigns
Montana’s first-ever director of American Indian Health says she thinks state government lacks the commitment for her to do meaningful work, and is resigning. Mary Lynn Billy-Old Coyote was appointed by Governor Steve Bullock in March of 2016. She submitted her resignation Saturday. Billy-Old Coyote’s letter says that she was recently informed that her Office […]
April 26, 2017
Disparities
Nurse Trainees Talk Patients’ Language
BISMARCK, N.D. — A North Dakota nursing program is running simulations in Spanish to increase cultural competency of nursing students. The Dakota Nursing Program at Bismarck State College began its collaboration with a Spanish professor’s class to run scenarios in Spanish, with the help of a student-translator, The Bismarck Tribune reported. “They’re seeing more and […]
April 26, 2017
Disparities
Rare, Deadly Mouse-Borne Virus Increases
As the weather warms and people turn to spring cleaning and outdoor activities such as camping and hiking, they need to beware of a rare but deadly virus that is spread through mouse droppings and kills up to 40 percent of people who become infected, public health officials said. The severe respiratory illness is known […]
April 24, 2017
Disparities
Police Handling in Seizure Case Probed
LARAMIE, Wyo. — A University of Wyoming student claims campus police mistreated him, breaking his wrist and bruising him, by forcibly removing him from class while he was recovering from a seizure. Police removed senior petroleum engineering student Garret VonKrosigk from class and hospitalized him for the protection of himself and others, university spokesman Chad […]
April 24, 2017
Disparities
Connecticut Doctor Makes House Calls
STONINGTON, Conn. — For 87-year-old Bob Livermore and 88-year-old Malcolm Wheeler, having “Dr. Mike” come to their apartments in the StoneRidge Retirement Community has made the infirmities of old age easier to bear. “The last thing you want to do when you’re sick is get out of bed and get in a car and go […]
April 24, 2017
Disparities
“Standards of Care” Can Help Diabetes Patients
POLSON — People diagnosed with diabetes can achieve a normal life if they adopt “Standards of care,” as promoted at Tribal Health Department’s annual Diabetes Care Day. Interactive booth displays featuring topics in healthy eating, exercise, foot care, and prescription management educated guests on health care standards required to prevent or manage diabetes. “Taking care […]
April 19, 2017
Disparities
U.K. Gets $11M for Research on Obesity and Cancer
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — The University of Kentucky says it has received an $11.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to fund a center to study links between obesity and cancer. Leaders at the school in Lexington announced details of the grant on Monday, saying it will fund the UK Center for Cancer […]
April 19, 2017
Disparities
Data Show Disparities in Medicare Advantage
Significant gender, racial and ethnic differences exist in care received by beneficiaries of Medicare Advantage, according to two reports released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. One report compared quality of care for women and men while the other report looked at racial and ethnic differences in healthcare experiences and clinical care in […]
April 19, 2017
Disparities
Study: Mental Health Care System Is Broken
The state of health care in the US may arguably be improving – partly thanks to the imperfect addition of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and partly due to the deserved collapse of the catastrophic American Health Care Act (AHCA) of 2017 – but it is still rife with problems. Mental health care, in particular, […]
April 19, 2017
Disparities
Trump Budget Cuts Hit Home in N.C.
Renewed concerns about the local impact of President Donald Trump’s proposed budget cuts and his attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act could affect some of Haywood County’s neediest — and smallest — residents. “Obviously we don’t participate in what goes on with the Trump administration,” said Haywood County Board of County Commissioners Chairman Kirk […]
April 12, 2017
Disparities
Panel Drops Opposition to Prostate Screening
CHICAGO — An influential U.S. government health panel is dropping its opposition to routine prostate cancer screening in favor of letting men decide for themselves after talking with their doctor. The new draft guidelines echo those of several leading medical groups, but they don’t make the decision any easier for men: With their doctor’s help, […]
April 12, 2017
Disparities
W.Va. Mayor Takes on Drug Distributors
WELCH, W.Va. — In this once prosperous West Virginia coal town of 1,900 people, residents say it’s not just the decades-long demise of mining that hurt the community — it’s the scourge of drug use that came with it. Here, almost everyone knows someone who became addicted. And the Appalachian town is fighting back by […]
April 10, 2017
Disparities
Rural Hospitals at Risk If ACA Ends
More rural hospitals could fail if lawmakers replace the ACA with a plan that reduces Medicare and Medicaid funding, on which they heavily rely. According to a new study by Health Management Partners, Medicare and Medicaid patients account for 63% of rural hospitals’ volume, compared with 49% at urban hospitals. Read More
April 5, 2017
Disparities
Cancer Deaths Decline for Most Types
Overall cancer death rates continue to decrease in men, women, and children for all major racial and ethnic groups, according to the latest Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, 1975-2014. The report finds that death rates during the period 2010-2014 decreased for 11 of the 16 most common types of cancer […]
April 5, 2017
Disparities
Indiana Enlists Barbers in Health Initiative
JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. — A southern Indiana health campaign is enlisting black-owned barbershops in a push to bring free health screenings and information on common diseases to black men. The seventh annual Black Barbershop Initiative kicked off March 31 at Community Action of Southern Indiana in Jeffersonville with free health screenings, door prizes and health information. […]
April 3, 2017
Disparities
Opioid Epidemic Exposes Racial Disparities
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The circle of patients gathered for group therapy at a doctor’s family practice in McKenzie could well represent the face of the state’s opioid epidemic. They were in a small city in a rural county, fertile ground for prescription drug addiction, though they traveled from as far as Nashville and Missouri. They […]
April 3, 2017
Disparities
Gene Sequencing Project Will Focus on Latinos
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Sanford Health, one of the largest health systems in the country, is partnering with the flagship hospital of the Miami Children’s Health System to sequence the genes of nearly 1,000 Latinos and Hispanics to better understand the health needs of the populations. Philanthropist Denny Sanford and Sanford Health have given $7 […]
March 29, 2017
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