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Section: Disparities
Disparities
Jobs ACA Created in Indian Country Could End
Since its founding in the 1950s, the Indian Health Service has provided medical care for many Native Americans. But the service has been chronically underfunded, so often pays for care only if someone is in immediate danger of losing life or limb. In recent years, the Affordable Care Act created new health coverage opportunities for […]
February 13, 2017
Disparities
$8.4M Grant Extends Malaria Study
EAST LANSING, Mich. — A Michigan State University professor will be able to spend at least seven more years researching malaria thanks to an $8.4 million grant. The grant from the National Institute of Health will allow Terrie Taylor to find ways to improve health care for malaria-infected patients. Taylor has spent six months every […]
February 8, 2017
Disparities
Grant Awarded for Coal Communities
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — A health professor and researcher at Marshall University has received a $1.3 million federal grant to continue health care work in areas affected by coal in West Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio. The university said the recipient is Richard D. Crespo of the Department of Family and Community Health at the medical school. […]
February 6, 2017
Disparities
Women Could Pay More for Less With Repeal
WASHINGTON— From a return to higher premiums based on gender, to gaps in coverage for birth control and breast pumps, experts say women could end up paying more for less if the Obama-era health care law is repealed. The 2010 law ended a common industry practice of charging women more than men for policies purchased […]
February 6, 2017
Disparities
California’s Immigrant Kids Could Lose Care First
On a recent rainy morning in Los Angeles, Maria Bernal’s stove clicks to life with a bright blue flame to toast bread on a griddle for her 9-year-old son Edwin to smear with peanut butter. As she scoops papaya chunks into the blender for a smoothie, she recalls her worry during all the years when […]
February 1, 2017
Disparities
Early Death Rates Down for Blacks, Latinos and Asians
Premature death rates have declined in the United States among Hispanics, blacks, and Asian/Pacific Islanders (APIs) — in line with trends in Canada and the United Kingdom — but increased among whites and American Indian/Alaska Natives (AI/ANs), according to a comprehensive study of premature death rates for the entire U.S. population from 1999 to 2014. […]
January 30, 2017
Disparities
N.M. Exports Video Mentoring Model for Physicians
ESPANOLA, N.M. — The heart of an unborn child beat strong and steady through an amplified monitor, as physician Leslie Hayes examined a pregnant 40-year-old who recently was weaned from heroin with help from anti-craving medication. Hayes and her colleagues treat more than 200 patients for drug-use disorders involving heroin and prescription opioid pain medication […]
January 18, 2017
Disparities
Healthcare Repeal Would Burden Native Americans
A repeal of the Affordable Care Act — now in the offing in Congress — could deal a body blow to healthcare for at least 33% of all Native Americans. The federal government promised free healthcare to tribes in treaties more than a century ago. The legislation that protects and modernizes those treaty promises was […]
January 18, 2017
Disparities
Blacks, Twice as Likely to Have Diabetes, Rare in Trials
(Reuters Health) – Even though diabetes rates are almost twice as high in black people as in whites, black patients may be far less likely to be included in drug safety trials, a recent study suggests. Since 2008, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has required that new glucose-lowering medications for diabetes be tested for […]
January 11, 2017
Disparities
FDA Encourages Diversity in Clinical Trials
Clinical trials are voluntary human research studies designed to answer specific questions about the safety and effectiveness of drugs, vaccines, devices, and other therapies—or to study new ways of using existing treatments. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration does not ordinarily conduct clinical trials. But the FDA relies on the data from these trials to […]
January 11, 2017
Disparities
NIH Study Links Parental Obesity and Developmental Delays
Children of obese parents may be at risk for developmental delays, according to a study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health. The investigators found that children of obese mothers were more likely to fail tests of fine motor skill — the ability to control movement of small muscles, such as those in the […]
January 10, 2017
Disparities
Native American in PGA Works on Health Issues
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The PGA Tour’s first full-blooded Native American golfer and his nonprofit foundation are working to improve Native American health. Notah Begay spoke to a crowd in December at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center and said childhood obesity “drastically impacts everyone in this room, because of the huge health care costs coming down […]
December 21, 2016
Disparities
Data Show Spike in Worst Black Lung Cases
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — New data show many more coal miners across Appalachia suffering from the most serious form of black lung disease than federal regulators previously reported. National Public Radio reported December 16 that its investigation shows cases 10 times more prevalent, with data from 11 black lung clinics in Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and […]
December 21, 2016
Disparities
Pine Ridge Hospital Fails Inspection Again
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. —An embattled government-run hospital whose leadership had promised to significantly improve its operation has again been found in violation of quality-of-care standards. The Indian Health Service, which administers the hospital on South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, announced December 16 that federal inspectors determined the failures, primarily in the emergency department, constituted […]
December 21, 2016
Disparities
Trump Health Plan Could Hurt Planned Parenthood
WASHINGTON — One of President-elect Donald Trump’s first, and defining, acts next year could come on Republican legislation to cut off taxpayer money from Planned Parenthood. Trump sent mixed signals during the campaign about the 100-year-old organization, which provides birth control, abortions and various women’s health services. He said “millions of women are helped by […]
December 21, 2016
Disparities
ECHO Telehealth Service Faces Cloudy Future
In our current healthcare system, the interests of hospitals and clinics don’t always align with the interests of patients, but healthcare providers shouldn’t feel penalized for doing right by those who require their services. That was the message that UNM Hospital doctors had for U.S. Sen. Tom Udall, D-NM, during a visit on Wednesday. The […]
December 19, 2016
Disparities
Study: Veterans Suffer Most Severe Pain
American veterans experience higher prevalence of pain and more severe pain than nonveterans, with young and middle-aged veterans suffering the most, according to a new analysis of the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) by the lead epidemiologist at the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) at the National Institutes of Health. This survey […]
December 14, 2016
Disparities
Mumps Outbreak Catches Colleges Off Guard
CBS News reports on a resurgence in mumps infections throughout the United States, with more than 2,800 cases reported this year — nearly double the number of confirmed illnesses in 2015. The University of Missouri, which has reported nearly 200 cases of mumps infection this academic year, has asked students to refrain from throwing social […]
December 14, 2016
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