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Section: Disparities

Program Builds Diverse Pipeline for Rural Care

Jazmine Walker unzips a blue body bag. A gaggle of students in scrubs and surgical masks surround her. Teams of five crowd around cadavers around the room, about to begin their first dissection of a human body. But these are not medical students − not yet anyway. They are aspiring doctors and dentists. And many […]

August 6, 2018

Who’s Still Smoking and Why

Smoking rates have plummeted in recent decades thanks to mass media campaigns, cigarette taxes and public bans, yet nearly 38 million Americans still light up regularly. The divide between who puffs and who passes on traditional tobacco cigarettes today is largely drawn by often overlapping factors such as income, education and geography. Disparities in these […]

August 1, 2018

Easing Toxic Stress in Children Prevents Long-Term Impact

Homelessness, neglect, malnutrition, or forced parent-child separation have long been known to cause toxic stress levels in childhood that harm developing brains and bodies. Two decades ago, the link between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and long-lasting health effects surfaced in a pivotal study. Now, clinicians and researchers are taking a deep dive into how the […]

August 1, 2018

How Bots Could Compromise Public Health

Headlines for months have railed about social media bots aiming to manipulate election votes. But similar digital devices and the forces behind them may be seeking to influence something even more personal: your health. Researchers estimate there are tens of millions of bots – automated accounts sometimes posed as real people – on Twitter, with […]

August 1, 2018

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Drug Makers Have High Hopes for Drug in Alzheimer’s Study

CHICAGO — Hopes are rising again for a drug to alter the course of Alzheimer’s disease after decades of failures. An experimental therapy slowed mental decline by 30 percent in patients who got the highest dose in a mid-stage study, and it removed much of the sticky plaque gumming up their brains, the drug’s makers […]

August 1, 2018

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Severe Bleeding Prompts Warnings About Synthetic Cannabinoids

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (WFMY)– Several cases of severe bleeding following synthetic cannabinoid use have identified in North Carolina. A recent case of severe bleeding, in the Triad, has prompted state health officials to issue a warning to the public about the dangers of synthetic cannabinoids. Read More

July 30, 2018

Jewish Doctor, Removed from Duty, Apologizes for Posts on White Nationalist Sites

NEW YORK — A New York doctor says he is sorry for posting comments online supporting a white-only nation and armed racial conflict. Dr. Dov Bechhofer, a resident radiologist at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, was removed from duty this week after an anonymous article on the blogging site Medium identified him as an […]

July 30, 2018

AP-NORC Poll: 6 in 10 Latinos Face Barriers to Care

WASHINGTON — Nearly 6 in 10 Hispanic adults have had a difficult time communicating with a health care provider because of a language or cultural barrier, and when they do they often turn to outside sources for help, according to a new study conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The survey […]

July 30, 2018

Inclusion Clinic to Serve LGBT Patients

There are more than 100 specialties in the field of medicine. However, few providers and clinics focus their care on the LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning/queer) community. LGBT Community Health Centers operate in only 37 of the 50 states, and many of those do not offer comprehensive services. A lack of access to care, or […]

July 25, 2018

Cluster of 11 Legionnaires’ Cases Evolves around a Church

Authorities are investigating 11 cases of Legionnaires’ disease, including one death, linked to St. Columbkille Parish Catholic Church in Parma. Ten patients were hospitalized, and a 93-year-old woman from Parma died, according the Cuyahoga County Board of Health. All of the illnesses took place between early June and mid-July, and all were connected to the parish […]

July 25, 2018

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Despite Progress, HIV Racial Disparities Persist

By the time Arthur Harris turned 17, he had already endured a childhood of grinding poverty in Hartford’s North End, the death of his mother, and the rejection of a community that viewed homosexuality as a sin. It should have come as no surprise to anyone, then, that he went searching for love and acceptance […]

July 25, 2018

Goal: 10,000 Black Men for Large-Scale Prostate Study

It’s a medical mystery with fatal consequences: African-American men with prostate cancer are more likely to get and twice as likely to die from the disease than their white counterparts, and no one knows exactly why. Uncovering reasons behind these stark health disparities is the goal of an ambitious $26.5 million study commencing this month and backed by the […]

July 25, 2018

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Mets Pitcher Out with Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease. What Is That?

New York Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard was recently placed on the disabled list because he contracted hand, foot and mouth disease. It’s a short-term infection that’s mostly found in children younger than 5 years old, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is a common viral illness caused by several […]

July 25, 2018

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Lawsuit: Police Urged Paramedics to Sedate Minnesota Man

MINNEAPOLIS — An attorney for a Minneapolis man is drawing parallels between his client’s lawsuit and the recent debate over police urging paramedics to sedate unruly people. John Powell, 48, said he suffered breathing problems and needed emergency care after suburban police allegedly asked paramedics to inject him with the powerful sedative ketamine three years […]

July 23, 2018

VA Hospital Plans Mental Health Summit

BECKLEY, W.Va. — A Veterans Affairs hospital in West Virginia is planning a mental health summit to highlight advances in veterans’ care. The Beckley VA Medical Center says the summit is set for Aug. 9. The event will take place at the National Mine Health & Safety Academy from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. VA […]

July 23, 2018

Mental-Health Issues Burden Older Minority Adults

Nearly 20 percent of older adults have one or more mental-health conditions. The mental-health needs of older adults can be especially complex due to co-occurring physical health problems that contribute to a compromised quality of life. Late-life depression is associated with a wide array of adverse consequences, including psychological suffering, impairment in physical functioning, and […]

July 23, 2018

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Study: Emergency Room Intervention Cut Veteran Suicides by Half

A new emergency room intervention tested among suicidal military veterans was associated with about half the odds they would engage in suicidal behavior, defined as “any action that could cause a person to die,” in a six-month follow-up period as compared with the usual care, according to a July 2018 paper in JAMA Psychiatry. The high profile suicides of celebrities Kate Spade and Anthony […]

July 23, 2018

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Program Marks 30 Years of Medical Education for Teens

The categories were “muscles of the thorax,” “health disparities,” “lungs,” “bones of the thorax” and “research and college prep.” Gathered in the living room of Roth House, on the Stanford University campus, on a recent Sunday evening, two-dozen high school juniors and seniors hit buzzers and threw their hands up in hopes of being chosen […]

July 18, 2018