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Section: Disparities

HHS Hears About Patient-Empowering Technologies

HHS Deputy Secretary Eric D. Hargan hosted the department’s first PETS summit on Wednesday, and nary a dog nor cat was in sight. But there were entrepreneurs and providers who are using smart phones, software IT and AI to help empower patients to take control of their health and improve their well-being. These tools are […]

August 29, 2018

More Patients Survive Cardiac Arrest with New EMS Technique

A new study showed that a change in the type of breathing tube paramedics use to resuscitate patients with sudden cardiac arrest can significantly improve the odds of survival and save thousands of lives. More than 90 percent of Americans who experience sudden cardiac arrest die before, or soon after, reaching a hospital. Read More

August 29, 2018

Urban-Rural Disparities Disappear in Clinical Trials

Rural-urban disparities in cancer outcomes recede for patients enrolled in clinical trials, a new study in JAMA Network Open finds. The study’s authors explain that patients who participate in clinical trials “are uniformly staged, treated, and followed up under protocol-specific guidelines, reducing the potential influences of inconsistent pretreatment evaluation, care, and posttreatment surveillance.” Read More

August 29, 2018

Ethnically Diverse South Florida to Play Role In National Health Study

South Florida’s ethnic diversity will play a key role in an ambitious five-year medical research effort aimed at making treatments and drugs more effective by tailoring them to the lifestyles, genetics and environment of individual patients. Led by the University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine and funded by a $60 million grant from the […]

August 29, 2018

CDC Reports Surge in STDs

New cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis spiked nearly 10 percent in 2017, continuing a four-year trend of rising sexually transmitted diseases fueled by a lack of awareness and changing sexual behavior, federal health officials said Tuesday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said 2.29 million new cases of these three common yet treatable […]

August 29, 2018

Report: Enlisted Women Show More Adverse Mental Effects Than Officers After Injury

Within a year after suffering a combat-related injury in Iraq or Afghanistan, 40 percent of military women were diagnosed with a mental health condition, according to a new study. Of particular concern is that enlisted women were more likely to have a diagnosis of a mental health disorder and had “significantly lower quality of life” […]

August 29, 2018

Glioblastoma: McCain’s Disease ‘Complex’ and ‘Aggressive’

Glioblastoma has been described as an “aggressive” form of brain cancer that usually occurs in adults. McCain, an Arizona Republican who served in the Senate for more than 30 years, was diagnosed with the disease in July 2017 and succumbed to it 13 months later. Read More

August 27, 2018

Legionnaires’ Outbreak Reported in N.H. Neighborhood

HAMPTON — An outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease has infected four people with the potentially serious bacterial pneumonia, state health officials announced Saturday. All of the cases of the Legionella pneumonia are centered around the area of Ashworth Avenue, between Island Path and H Street, in Hampton Beach, officials said. Read More

August 27, 2018

Study: Any Alcohol Consumption Is Bad for You

WHEN it comes to drinking alcohol, the healthiest thing to do is abstain entirely, according to a large, wide-ranging report published by scientists. Alcohol led to 2.8 million premature deaths in 2016; it was the leading risk factor for premature mortality and disability in the 15 to 49 age group, accounting for 20 per cent […]

August 27, 2018

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Meharry: Ending Affirmative Action Will Mean Fewer Black Doctors in Poor Areas

The leader of Nashville’s historically black medical college said Friday that a Trump Administration decision to roll-back Obama-era affirmative action policies will trigger a domino effect in higher education that will ultimately lead to fewer doctors in many low-income, minority neighborhoods. Dr. James Hildreth, president of Meharry Medical College, said the decision will exacerbate a […]

August 27, 2018

Enhance Racial Disparities Training, Say Primary Care Residents

Disparities in both health status and access to health care in the United States are widely acknowledged problems that have received much attention from the AAFP and a host of other medical professional organizations across the country. The timeliness of the topic increases the value of recently published research(link.springer.com) that explores primary care residents’ awareness […]

August 27, 2018

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Report Hidden for Years: Almost Every Native American Woman Victim of Sexual Violence

In 2010, a Seattle-based survey co-produced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Urban Indian Health Institute found that nearly every Native woman had been raped or coerced into sex at least once in their lives. You may be wondering why a survey that’s eight years out of date is only […]

August 27, 2018

‘Blind’ Vet Kept Driving

WITCHITA, Kan. (Tribune News Service) — A U.S. Army veteran who pretended to be blind, even as he kept driving, has been charged with theft of government funds, officials said. Addison Lewis, 39, of Hutchinson, Kan., was charged with conspiracy to defraud the government and two counts of theft of government funds, U.S. Attorney Stephen […]

August 22, 2018

Journal: Minority Medicare Patients Less Likely to Get Preventative Care

Medicare patients nationwide have low rates of preventive care visits—with the lowest rates found in older adults of minority race/ethnicity, reports a study in the September issue of Medical Care. Lower use of the Medicare Annual Wellness Visit (AWV) by non-white patients is partially explained by income and education—suggesting that the difference is related to […]

August 22, 2018

Doctor Devotes Life to Battling Health Inequities

Dr. Thaddeus John Bell has dedicated his life to helping others live longer and healthier lives. “My passion over the past 25 years has been dealing with health disparities,” says Dr. Bell. “It was something I was brought up with, engrained in me to give back.” For more than forty years, the Columbia native, SCSU […]

August 22, 2018

Berkeley Report Finds Wide Racial Disparities

The city of Berkeley’s annual health report, released in July, found numerous health disparities among racial and ethnic groups in Berkeley. The Health Status Report provides insight into the various health issues Berkeley faces and emphasizes the disparity in relation to health between white people and people of color. Read More

August 22, 2018

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Socioeconomics May Explain Disparities in Childhood Cancer Survival

A new study provides insights into the degree to which socioeconomic status explains racial and ethnic disparities in childhood cancer survival. Published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the findings may inform where to allocate resources to best reduce racial and ethnic survival disparities for each of the major […]

August 22, 2018

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Report on Cancer Study of Nuclear Test Site Expected in 2019

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A long-anticipated study into the cancer risks of New Mexico residents living near the site of the world’s first atomic bomb test likely will be published in 2019, the National Cancer Institute announced. Institute spokesman Michael Levin told The Associated Press that researchers are examining data on diet and radiation exposure on […]

August 20, 2018