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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

Health Disparaties

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

Childhood Cancer

Suit: Hospital Honored Patient’s Request Not to Have Black Nurse

DEARBORN, Mich.— A nurse is suing a Michigan hospital for allegedly honoring a patient’s request to not be cared for by a black woman. Teoka Williams filed a federal lawsuit Monday against Beaumont Hospital in Dearborn, alleging that the health system violated federal and state civil rights laws by barring her from caring for a […]

August 22, 2018

What’s the Big Deal about Short-Term Health Plans?

California has launched another salvo in its war with President Trump over health care. The state Senate Monday gave final approval to a bill that would kill off a type of medical coverage with a fancy yet oddly redundant name: “short-term limited duration health insurance.” The legislation now goes to Governor Brown’s desk. Read More

August 22, 2018

Diversify Trials

Nearly 40 percent of Americans belong to a racial or ethnic minority, but the patients who participate in clinical trials for new drugs skew heavily white—in some cases, 80 to 90 percent. Yet nonwhite patients will ultimately take the drugs that come out of clinical studies, and that leads to a real problem. The symptoms […]

August 20, 2018

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

Wisconsin University to Offer Course on Treating Inmates

MADISON, Wis. — The University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health will offer a new course to teach future doctors how to treat a growing prison population and former convicts once they are released. The new course will be offered this fall, Wisconsin Public Radio reported. The university is recruiting up to 20 […]

August 20, 2018

Immigrants Forego Benefits for Fear of Penalties

A hotel housekeeper with a working adult son, Hudith received food stamps that weren’t worth a lot — about $50 a month. But she was nervous. Though she was entitled to food stamps as a legal permanent resident from Mexico, and her three children were all born in the U.S., she heard from a friend […]

August 20, 2018

W.Va. State Board Moves to Create Nursing Program

West Virginia State University’s Board of Governors voted Tuesday to ask the state Higher Education Policy Commission to let the school offer nursing bachelor’s degrees, which the school’s president said would be WVSU’s first nursing degrees in a decade. The WVSU board approved the proposal in a voice vote with no nays heard. WVSU President […]

August 20, 2018

Texas Board Approves New Medical School

Sam Houston State University’s pitch to open a medical school in Conroe — a program school officials said would draw primary care physicians to rural and underserved parts of the state — was approved by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Tuesday with a 5-4 vote. With that sign-off, Sam Houston officials have overcome a […]

August 20, 2018

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V.A. Accused of Failing to Pay Healthcare Company

CONCORD, N.H. — Months of unpaid invoices to the Department of Veterans Affairs has prompted a health care provider to stop servicing more than a dozen veterans in New Hampshire. The Boston Globe reports owners of Right at Home stopped caring for 16 veterans as of Friday because they were unable to get about $60,000 […]

August 20, 2018

Neil Diamond Talks about His Battle with Parkinson’s

NEW YORK – Neil Diamond may have retired from the road due to Parkinson’s disease, but he said he’s working hard to get back onstage. “Well, I’m doing pretty well. I’m active. I take my meds. I do my workouts. I’m in pretty good shape. I’m feeling good. I want to stay productive. I still […]

August 20, 2018

Pregnancy and Death

For many expectant mothers, anxiety builds from the moment they learn a little one is on the way. One thing they shouldn’t have to worry about is dying during pregnancy or childbirth, but that’s a real possibility for too many women, particularly those who are African-American and live right here in New York. Read More

August 15, 2018

Noir Elite: Promoting Culturally Adapted Fitness

Each week, hundreds of women (and men, too) join fitness duo Valerie Fleurantin and Chaz Sandifer for what has become a movement of sisterhood, healing and community. Together, the duo is Noir Elite Fitness (NEF), a start-up health and wellness powerhouse dedicated to transforming how women – especially Black women – view fitness. Nearly four […]

August 15, 2018

Baylor Participates in Prostate Study

Baylor College of Medicine is among a national network of health care institutions and collaboratives recruiting for what is described as the largest coordinated research study of aggressive prostate cancer in African American men. An estimated 30,000 African American men were diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2016, according to the American Cancer Society’s most recent […]

August 15, 2018

Champion for Health Equity Resigns

City Health Commissioner Mary Bassett is stepping down from her position with the de Blasio administration in favor of an opportunity with Harvard University. Bassett has worked to address Legionnaires’ disease in multiple buildings throughout Queens and recently helped make NYCHA housing smoke-free in July. Her resignation leaves First Deputy Commissioner Oxiris Barbot in charge […]

August 15, 2018