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Study Examines Disparities in Breast Cancer Research

Motivation for cancer survivors to provide samples for genetic tests depends on oncologist engagement or the patient’s religion, rather than race, according to a VCU-led study. The study, titled “Biospecimen Donation among Black and White Breast Cancer Survivors: Opportunities to Promote Precision Medicine,” published Nov. 16 in the Journal of Cancer Survivorship. It found that […]

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First Latina Named NIH Scientific Director

The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) has appointed Anna Maria Nápoles, PhD, MPH, as scientific director of its Division of Intramural Research. Nápoles, a UC San Francisco behavioral epidemiologist, is the first Latina to be named a scientific director at the National Institutes of Health. Nápoles has been a professor in […]

Uranium Mining Feared Threat to Native Americans

A Forest Service report issued earlier this month a recommendation that existing regulations be revised to permit mineral development on previously withdrawn lands, according to the Navajo-Hopi Observer news website. Because the Forest Service report does not explicitly advise eliminating the uranium ban, it remains unclear whether mining for the nuclear material will be allowed […]

Guidelines: Half of U.S. Adults Have High Blood Pressure

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — New medical guidelines lower the threshold for high blood pressure, adding 30 million Americans to those who have the condition. That means now nearly half of U.S. adults have it. High pressure has long meant a top reading of at least 140 or a bottom one of 90. That drops to […]

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Rural Health Day Focuses on Gaps

Rural America has its strengths and weaknesses. Both will be showcased during National Rural Health Day on Nov. 16. The nationwide campaign, “Celebrate the Power of Rural,” will highlight unique healthcare needs that rural citizens face and showcase the efforts of rural healthcare providers, state offices of rural health, 4-H and other rural stakeholders. Read […]

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Democrats Question Administration on ‘Jane Doe’ Case

Democratic senators admonished the Trump administration Friday for blocking a teenage girl who was in the country illegally from having an abortion and asked for a briefing on the policies around such decisions from for Office of Refugee Resettlement, the agency that oversaw the teen’s care. Read More

AP FACT CHECK: Trump on Veterans’ Health Care

WASHINGTON — Veterans Day prompted President Donald Trump and his administration to take stock of what’s been done to fix health care for those in uniform. They claimed more progress than has been made. That tendency to overreach extended to trade and the economy as Trump visited Japan, South Korea, Japan and then Vietnam, where […]

Reservation Hospital Under Federal Sanctions

PINE RIDGE, S.D. — The Indian Health Service says a South Dakota reservation hospital previously found to be violating quality-of-care standards is facing new federal sanctions. IHS, the agency that administers the hospital on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, announced Friday that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is placing the hospital on “immediate […]

CEO Steps Down in W.Va. Pain Pill Case

Drug giant Cardinal Health’s CEO is stepping down amid pressure from investors and a flurry of lawsuits in West Virginia and other states that seek to hold the company accountable for the nation’s opioid epidemic. Cardinal Health, which distributes more prescription drugs than any other wholesaler in West Virginia, announced Monday that CEO George Barrett […]

University Launches $5 B Campaign for Health

UC San Francisco on Friday launched one of the largest fundraising efforts ever set by a U.S. university, a $5 billion campaign aimed at tackling the most complex biomedical questions of our day and working more broadly to improve the quality of people’s health over their lifetimes. Rising health care costs and the treatment of […]

Survey: Medicaid Expansion Changed Mix of Patients

Among all physicians, the average share of Medicaid patients was 16.9% in 2016, up from 15.9% four years earlier. The number of doctors treating Medicaid patients also rose — from 81.9% to 82.6%. That share exceeded 90% for three hospital-based specialties — emergency medicine, anesthesiology and radiology — and was just under 90% for pediatrics, […]

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NIH Funds Study on Alzheimer’s Prevention and Diet

November 6, 2017—(BRONX, NY)—The National Institutes of Health has awarded Albert Einstein College of Medicine nutrition scientist Yasmin Mossavar-Rahmani, Ph.D., R.D., a five-year, $4 million grant to test whether a diet rich in foods with anti-inflammatory properties can reduce cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s disease risk. Middle-aged and older participants from the Bronx will follow this […]

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