Disparities: Page 58

Researchers Win Health Awards for Work on Disparities

The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities has named the recipients of the William G. Coleman Jr., Ph.D., Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Innovation Award. Postdoctorate fellows Dr. Tracy Layne, Dr. Candace Middlebrooks and Dr. Melanie Sabado received the award. Read More

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Drones Bring Miracles to Tanzania

LAST MONTH IN Rwanda, a young woman started bleeding after giving birth by C-section. Try as they might, her doctors couldn’t stop it. They’d already transfused the two units of matching blood that they had on-hand. They could have called the national blood bank in the capital of Kigali to request more, but ordering it, […]

Researchers Study Sleep Black-White Disparities

While sleep is something we all do, it turns out how much of it we get holds more consequences than determining how many cups of coffee are required the next morning. Auburn researchers are finding sleep to be a factor in health disparities between white and black Americans, specifically the prevalence of different cardiometabolic risks, […]

Med School Works on Bias to End Disparities

In partnership with the Worcester community, researchers at UMass Medical School are launching an intervention to reduce health disparities in hypertension control among minority and lower socioeconomic status patients by training health care providers to be more conscious of their own implicit biases while treating them. Read More

Study: ‘Fat but Fit” Is a Myth

The idea that you can be overweight or obese yet healthy — if factors such as your blood sugar, blood pressure or cholesterol levels are normal — is a myth, according to a new study, and messaging around this should be changed. Carrying those extra pounds can increase risk of coronary heart disease by up […]

Data Reveal Disparities in Prescribing Opioids

For most of the last decade, this once thriving city had the highest unemployment rate in Virginia. Its disability and poverty rates are consistently double the state average, and its population is aging. In July, the former textile and furniture manufacturing mecca earned another dubious distinction. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and […]

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Environmental Groups Sue Trump Over Lax Rules

Earthjustice — on behalf of the Environmental Working Group and organizations representing consumers, people from low-income communities of color, Alaska Natives, parents and teachers of children with learning disabilities, workers, and scientists — has brought two suits against the Trump administration for weakening key rules establishing how the Environmental Protection Agency will regulate toxic chemicals […]

Federal Panel Studying Illnesses, Link to Strip Mining

A panel studying the potential link between surface mining and health problems in Appalachia plans meetings in Kentucky to gather information. The committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine will hold a town hall meeting in Hazard on Aug. 21 to gain “insights and information” from people in the area, according to […]

A Drink a Day Is Healthy. More? Not So Much

Having a glass of wine or beer with dinner tonight may be good for you, according to a new study. Researchers found women who had up to one drink a day and men who averaged up to two a day had a lower risk of dying from cardiovascular disease. Dr. Jon LaPook explains. Read More

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Study Links Noise Pollution, Social Inequity

Like air pollutants and exposure to hazardous waste, noise pollution is not distributed evenly, a new study led by campus researchers found. The study is the first to assess social inequalities, such as racial disparities, in noise pollution across the United States. The research, published in the Environmental Health Perspectives journal July 25, was supported […]

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Med School Expansion Could Close Gaps in Mississippi

JACKSON, Miss. — Physician-starved Mississippi can expect more doctors, more room for medical training simulations and a permanent home some once-scattered resources because of a new building at University of Mississippi School of Medicine, school leaders say. Med students are happy about it too. “This is going to be amazing,” said Andrew Strachan, a second-year […]

LGBT & Women Who Had Abortions May Lose Safeguards

WASHINGTON D.C., August 14, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) — The Trump administration is preparing new guidance purported to roll back Obama-era protections for LGBTs and women who have had abortions. While the exact contents of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recommendations have not been revealed, red flags are being raised by progressive activists who […]

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