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Citing racism as the “root cause” of health disparities in the US and worldwide, the Endocrine Society issued a policy statement addressing the sources and impact of racism in endocrine health disparities. The statement was…
Racial and ethnic disparities in anticoagulation initiation for atrial fibrillation (AF) exist among patients dually enrolled in Medicare and the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), according to study findingspresented at the…
Segregated care is less likely at United States (US) hospitals that provide coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) to large numbers of Black patients and that also employ a high number of health care professionals. These…
Food insecurity is linked to disordered eating behaviors such as emotional eating and uncontrolled eating in minority populations, according to research presented at the 39th Annual Meeting of The Obesity Society (TOS) at ObesityWeek® 2021.…
More than other diseases, COVID-19 has revealed the significant racial disparities in care in the US. COVID-19 did not create those health disparities, but the national conversations and expanded literature around disparities has clearly been…
When diagnosed with cancer, LGBTQ+ patients face several challenges, according to results from Out: The National Cancer Survey.1,2 Responses to the survey revealed a lack of welcoming care for some patients, a dearth of resources…
Air pollution is associated with increased risks of acute rejection, graft loss, and death in kidney transplant recipients, a new national study finds. Ambient air pollution containing fine particulate matter of 2.5 μm or less…
Although tracheal, bronchus, and lung cancer remained the leading cause of cancer-related mortality globally in 2019, the incidence of respiratory tract cancers and their mortality rates appear to have declined globally between 2010 and 2019—yet…
Non-White persons had the highest rate of hospitalizations, ICU admissions, and mortality for severe influenza-associated disease over the course of 10 influenza seasons, highlighting racial and ethnic disparities, according to the results of a recent…
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a complex autoimmune disease that disproportionately affects Black individuals. The disease was found to be more frequent and more severe among individuals of African descent,1 with Black patients, especially women,…
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