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Health disparities (also called healthcare inequality in some countries) refer to gaps in the quality of health and health care across racial, ethnic, sexual orientation and socioeconomic groups.

The Alzheimer’s Association recognizes seven researchers for contributions to the field of dementia science

The Alzheimer’s Association will present seven awards at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference 2022, recognizing researchers for their varied expertise, noteworthy achievements and innovative contributions to the field of Alzheimer’s and dementia science.

1 Aug 2022

Online chair yoga intervention found to be convenient for socially isolated older adults with dementia

Dementia doesn't just involve cognitive decline, it also involves deteriorating physical function. This major cause of limitation in activities of daily living in older adults with dementia requires safe, effective, and evidence-based nonpharmacological approaches.

28 Jul 2022

Study finds disparities in first evaluation of infants with cystic fibrosis from minoritized groups

Infants from minoritized racial and ethnic backgrounds who have positive newborn screening tests for cystic fibrosis received their diagnostic follow-up for the disease later than recommended and later than white, non-Hispanic infants, according to a study published in the Journal of Cystic Fibrosis.

27 Jul 2022

Elevated insulin resistance, advanced cell aging associated with childhood poverty

Black adolescents who lived in poverty and were less optimistic about the future showed accelerated aging in their immune cells and were more likely to have elevated insulin resistance at ages 25-29, researchers found.

25 Jul 2022

Study examines how COVID-19 pandemic has affected the food environments of rural Latino immigrants

Food insecurity is a major public health issue that, under normal circumstances, has profound impacts on socially and geographically marginalized populations.

21 Jul 2022

International Agency for Research on Cancer classifies firefighting as carcinogenic

The International Agency for Research on Cancer recently classified occupational exposure as a firefighter as carcinogenic, changing the previous classification of possibly carcinogenic.

20 Jul 2022

Racial discrimination may affect brain matter integrity through the stress system

Racial discrimination increases the risk for physical and mental illnesses, and Black women suffer from diseases at significantly higher rates than White women.

20 Jul 2022

First ever government-led Women's Health Strategy to benefit women and girls across England

Women and girls across England will benefit from improved healthcare following the publication of the first ever government-led Women's Health Strategy for England today (Wednesday 20 July).

19 Jul 2022

Study finds decline in cardiovascular mortality rates over the last 20 years, but racial disparities remain

While it's well-established that Black adults experience a disproportionately high burden of cardiovascular risk factors and disease in comparison to white adults in the United States, few gender-based analyses of recent national trends exist.

19 Jul 2022

Cardiovascular mortality has declined over the past two decades, but disparities persist

Research supported by the National Institutes of Health shows that cardiovascular-related deaths have declined over the past two decades, but disparities remain.

19 Jul 2022

Geisinger researchers receive two grants to study risk factors linked with familial hypercholesterolemia

Geisinger researchers have been awarded two grants from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, to study risk factors associated with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) and ways to improve screening, diagnosis and communication with patients.

13 Jul 2022

Study finds disparities in incidence, prognosis of perioperative stroke among pediatric heart transplant patients

Black children who underwent heart transplant surgery for the first time were more than three times as likely to die after six months than white children, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

13 Jul 2022

Weill Cornell Medicine-led consortium gets PCORI funding to expand New York patient data network

A Weill Cornell Medicine-led database of more than 15 million patients has received close to $8 million in renewed funding from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to expand the database and its use for health research for the next three years.

8 Jul 2022

Vaccine generates antibodies that target SARS-CoV-2 spike protein regions shared among many coronaviruses

Could the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine reawaken previous antibody responses and point the way to a universal coronavirus vaccine? A new analysis of the antibody response to a COVID-19 vaccine suggests the immune system's history with other coronaviruses, including those behind the common cold, shapes the patient's response, according to a study published today in Cell Reports.

6 Jul 2022

CDC Director adopts ACIP's recommendation to recommend specific flu vaccines for elderly people

CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, M.D., M.P.H., adopted the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices' (ACIP) recommendation to preferentially recommend the use of specific flu vaccines for adults 65 years and older, including higher dose and adjuvanted flu vaccines.

6 Jul 2022

Research finds less than 7% of the U.S. adult population with good cardiometabolic health

Less than 7 percent of the U.S. adult population has good cardiometabolic health, a devastating health crisis requiring urgent action, according to research led by a team from the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University in a pioneering perspective on cardiometabolic health trends and disparities published in the July 12 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Their team also included researchers from Tufts Medical Center.

4 Jul 2022

Neighborhood ‘redlining’ may increase risk of cardiovascular diseases

The historical discriminatory housing policies known as "redlining" are associated with heart disease and related risk factors today in impacted neighborhoods, more than 60 years after they were banned, according to a study published today in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

4 Jul 2022

‘American Diagnosis’: Indigenous advocates work for better reproductive care

Rachael Lorenzo works to address reproductive health disparities in Native communities. In 2018, they founded Indigenous Women Rising, a fund that provides financial help for Native people seeking an abortion.

28 Jun 2022

A data commons to accelerate research in COVID and long-COVID

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* pre-print server, researchers in the United States developed a pandemic response commons (PRC) called the Chicagoland coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) commons (CCC). The CCC served Chicago, the state of Illinois, and surrounding regions in the United States (US).

28 Jun 2022

£150 million investment to bolster NHS mental health services and better support people in crisis

People experiencing a mental health emergency will be able to access more care in the community, such through as crisis houses and safe havens, and those detained under the Mental Health Act will benefit from landmark reforms which provide patients with more control over their care and treatment.

27 Jun 2022

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The Alzheimer’s Association recognizes seven researchers for contributions to the field of dementia science

Online chair yoga intervention found to be convenient for socially isolated older adults with dementia

Study finds disparities in first evaluation of infants with cystic fibrosis from minoritized groups

Elevated insulin resistance, advanced cell aging associated with childhood poverty

Study examines how COVID-19 pandemic has affected the food environments of rural Latino immigrants

International Agency for Research on Cancer classifies firefighting as carcinogenic

Racial discrimination may affect brain matter integrity through the stress system

First ever government-led Women's Health Strategy to benefit women and girls across England

Study finds decline in cardiovascular mortality rates over the last 20 years, but racial disparities remain

Cardiovascular mortality has declined over the past two decades, but disparities persist

Geisinger researchers receive two grants to study risk factors linked with familial hypercholesterolemia

Study finds disparities in incidence, prognosis of perioperative stroke among pediatric heart transplant patients

Weill Cornell Medicine-led consortium gets PCORI funding to expand New York patient data network

Vaccine generates antibodies that target SARS-CoV-2 spike protein regions shared among many coronaviruses

CDC Director adopts ACIP's recommendation to recommend specific flu vaccines for elderly people

Research finds less than 7% of the U.S. adult population with good cardiometabolic health

Neighborhood ‘redlining’ may increase risk of cardiovascular diseases

‘American Diagnosis’: Indigenous advocates work for better reproductive care

A data commons to accelerate research in COVID and long-COVID

£150 million investment to bolster NHS mental health services and better support people in crisis

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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