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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.

MUSC chosen to build prototype for increasing ICU surge capacity during COVID-19

To prepare for current and future waves of COVID-19, the U.S. Army's Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center asked teams from across the country to compete to build a telehealth prototype that would provide adequate ICU capacity when cases surge.

12 Jul 2020

Newly identified gene variants in Black Americans could lead to precision prostate cancer therapies

Black men in the United States are known to suffer disproportionately from prostate cancer, but few studies have investigated whether genetic differences in prostate tumors could have anything to do with these health disparities.

11 Jul 2020

Genomics can perpetuate inequality and structural racism

Genomics is crowding out ways of reducing inequality, has thwarted medicine from advancing justice, and is creating new forms of social classification and surveillance.

9 Jul 2020

Study finds staggering inaccuracy in Medicare beneficiaries' race and ethnicity data

The information critical to a nationwide priority of reducing health care disparities among minorities is incomplete and inaccurate, according to a new Rutgers study.

7 Jul 2020

Study finds significant variation in trust of health information by Hispanics

Hispanic adults vary widely in their reported trust of health information sources, suggesting that information tailored to specific ethnic subgroups and targeted by age group may be beneficial, according to results of a study by SUNY Downstate Assistant Professor Marlene Camacho-Rivera, MS, MPH, ScD.

1 Jul 2020

Study: Lifetime discrimination can raise the risk of hypertension in African Americans

Lifetime discrimination is a chronic stressor that may increase the risk for hypertension also known as high blood pressure, in African Americans, according to new research published today in Hypertension, an American Heart Association journal.

1 Jul 2020

Residents of some cities unwilling to follow practices that reduce COVID-19 spread

Several U.S. cities may be at increased risk of surges in COVID-19 cases as they reopen their economies because their residents are unwilling to follow practices that reduce the spread of the disease, according to Penn State researchers.

30 Jun 2020

Researchers study unique needs of caregivers of persons with ADRD during COVID-19

Sixteen million family members in the U.S. are caregivers for the more than 6 million people living with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD).

25 Jun 2020

Officials seek to shift resources away from policing to address black ‘public health crisis’

From Boston to San Bernardino, California, communities across the U.S. are declaring racism a public health crisis.

25 Jun 2020

Study confirms higher rates of positive COVID-19 cases in Latinx populations

In a new analysis of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, test results for nearly 38,000 people has found a positivity rate among Latinx populations about three times higher than for any other racial and ethnic group.

23 Jun 2020

Study: Beverage companies spent over $1 billion to advertise sugary and energy drinks in 2018

Beverage companies spent $1.04 billion to advertise sugary drinks and energy drinks in 2018, a 26% increase compared to 2013, according to Sugary Drinks FACTS 2020, a new report from the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity at the University of Connecticut.

23 Jun 2020

Simulation model reveals how sugary drink tax designs could impact health gains, costs

A simulation model of different designs of taxes on sugary drinks, which are linked to obesity, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes, suggests that all tax designs would generate substantial health gains as well as lower health costs in the U.S., according to new research published today in the American Heart Association's flagship journal Circulation.

22 Jun 2020

Young adults from disadvantaged neighborhoods show differences in the epigenome

The neighborhood a child grows up in may influence their health for years to come in previously invisible ways.

21 Jun 2020

Financial hardships are associated with more ER visits, shows ACS study

A new American Cancer Society study finds higher medical and nonmedical financial hardships are independently associated with more emergency department visits, lower receipt of some preventive services, and worse self-rated health in cancer survivors.

18 Jun 2020

Researchers to study the unique needs of caregivers of people with ADRD

Sixteen million family members in the US are caregivers for the more than 6 million people living with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD).

17 Jun 2020

Living environment correlated with reaching centenarian status

When it comes to living to the ripe old age of 100, good genes help but don't tell the full story. Where you live has a significant impact on the likelihood that you will reach centenarian age, suggests a new study conducted by scientists at Washington State University's Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine.

17 Jun 2020

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MUSC chosen to build prototype for increasing ICU surge capacity during COVID-19

Newly identified gene variants in Black Americans could lead to precision prostate cancer therapies

Genomics can perpetuate inequality and structural racism

Study finds staggering inaccuracy in Medicare beneficiaries' race and ethnicity data

Study finds significant variation in trust of health information by Hispanics

Study: Lifetime discrimination can raise the risk of hypertension in African Americans

Residents of some cities unwilling to follow practices that reduce COVID-19 spread

Researchers study unique needs of caregivers of persons with ADRD during COVID-19

Officials seek to shift resources away from policing to address black ‘public health crisis’

Study confirms higher rates of positive COVID-19 cases in Latinx populations

Study: Beverage companies spent over $1 billion to advertise sugary and energy drinks in 2018

Simulation model reveals how sugary drink tax designs could impact health gains, costs

Young adults from disadvantaged neighborhoods show differences in the epigenome

Financial hardships are associated with more ER visits, shows ACS study

Researchers to study the unique needs of caregivers of people with ADRD

Living environment correlated with reaching centenarian status

New mapping tool details SNAP policies related to food shopping during the pandemic

Genetic marker may predispose African Americans to cardiac complications from COVID-19

COVID-19 batters a beloved Bay Area community health care center

COVID ‐19 stay‐at‐home orders influence health behaviors of patients with obesity

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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