In the last 20 years, Black adults living in rural areas of the United States experienced high mortality rates due
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Multiple factors synergistically drive socioeconomic disparities in flu burden
A comprehensive modeling study sheds new light on socioeconomic-based mechanisms that drive disparities in influenza burden across the U.S. Casey
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Study shows racial disparities in elementary school disciplinary actions
Even after accounting for differences in income, education, caregiver support, special education services and parental reports of misbehavior and family
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AHA meeting addresses latest research, COVID-19, health care disparities
(HealthDay)—Fresh takes on the efficacy of fish oil and vitamin D, new treatments for heart failure patients, the cardiovascular effects
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Commentary: Want to understand health disparities? Get your antiracist goggles on
When it comes to understanding why children from non-white race groups have such poor health outcomes compared with their white
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Disparities persist in early kidney transplantation despite policy changes
A recent analysis reveals persistent disparities in preemptive transplantation, when a patient receives a kidney transplant before ever starting dialysis,
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Study confirms disparities in triple-negative breast cancer diagnoses
A new study published early online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, shows that women of
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Racial disparities seen in use of oral anticoagulants for A-fib
(HealthDay)—Black patients with atrial fibrillation are less likely to receive direct-acting oral anticoagulants (DOACs) compared with white patients, even after
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Care access not main driver of racial disparities in kidney disease
Although black and Hispanic veterans with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are more likely than white patients to see a kidney
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Racial-ethnic disparities in the quality of end-of-life care among lung cancer patients
Significant disparities in the quality of end-of-life lung cancer care were found among racial-ethnic minorities, with higher odds of experiencing
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