News tagged with disparities

Racial disparities exist in access to kidney transplantation

A new study published in the American Journal of Transplantation reveals that racial disparities exist in both the early and late steps in access to kidney transplantation. This study is part of the February special themed ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sickle cell anemia stroke prevention efforts may have decreased racial disparities

The disparity in stroke-related deaths among black and white children dramatically narrowed after prevention strategies changed to include ultrasound screening and chronic blood transfusions for children with sickle cell ...

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study reveals new wrinkle in growing US health gap

Most studies that have examined growing levels of health disparity in the United States have focused on the gap between the "haves" and the "have-nots" in terms of socioeconomic factors such as education and income.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study illuminates ethnic disparities in diabetes and cognitive impairment

A new study finds that decreasing the disparities in rates of type 2 diabetes among Whites, Blacks and Hispanics could eliminate some racial and ethnic disparities in the development of cognitive impairment ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

More efforts needed to address motor vehicle deaths among American Indians and Alaska Natives

More research and programs are needed to address the elevated rate of motor vehicle-related deaths among American Indian and Alaska Native populations, according to new research from the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nurturing mothers rear physically healthier adults

Nurturing mothers have garnered accolades for rescuing skinned knees on the playground and coaxing their children to sleep with lullabies. Now they're gaining merit for their offspring's physical health in middle age.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Declines in melanoma deaths limited to the most educated

A new study from the American Cancer Society finds recent declines in melanoma mortality rates in non-Hispanic Whites in the U.S. mainly reflect declines in those with the highest level of education, and reveals a widening ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study finds colorectal cancer mortality dropping slower in African Americans

A new study finds that while colorectal cancer mortality rates dropped in the most recent two decades for every stage in both African Americans and whites, the decreases were smaller for African Americans, particularly for ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New success model for microfinance: A matter of trust

In some countries, poor borrowers repay loans to microcredit lenders at rates of close to 100 percent while other countries see repayment rates so low that it makes microlending unsustainable - a disparity ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Dec 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Diagnosis, treatment of depression among elderly depend on racial, cultural factors

Despite improvements to diagnostic tools and therapies in the two last decades, significant disparities in the diagnosis and treatment of depression remain, according to Rutgers research published online by the American Jo ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study takes aim at education-based death rate disparities

A study in the December issue of the American Sociological Review has brought new understanding as to why death rates for less educated middle aged adults are much higher than for their more educated peers despite increa ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Racial disparities in colon cancer screening persist despite insurance, access

Public health researchers have long attributed the disparity in colonoscopy rates between whites and minorities to a lack of health insurance or access to doctors. Now, a new study suggests the reasons for ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study: Working moms multitask more and have worse time doing so than dads

Not only are working mothers multitasking more frequently than working fathers, but their multitasking experience is more negative as well, according to a new study in the December issue of the American Sociological Review.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Health gap has grown among young US adults, study finds

Levels of health disparity have increased substantially for people born in the United States after 1980, according to new research.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Black elderly more likely than whites to die after intestinal surgery

Black senior citizens who need surgery for the intestinal disorder diverticulitis are significantly more likely to die in the hospital than their equally ill white counterparts, even when each racial group carries the same ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Disparity

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