Tag: Race
ACC: Cardiovascular Risk Factors Present in Younger Black Women
Obesity, elevated blood pressure prevalent in younger Black women, even those in their 20s and 30s
Many Hispanic Americans Want to Get COVID-19 Vaccine, but Have Not
Earlier polls suggested that Hispanics were wary about the vaccine, but the latest survey found that hesitation is declining
Black Women More Likely to Have Idiopathic Intracranial HTN
Women with IIH more likely to be Black, Hispanic, live in low-income tracts or food swamps
American Medical Association Vows to Confront Racism Among Doctors
With about 270,000 members, the AMA represents a little more than 25 percent of U.S. doctors
Blacks, Hispanics Underrepresented in U.S. Surgical Leadership
Little progress made in increasing diversity for leadership positions in academic surgery in the U.S. from 2013 to 2019
Pharmacy Access Varies by Racial, Ethnic Neighborhood Composition
Persistently fewer pharmacies located in Black and Hispanic/Latino neighborhoods than White or diverse neighborhoods
Removing Race Adjustment Could Up Prevalence of CKD in Blacks
Some Black medication users reclassified to lower eGFR for which dose adjustment or discontinuation is recommended
More Parity in Breast Reconstruction Seen With Medicaid Expansion
Increases in breast reconstruction rates among non-Hispanic Black women associated with Medicaid expansion
CSVD Severity Up for Minority Intracerebral Hemorrhage Survivors
Minority ICH survivors have greater global cerebral small vessel disease and hypertensive arteriopathy burden on MRI
Sex Disparities in COVID-19 Deaths Not Seen Across Race
However, Black women have COVID-19 mortality rates nearly four times higher than White men, three times higher than Asian men
