Health Disparity

Shakira J. Grant, MBBS, MSCR, isn’t afraid to challenge the status quo in the field of medicine.

Data from a population-based study show more than half of all Hispanic or Latino adults who experienced sudden cardiac arrest had a prior diagnosis of chronic kidney disease, with 20% on dialysis, researchers reported.

In medical settings, transgender patients often must decide between facing the risks associated with transphobia and those associated with clinicians not having all possibly relevant information, according to an expert.

Previous laparotomic therapeutic endometriosis surgery was associated with longer surgery time, need for adhesiolysis and more intraoperative complications, researchers reported in Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics.

Black patients were more likely to be physically restrained in the ED than their non-Black counterparts, according to the results of a systematic review and meta-analysis published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration awarded $88 million to improve maternal health across the country, according to a press release.

PHILADELPHIA — Age, race and education are the most prevalent barriers accounting for disparities in the prescription of menopausal HT, according to presenters.

Access to COVID-19 therapeutic drugs in U.S. counties decreased if the county had an increased population of Black individuals, according to a research letter published in JAMA Network Open.

Healio spoke with Erin Furr Stimming, MD, about health disparities that exist in the diagnosis, management, care and outcomes of Huntington’s diseased an how can clinicians address these disparities in their practice.

The proportion of health care visits delivered by physician assistants or nurse practitioners is rapidly increasing and now accounts for one in every four visits, according to the results of research published in The BMJ.