Health Disparity
VIDEO: Achieving health equity in cardiovascular care will ‘take all of us as a community’
In this Healio video exclusive, Healio | Cardiology Today Editorial Board Member Paul L. Douglass, MD, MACC, FSCAI, highlights his takeaways from the 2023 American College of Cardiology Health Equity Summit.
Providers must look into their community for novel ways to promote healthier lifestyle
SEATTLE — Promoting disease prevention is critical for improving public health in the U.S., and providers can contribute at the individual level by interacting more with their community, according to a speaker.
Women, Medicaid users less likely to receive ECMO treatment
Low chances for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation treatment were found in women, those with Medicaid insurance and those residing in low-income areas, according to results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.
Women free of money stress, sleep issues, arthritis have better physical health in midlife
Factors linked to clinically important physical health and function improvements for women during midlife include baseline health, lack of stressors, more physical activity, lower BMI and less medication use, researchers reported.
Remote intervention encourages cancer screening among rural Midwest women
A mailed DVD with information about personal cancer risks, particularly when followed by a phone call from a patient navigator, increased adherence to recommended screenings among rural women at modest costs, according to study data.
Earlier fetal monitoring may reduce stillbirth rates without increasing neonatal morbidity
Fetal monitoring from 39 weeks’ gestation may be an alternative to routine earlier labor induction to reduce stillbirth rates among certain women without causing increased neonatal morbidity, according to researchers.
New patient wait times in women’s health 44% longer with Medicaid vs. commercial insurance
Women with Medicaid experienced significantly longer new patient wait times for obstetrics and gynecology appointments compared with those with commercial insurance, according to a national mystery caller study.
Childhood adversity raises risk for type 2 diabetes
People who experience more childhood adversity, such as family poverty, the illness or death of family member or negative family dynamics, have increased risk for developing type 2 diabetes in early adulthood, according to study findings.
Recent diabetes, obesity drug shortages reveal challenges for prescribers
Recent shortages of the type 2 diabetes therapies semaglutide and tirzepatide, widely reported in the consumer press, appear to be resolving, according to manufacturers and prescribers.
Sex disparities persist in diagnosis and procedures for acute myocardial infarction
Despite recent improvements, sex disparities in diagnostic evaluation and revascularization procedures still exist for patients with STEMI and non-STEMI, according to data published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.