Health Disparity

Variations in chronic respiratory disease mortality appeared to be associated with U.S. county-level sociodemographic vulnerabilities, researchers reported in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

Diabetes-related mortality declined in the U.S. from 1999 to 2019 in urban counties, but not in rural counties, according to study findings published in Diabetologia.

Although the majority of LGBTQI+ cancer survivors reported satisfaction with their overall cancer care, most reported they did not have access to tailored health education materials, according to study results.

Second- and third-generation individuals of Mexican descent who reside in the U.S. had a higher risk for developing hepatocellular carcinoma than first-generation U.S. Mexicans, according to study results.

In this interview, Asha Hassan, MPH, discusses an editorial that she and her colleagues wrote in The New England Journal of Medicine about the ramifications of the Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.

Risk for e-cigarette use by teenagers continues to grow worldwide, and a new study found that while teen boys have a greater risk for e-cigarette use, risk among teen girls is increasing more rapidly in recent years in Ireland.

Pregnant people are often exposed to dangerous chemicals commonly found in household products, a recent study showed. Researchers said the data also revealed racial and ethnic disparities and provide “important public health implications.”

Researchers identified the distance between a household and a supermarket as a risk factor for chronic kidney disease, hypertension and diabetes development.

History of stroke was associated with increased odds of cognitive impairment in both non-Hispanic white and Mexican American individuals, researchers reported.

Loïc Le Marchand, MD, PhD, MPH, has been awarded the 2022 AACR Distinguished Lectureship on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities.