Health Disparity

Several sports cardiologists shared their thoughts with Healio on whether ECG screening should be part of a pre-participation exam for young athletes.

DENVER — In this video, Kwadwo Adu Owusu-Akyaw, MD, FAAOS, discusses takeaways from a panel at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine that addressed health disparities in the specialty.

Nearly half of U.S. counties lack cardiologists, almost all of which are rural, with lower household income and higher prevalence of CV risk factors, according to a research letter published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

AI in diabetes care is becoming more popular with various potential benefits for patients and clinicians as well as important challenges to keep in mind, according to a conversation between two diabetes experts.

ORLANDO — In this video exclusive, James R. Gavin III, MD, PhD, Healio | Endocrine Today co-editor, talks with Edward C. Chao, DO, about the importance of not worsening disparities with the implementation of AI in diabetes care.

The AMA House of Delegates adopted several new policies to promote public health at its annual meeting.

Living in the most deprived neighborhoods was associated with increased breast cancer mortality among white, but not Black, women, according to a cohort study published in JAMA Network Open.

Despite better representation in drug trials in the past few decades, women continue to be underrepresented in trials assessing high-risk medical implantation devices, according to a systematic review published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

As the first-ever Black female president of the Association of Cancer Care Centers, Nadine J. Barrett, PhD, MA, MPH, understands the impact she will have on the next generation to come.

Regardless of socioeconomic status, menopause symptom severity was associated with race and ethnicity, highlighting differences in symptom experiences, according to study results published in Menopause.