Rural Population

In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Pia Chowdry, MD, about access to care in rural communities, how physicians can present information to patients and their caregivers and more.

The University of Colorado has launched a volunteer community advisory board designed to provide feedback to cancer researchers on making studies more accessible and relevant to rural populations.

Children who were raised in rural environments with lots of time outdoors and some exposure to animals had immune systems that were better regulated than children raised in urban environments, according to a study published in Allergy.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Primary care providers who care for patients with COPD in rural clinics in the Midwest U.S. identified several barriers to delivering evidence-based care.

Pregnant women living in rural counties of the United States were more likely to deliver before 39 weeks’ gestation compared with those living in non-rural counties, according to a retrospective cohort study.

Poststroke antihypertensive medication use did not differ in rural and urban residents, according to study findings published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

One in 25 American adults will experience a serious mental illness each year, with residents of rural areas more likely to experience it, according to a press release from the American Psychiatric Association.

New research suggests that rural patients with ischemic heart disease may be at higher risk for hopelessness compared with their urban counterparts, particularly if they are unmarried.