Kidney community renews efforts to solve health disparities among people of colorNeumann, Mark E.Nephrology News & Issues
Stress is a risk factor, too. "We know that when you put people in racially charged situations, their blood pressure goes up and theircortisol levelsgoes up," said Amutah-Onukagha, who has done research on maternal health among women of color. Cortisol is the body's main stress hormone,...
Where you live.People of color born in the U.S. are usually more likely to get diagnosed with IBD than those born in other countries. But your chances of having IBD go up if you move from a country with low rates of it to a country where it’s more common. Genetic differences.All ...
Introduction: Health disparities, health inequalities or health inequities are terms frequently used as synonyms, but with different content or meaning. Methodology: We have tried first to tackle the definitions problem and than through a secondary analysis of national published data to assess health di...
A large number of participants said that, because of their fear of transphobia, they had not felt safe to disclose their gender identity to ahealthcare provider. "There is a constant calculus and risk-benefit analysis that transgender people of color have to run through in their heads," Howa...
Disparities in Treatment Psoriasis and Quality of Life 4 min read Psoriasis looks and feels different on people with darker skin. These differences may affect diagnosis, treatment, and quality of life for people of color. Some 125 million people worldwide are thought to have this chronic skin ...
Sexual orientation disparities in mental health and, to some extent, substance use were partially explained by both forms of victimisation. Further research is needed to address the role of bias-based and cyber victimisation in disparities in mental health and substance use among Black sexual ...
The figure is one of the steepest declines in life expectancy recorded in a single year for Chicago. What's more, the sharpest drops were seen among communities of color, particularly Black and Hispanic residents. "COVID has taken a terrible toll on the health and well-being of our ...
There are no official statistics that show thecoronavirus' toll by demographic, but in some communities the pandemic appears to be disproportionately affecting people of color. National correspondent Jericka Duncan reports that African Americans have higher rates of the underlying health issues (su...
She alerted colleagues to the findings and investigated the effect the devices had on the fates of COVID patients of color. She asked the Food and Drug Administration to require pulse oximeter makers to test their devices on people of color and to warn consumers about the heightened risk of ...