Tag: health disparities
Over-the-counter hearing aids have been greenlighted by the FDA – your...
Elaine Mormer, University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences and Lucas Berenbrok, University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences
After a long delay,...
Abortion pills are just as safe to prescribe based on a...
Ushma Upadhyay, University of California, San Francisco
For many people, accessing abortion care can be a major challenge. Abortion...
The sex of your cells matters when it comes to heart...
Brian Aguado, University of California San Diego
Most mammals, including humans, have two sex chromosomes, X and Y. One...
Medical technologies have been central to US pandemic response – but...
Eyal Oren, San Diego State University
Before COVID-19, there was tuberculosis. Twentieth century British physician Thomas McKeown controversially proposed...
Why addressing racism against Black women in health care is key...
Nabila El-Bassel, Columbia University
Forty years into the HIV/AIDS epidemic, Black women continue to bear the highest burden of...
HIV prevention pill PrEP is now free under most insurance plans...
Paul Shafer, Boston University and Kristefer Stojanovski, Tulane University
Since the start of the HIV epidemic in 1981, over...
Lead exposure during childhood may influence adult personality, and not for...
Ted Schwaba, The University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts
The Research Brief is a short take...
25-year-long study of Black women links frequent use of lye-based hair...
Kimberly Bertrand, Boston University
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
The...