Tag: racial health disparities
Treatment can do more harm than good for prostate cancer − why...
Jinping Xu, Wayne State University
Although about 1 in 8 men in the U.S. will be diagnosed with prostate...
Literature inspired my medical career: Why the humanities are needed in...
Irène Mathieu, University of Virginia
While there is a long history of doctor-poets – one giant of mid-20th-century poetry,...
Who is still getting HIV in America? Medication is only half...
Angel Algarin, Arizona State University
As the globe marks another World AIDS Day on Dec. 1, it’s crucial to...
Doctors often miss depression symptoms for certain groups – a routine...
Maria Garcia, University of California, San Francisco
Depression is a costly and debilitating condition that profoundly influences a person’s...
Yes, Black patients do want to help with medical research –...
Julia Liu, Morehouse School of Medicine and RaKetra Snipes, Morehouse School of Medicine
Clinical trial participants are predominantly white....
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...
25-year-long study of Black women links frequent use of lye-based hair...
Kimberly Bertrand, Boston University
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The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
