Feature Channels: Health Disparities

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With a mission to bridge the gap in health equity in rural communities, Penn State College of Medicine has launched the Center for Advancing Health Equity in Rural and Underserved Communities (CAHE-RUC). This novel, groundbreaking center is dedicated to studying, addressing and reducing health disparities affecting rural and underserved communities in Pennsylvania and beyond.

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Children of non-White racial/ethnic backgrounds experience significant disparities in access to and outcomes of surgery to repair cleft lip, reports a study in the November issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery®, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS). The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.

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Researchers at the Institute for Genome Sciences (IGS) at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) have developed a broad and deep genomic database of Latin Americans which gathers genome-wide data of Latin American populations into a single source and allows other scientists to easily add that population to their own research studies without straining budgets.

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An international team of imaging, engineering and cancer experts is developing a novel mobile breast cancer diagnostic kit to improve early diagnosis in low- and middle-income countries — such as Uganda, where systemic delays lead to an advanced stage diagnosis in 70% of breast cancer cases.  

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University Hospitals’ community health investment totaled $707 million last year, including investments in maternal and child health, addressing food insecurity, creating jobs for under-resourced individuals and continuing to provide charity care to the uninsured.

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A new study led by Yale Cancer Center researchers at Yale School of Medicine titled, "Living Flat: Stories from Women of Color After Mastectomy," explains how cultural factors, spirituality, and personal beliefs play an important role in the lives of women of color after mastectomies.

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Transforming breast cancer treatment and prevention, a breast-cancer survivor and doctoral candidate focuses her research on adolescent and young adult cancer disparities, research on tracking glioblastoma progression and more are included in this month's tip sheet.

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Throughout the Covid pandemic, media widely reported that Black patients were more likely than White patients to refuse vaccines, including the influenza and Covid vaccines. A new study being presented at this year’s American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) Annual Scientific Meeting in Boston showed that self-identified non-White patients were less likely to demonstrate vaccine-hesitancy than the self-identified White patient group.

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Durante la pandemia de COVID, los medios informaron ampliamente que los pacientes negros tenían más probabilidades que los pacientes blancos de rechazar las vacunas, incluidas las vacunas contra la influenza y el COVID. Un nuevo estudio que se presentará en la Reunión Científica Anual del Colegio Americano de Alergia, Asma e Inmunología (ACAAI) de este año en Boston mostró que los pacientes que se identifican como no blancos tenían menos probabilidades de mostrar desconfianza en cuando a las vacunas que los pacientes que se identifican como blancos.

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Cedars-Sinai and UCLA investigators studied first trimester placental tissue and found that for some genes, the process that turns their information into a biological function may depend on the sex of the fetus.

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The Rush Minority Aging Research Study, the longest-running study of aging in Black men and women, celebrated its 20th anniversary by honoring study participants for devoting their time and efforts in helping advance science.

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Welcome to Long COVID Dispatches. Our goal is to keep you informed of the best and newest information on Long COVID. My name is Dr. Lisa Sanders, and I’m an internist on the faculty of the Yale School of Medicine and the medical director of Yale New Haven Health’s Multidisciplinary Long COVID Care Center.

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Despite advances in cardiovascular medicine, Black patients are 22% more likely than white patients to die in the hospital after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery, according to a study of more than 1 million patients presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY® 2024 annual meeting.

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Four faculty from the University of Michigan are among 100 newly elected members of the nation's most prestigious body for medical and health researchers.

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While recovering from major surgery, Black patients may be less likely to receive certain multimodal analgesia options and more likely to receive oral opioids than white patients, according to research being presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY® 2024 annual meeting.

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Severely injured Black, Asian and Hispanic children and adults are less likely than white patients to receive critical helicopter ambulance services, which can make the difference between life and death, according to a study presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY® 2024 annual meeting.

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Younger adults with colon cancer tend to be diagnosed at a later stage and have more aggressive types of tumors. Additionally, young patients living with colorectal cancer have long-term, adverse consequences on their lives, which are different from the impact the disease* has on older adults, according to two studies being presented at the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Clinical Congress 2024 in San Francisco, California.

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A study led by Adam Rodman, MD, MPH, Director of AI Programs at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), reveals that, rather than helping to reduce racial and ethnic biases, AI-driven chatbots may instead perpetuate and exacerbate disparities in medicine.