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Released: 23-Feb-2024 1:00 PM EST
African American patients on Medicaid are less likely to undergo surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome
Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott

African American patients with carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) are less likely to receive surgical treatment, reports the March 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.

Newswise: How discrimination, class, and gender intersect to affect Black Americans’ well-being
Released: 23-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST
How discrimination, class, and gender intersect to affect Black Americans’ well-being
College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Black Americans experience racial discrimination as a chronic stressor that influences their quality of life. But it exists in conjunction with other social factors that may modify the impact in various ways. A new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign explores how discrimination, gender, and social class affect individual well-being and relationship quality for Black Americans.

Released: 21-Feb-2024 2:05 PM EST
Long COVID can happen to anyone. Keep up with the latest research on Long COVID on Newswise
Newswise

Stay informed! These are the latest research articles on "Long COVID" from the Coronavirus News Source on Newswise.

Newswise: From segregation to inspiration, James Griffin, M.D., is making history at Parkland and UT Southwestern
Released: 21-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST
From segregation to inspiration, James Griffin, M.D., is making history at Parkland and UT Southwestern
UT Southwestern Medical Center

To call the connection James D. Griffin, M.D., has with UT Southwestern and Parkland Memorial Hospital lifelong is no exaggeration. Dr. Griffin was born at Parkland in 1958, when the labor and delivery ward was still segregated. More than six decades later, his colleagues at that hospital elected him President of the medical staff – the first Black physician to earn the honor.

16-Feb-2024 8:00 AM EST
Highways through historically redlined areas likely cause air pollution disparities today
American Chemical Society (ACS)

Historically "redlined" areas – neighborhoods with primarily Black or immigrant communities – are exposed to more air pollution than other urban neighborhoods. According to research published in ACS’ Environmental Science & Technology, the cause could relate to nearby highways or industrial parks.

Released: 21-Feb-2024 7:05 AM EST
Inaccurate pulse oximeter readings could limit transplants, heart pumps for Black patients with heart failure
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

University of Michigan researchers find that racially biased pulse oximeter readings may further limit opportunities for Black patients with heart failure — who are already less likely to get treatment — to receive potentially lifesaving therapies, such as heart pumps and transplants.

Released: 21-Feb-2024 1:05 AM EST
Geographic disparities in access to addiction treatment medication may be linked to race, ethnicity
University of Pittsburgh

Buprenorphine, a life-saving medication for opioid use disorder, is far less accessible in geographic areas of the United States with racially and ethnically diverse populations than in predominantly white areas, according to a new study of pre-pandemic data led by health policy scientists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health published today in Journal of Addiction Medicine.

Newswise: New Study Unveils Dynamics of Sexual Racism Among Young Sexual Minority Black Men
Released: 19-Feb-2024 12:05 PM EST
New Study Unveils Dynamics of Sexual Racism Among Young Sexual Minority Black Men
School of Social Work, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Ryan Wade, a professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign School of Social Work, has published a new research article titled “Whose Role is It Anyway? Sexual Racism and Sexual Positioning Among Young Sexual Minority Black Men” in the Journal of Sex Research. This insightful study sheds light on a pressing issue within the LGBTQ+ community.

Newswise: JMU professor had key role in founding National Black MBA Association
Released: 19-Feb-2024 11:15 AM EST
JMU professor had key role in founding National Black MBA Association
James Madison University

Alexander Gabbin, a director and professor of accounting at James Madison University, was one of the founding members of the NBMBAA and served as the treasurer for the 1970 conference, one of many accomplishments in his distinguished career.

Newswise: Inequities in HIV testing, diagnosis and care for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities
Released: 15-Feb-2024 2:00 PM EST
Inequities in HIV testing, diagnosis and care for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

There is a large discrepancy in HIV care and education for those with intellectual disabilities that results in an increase in HIV in the population.

Released: 13-Feb-2024 11:05 AM EST
Life doesn't stop at age 65. Get the latest on seniors and healthy aging in the Seniors channel
Newswise

Below are some of the latest research and features on this growing population of older adults in the Seniors channel on Newswise.

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Released: 12-Feb-2024 8:05 PM EST
Cedars-Sinai Experts Share Latest Research on Orthopedic Care
Cedars-Sinai

Surgeons and investigators from Cedars-Sinai Orthopaedics bring their leading-edge expertise in treatment and the latest clinical research to the annual meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) in San Francisco February 12-16.

Newswise: ‘I’m watching you’ behavior produces racial disparities in school discipline
Released: 12-Feb-2024 2:05 PM EST
‘I’m watching you’ behavior produces racial disparities in school discipline
University of Notre Dame

Research from Calvin Zimmermann, the O’Shaughnessy Assistant Professor of Education in the Department of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame, indicates that early childhood teachers often apply discipline disproportionately in their classrooms based on a student’s race.

Released: 12-Feb-2024 12:05 PM EST
Black students with dyslexia may go undiagnosed: Study
Yale School of Medicine

Researchers at Yale School of Medicine and the Dyslexia Resource Center find in a new study that Black students with dyslexia may be overlooked in schools.

   
Released: 12-Feb-2024 12:05 PM EST
Rutgers Bildner Center Wins NJCH Grant for Symposium, “Black Americans, Jewish Americans: Historical Intersections, Collisions, and Passings,” and Public Programming
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Nancy Sinkoff, professor of history and Jewish studies and the academic director of the Rutgers Bildner Center, has had a longstanding interest in themes of racial and ethnic “passing” for Black and Jewish Americans.

Released: 11-Feb-2024 9:05 PM EST
Black women in the US murdered six times more often than White women over last 20 years
Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health

Black women in the U.S were, on average, six times more likely to be murdered than their white peers for the years 1999 through 2020, according to an analysis of racial disparities in U.S. homicide rates released by Columbia University Irving Medical Center and Columbia’s Mailman School of Public Health.

Released: 11-Feb-2024 8:05 PM EST
Language barriers could contribute to higher aggression in people with dementia
Edith Cowan University

Immigrants living with dementia were more likely to present with agitation and aggression compared with their non-immigrant counterparts, a new study by Edith Cowan University (ECU) in collaboration with The Dementia Centre, HammondCare, found.

Released: 9-Feb-2024 2:20 PM EST
For Black patients, 'representation matters' in evaluating prostate cancer websites
Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott

For Black men with prostate cancer, racial representation is a key factor affecting trust in websites offering information on prostate cancer, reports a study in the March issue of The Journal of Urology®, an Official Journal of the American Urological Association (AUA).

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Released: 9-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST
Community Conversations: Inspiring Black Youth in Medicine
Cedars-Sinai

Cedars-Sinai and BlackDoctor.org will host a virtual community conversation to help inspire Black doctors considering a career in medicine, research and healthcare.

8-Feb-2024 11:05 AM EST
Certain Older Americans Show Hesitation Around Brain Scan Research
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Rutgers Health researchers find differences among Asian older adults’ support of research and inclination to receive MRI results.

Released: 7-Feb-2024 11:05 AM EST
After prison, perpetrators of genocide say they’ve changed
Ohio State University

After serving decades in prison, Rwandans convicted of crimes of genocide returned to their communities articulating a “narrative of redemption,” saying they were good people, despite their past crimes.

Newswise: FAU and Mainstreet Research National Poll Reveals Tight U.S. Presidential Race
Released: 7-Feb-2024 10:30 AM EST
FAU and Mainstreet Research National Poll Reveals Tight U.S. Presidential Race
Florida Atlantic University

Former U.S. President Donald Trump takes the lead over incumbent U.S. President Joe Biden by 4 percent, according to the latest findings from the FAU Political Communication and Public Opinion Research Lab (PolCom Lab) and Mainstreet Research.

Released: 6-Feb-2024 4:05 PM EST
Prostate cancer screenings encouraged for Black men as early as 40
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

New prostate screening guidelines organized by the Prostate Cancer Foundation aim to address the longstanding health disparity in prostate cancer: Black men are diagnosed with and die from prostate cancer at a much higher rate than white men.

Released: 6-Feb-2024 3:05 PM EST
Super Bowl LVIII: MSU experts can comment on advertising, marketing and cultural significance of halftime show
Michigan State University

Michigan State University experts are available to discuss what makes a great Super Bowl commercial, how the NFL and brands use the Super Bowl to connect with consumers and the significance of the league’s investment in Black halftime performers signifies.

Released: 6-Feb-2024 11:05 AM EST
Perceptions of Manhood and Masculinities Among Disabled Violently Injured Black Men in a Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Program
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Black men with firearm-acquired disabilities face negative physical and psychological impacts on their manhood, independence and mobility, according to a Rutgers Health study.

Newswise: How a city is organized can create less-biased citizens
Released: 6-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST
How a city is organized can create less-biased citizens
Santa Fe Institute

The city you live in could be making you, your family, and your friends more unconsciously racist.

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Released: 6-Feb-2024 10:00 AM EST
IBM leads Google and Microsoft as race to next generation AI heats up
Digital Science and Research Solutions Ltd

US commercial giants IBM, Google and Microsoft lead the way as the companies with the most patent applications in Generative AI (GenAI), with other major firms such as Samsung, Adobe and Intel also in the Top 10.

   
Newswise: $1.1M Grant Supports Research in Breast Cancer Survivorship among Black Women
Released: 6-Feb-2024 8:05 AM EST
$1.1M Grant Supports Research in Breast Cancer Survivorship among Black Women
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey

Bo (Bonnie) Qin, PhD, researcher and cancer epidemiologist in the Section of Cancer Epidemiology and Health Outcomes at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, has received $1.1M from the American Cancer Society to support her research on the impact of lifestyle patterns, social determinants of health, and inflammatory mechanisms on breast cancer survivorship among Black women.

Newswise: Love and Hate in Ancient Times: New Anthology on Magical Texts Published
Released: 5-Feb-2024 10:05 PM EST
Love and Hate in Ancient Times: New Anthology on Magical Texts Published
Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg

A team of scholars spent five years studying them: "magical" texts from Egypt that were written on papyrus, parchment, paper and shards of clay – so-called ostraca – and date from the period between the fourth and twelfth centuries AD.

 
Released: 5-Feb-2024 8:05 PM EST
Exposure to Gun Violence Is Associated With Suicidal Behavior in Black Adults
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Whether experienced directly or indirectly, gun violence is damaging Black Americans’ mental health, according to Rutgers Health study

Released: 5-Feb-2024 4:05 PM EST
How ‘deaths of despair’ differ by race and ethnicity
Ohio State University

White Americans are more likely than Black and Hispanic people in the United States to experience “deaths of despair” even though they are less likely to suffer from severe psychological distress, a new study finds.

1-Feb-2024 11:00 AM EST
Losing sleep over killings of unarmed Black individuals by police
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Black adults across the United States suffer from sleep problems following exposure to news about unarmed Black individuals killed by police during police encounters, according to new findings published today in JAMA Internal Medicine from researchers at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine.

Newswise: Breaking Barriers: College History Class Bridges Divide to Connect with Ukrainian Students
Released: 5-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST
Breaking Barriers: College History Class Bridges Divide to Connect with Ukrainian Students
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

University of Arkansas at Little Rock students got a unique opportunity to explore the lives, struggles, and culture of students living in war-torn Ukraine during the fall 2023 semester. Dr. Marta Ciesklak, director of UA Little Rock Downtown, took a unique approach to helping her students bridge the continental divide.

Released: 2-Feb-2024 12:05 PM EST
Social inequity is linked to lower use of epidural in childbirth
Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health

In a study of women in labor in the U. S., social inequity was associated with lower use of neuraxial analgesia -- an epidural or spinal pain reliever-- among non-Hispanic White women and, to a greater extent, among African American women, according to research at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and Columbia Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons (P&S).

Newswise: Whether a Racial Minority or Majority at Their School, White Teachers Struggle with Race Relations
Released: 2-Feb-2024 9:30 AM EST
Whether a Racial Minority or Majority at Their School, White Teachers Struggle with Race Relations
College of Education, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

In a study of white teachers’ sense of belongingness at their schools, EPOL assistant professor Jennifer L. Nelson found that these teachers were often ill-equipped for discussions about racial issues with Black colleagues and students because they had little prior experience thinking about or confronting race in their family, educational and previous work environments.

Released: 1-Feb-2024 10:05 PM EST
How does the majority population feel about policies for minorities?
University of Konstanz

On the international level, there is broad consensus that it is essential to recognize and implement Indigenous rights as well as to correct inequalities and historical injustices.

 
29-Jan-2024 10:00 PM EST
Intersectional Study of Alcohol Treatment Completion Reveals Significantly Greater Disparities for Women of Color Than Examining by Race or Gender Alone
Research Society on Alcoholism

An intersectional study of alcohol treatment completion rates reveals striking disparities for racial and ethnic minoritized women when compared to White men.

     
Newswise: BIPOC individuals bear greater post-COVID health burdens, new research suggests
Released: 1-Feb-2024 9:00 AM EST
BIPOC individuals bear greater post-COVID health burdens, new research suggests
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

Black, indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) who were infected with COVID-19 experienced greater negative aftereffects in health and work loss than did similarly infected white participants, new research finds.

Released: 31-Jan-2024 5:05 PM EST
Expert Analysis: Black Americans Have Highest Cancer Mortality Rates In The United States
Hackensack Meridian Health

For Black History Month, Hackensack Meridian Health offers experts on some of the reasons behind higher cancer rates in the Black community and how to reverse the trends.

Released: 31-Jan-2024 12:05 PM EST
Black History Month: FSU expert available to offer insights on contributions and history of Black Americans
Florida State University

By: Jenny Ralph, Rodrigo Santa Maria | Published: January 31, 2024 | 12:27 pm | SHARE: During Black History Month, America celebrates the legacy of Black Americans whose leadership brought about positive change across the nation. Florida State University’s new Civil Rights Institute Director, Ted Ellis, will travel to Capitol Hill this month as Acting Chair for the federal 400 Years of African-American History Commission (400YAAHC).

Newswise: BIPOC individuals bear greater post-COVID burdens
Released: 30-Jan-2024 7:05 PM EST
BIPOC individuals bear greater post-COVID burdens
University of Washington School of Medicine

Despite similar symptom prevalence, Hispanic participants compared to non-Hispanic participants and BIPOC participants compared to white participants had more negative impacts following a COVID-19 infection in terms of health status, activity level and missed work, the authors wrote.

Released: 30-Jan-2024 2:05 PM EST
Our winter of discontent: Get the latest news on the flu in the Influenza channel
Newswise

The latest research and expertise on the flue can be found in the Influenza channel on Newswise.

Newswise: University Hospitals Selected as Study Site for the Black and African American Connections to Parkinson’s Disease (BLAAC PD) Study
Released: 30-Jan-2024 9:30 AM EST
University Hospitals Selected as Study Site for the Black and African American Connections to Parkinson’s Disease (BLAAC PD) Study
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

University Hospitals has been selected by the Global Parkinson’s Genetics Program as one of four new study sites for the Black and African American Connections to Parkinson’s Disease (BLAAC PD) study.

Newswise: Residents of Rural ‘Glades’ Take a ‘Leap of Faith’ to Combat Dementia
Released: 30-Jan-2024 8:30 AM EST
Residents of Rural ‘Glades’ Take a ‘Leap of Faith’ to Combat Dementia
Florida Atlantic University

Compared to urban dwellers, racially/ethnically diverse older adults face up to an 80 percent greater risk of cognitive impairment in older age, and 2.5 times potentially preventable Alzheimer’s-related (ADRD) hospitalizations.

Released: 29-Jan-2024 12:05 PM EST
Young Men of Talent initiative creates win-win opportunities for businesses and students of color
CFES Brilliant Pathways

Young Men of Talent initiative creates win-win opportunities for businesses and students of color

Released: 29-Jan-2024 10:00 AM EST
Huntsman Cancer Institute January Research Highlights
Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah

From shrinking brain tumors to personalized therapies, our investigators are leading pioneering research, discovering breakthroughs in treatment and promoting equity-driven care.

Released: 29-Jan-2024 8:55 AM EST
Breast cancer test may make bad chemotherapy recommendations for Black patients
University of Illinois Chicago

Test may underestimate the benefit of chemotherapy for Black women, especially those who are young

24-Jan-2024 8:00 AM EST
Breakthrough Research Identifies Predictors of Venous Thromboembolism after Pulmonary Resection for Lung Cancer
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

In patients who undergo pulmonary resection for lung cancer, a major potential postoperative complication is venous thromboembolism (VTE)—a condition that develops when a blood clot forms in a vein—which can lead to part of the clot breaking off and lodging in the lung, resulting in a pulmonary embolism (PE).



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