Disparities in Gastroenterology: Health Equity Begins with Cancer Screenings
Unmitigated health disparities remain a persistent challenge throughout gastroenterology practice.
Diagnosis & Disease Information
Culturally Tailored Shared Medical Appointments Increase Diabetes Knowledge
Intervention significantly increased Black patients confidence in diabetes self-care abilities and perceived knowledge about diabetes.
Hepatitis C Treatment-As-Prevention Reduces Virus Incidence In a Prison Setting
Investigators assessed the effectiveness of hepatitis C virus treatment-as-prevention in a prison setting.
Age and Stage at Breast Cancer Diagnosis Don’t Account for Racial Disparities in Distant Metastases
Black patients were more likely than White patients to have distant metastases.
AHA/ACC Consensus Statement on Medical Professionalism and Ethics
The American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology believe there is “no better time to review and take a fresh perspective on medical ethics and professionalism in the light of established norms and current stressors.”
Suicide Prediction Models May Promote Racial Inequity
The researchers asked whether implementing suicide prediction models reinforces and worsens racial and ethnic disparities in care.
Examining Stigmatizing Attitudes Toward People With Alopecia
The public’s stigma toward people with alopecia was assessed and whether stigma increases with increased severity of alopecia was determined.
Expanding Medicaid Eligibility May Improve Survival in Patients With Cancer
Patients living in states with lower eligibility limits had worse survival rates, regardless of cancer stage at diagnosis.
Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: Improving Access in Low Income Communities
Emerging evidence suggests that gender disparities exist in both access to and retention in methadone treatment programs in low income communities.
Some Opioid-Naive Youth and Young Adults Have High-Risk Trajectory After First Opioid Prescription
The researchers were trying to determine what patterns of opioid prescribing follow the first opioid prescription in a cohort of opioid-naive youths aged 10-21 years?
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