March 23, 2023 - For Your Health News

Tools for more accurate obesity risk assessment based on sex, ethnicity

BIPOC News, Diseases of the Body, Women’s Health / FYH News Team

image: Jacob Earp (left) and graduate students Davina Robinson (center) and Carlos Rehbein (right). view more Credit: Jason Sheldon/UConn Photo) For decades, health care practitioners have used body mass index (BMI) […]

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Racism in Academic Medicine Is Hindering Progress Toward Health Equity – California Health Report

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Time and time again, scientific reports and surveys cite some version of the following findings: Black people have the worst health outcomes. Black patients have better health outcomes when they

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Researchers study impact of cancer on Hispanic patients, caregivers

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Mar. 22—Cancer, in all of its forms, is a public health concern responsible for more than 8 million deaths each year in the United States. In addition to its effect

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