Black and Hispanic patients treated for retinal detachment with surgery had worse vision results than white patients

Jan 18, 2023

This study, performed in an environment with universal health care, reveals that race and ethnicity may impact both the presentation and outcomes of retinal detachment surgery.Research from Boston Medical Center found that Black and Hispanics patients treated with...

Black, Hispanic patients with cancer more likely to report negative care experiences, bias

Jan 18, 2023

January 18, 2023 4 min read Source/Disclosures Published by: Disclosures: Schatz reports no relevant financial disclosures. Please see the study for all other authors’ relevant financial disclosures. Sweetenham reports no relevant financial...

Black and hispanic women have less support during cancer evaluation and treatment: results from a prospective patient reported outcomes program in gynecologic malignancy

Jan 14, 2023

Objective: Race remains a significant predictor of poor outcomes in women with gynecologic cancer and minority patients consistently report worse quality of life during cancer treatment. Disparities between patients in strength of social and emotional supports may...

Black & Hispanic Patients with Terminal Cancer Receive Fewer Opioids for Pain, New Study Finds – Be part of the knowledge

Jan 14, 2023

© Matias Delacroix When Black and Hispanic patients did receive opioids for pain management, they usually received lower doses in the last month of life than the average white patient, according to a new study. Elderly Black and Hispanic patients with advanced cancer...

Dietary inflammatory index and cardiovascular disease risk in Hispanic women from the Women’s Health Initiative

Jan 12, 2023

Background: To evaluate the association between the dietary inflammatory index (DII®) and incident cardiovascular disease (CVD) in Hispanic women from the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI), and to determine if body mass index (BMI) interacted with the DII scores....