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Study Finds Alarmingly High Suicide Rates Among AI/AN VHA Patients
Nathaniel V. Mohatt, PhD, a research psychologist with the VA’s Rocky Mountain Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center.
AURORA, CO...
CASCADE-LUNG Enrolls First Patients to Validate a Novel Lung Cancer Screening Test
The first participants have been enrolled in the CASCADE-LUNG study, a prospective, multicenter trial.
The first participants have been enrolled ...
Tailored BMI Thresholds for Screening Could Improve Diabetes Diagnoses in Minority Patients
A flawed “one-size-fits-all” approach to diabetes screenings may be contributing to increased prevalence among minority patients, according to resu...
Oncology Navigation Standards Help Patients Overcome Disparities and Barriers to Care
Patients with cancer, especially those from underrepresented groups or who are experiencing racism, inequalities, social determinants of health fac...
Occult hypoxemia during surgery more common in Black and Hispanic patients
By Reuters Staff
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A new study provides more
evidence of racial bias in pulse-oximetry results, with Black
an...
Antibiotic prescriptions to Black and Hispanic/Latinx patients in the U.S. are often inappropriate
LISBON – Two-thirds of antibiotic prescriptions written for Black patients and more than half of antibiotic prescriptions for Hispanic/Latinx patie...
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