Health Disparities
Blacks More Likely to Have Disseminated Manifestations of Lyme Disease
Black patients have significantly longer median time to appropriate antibiotic treatment than Whites Black patients are more likely to be diagnosed with disseminated manifestations of Lyme disease (LD) and experience longer time to appropriate treatment, according to a research letter published online Dec. 12 in JAMA Network Open. Samuel J. Starke, M.D., from the Johns Hopkins...
What Are the Most Common Skin Conditions Affecting African Americans?
Medical conditions impact everyone differently. Genetics, biology, and many other factors all come together to determine how a body will deal with a condition and, as a result, how serious the condition will be. Because of this, skin conditions are found at different incidence rates in different groups of people. This means the skin conditions...
Affordable Care Act and Prostate Cancer Treatment Delays
Broader systemic issues may still affect healthcare accessibility for certain populations. Despite the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, disparities remain in the time taken to initiate prostate cancer treatment. The Affordable Care Act aimed to reduce healthcare disparities. Prostate cancer treatment delays increased despite the Affordable Care Act. Non-White and Medicaid-insured men face higher...
Precision Medicine Disparities in Prostate Cancer Treatment
Prostate cancer precision medicine offers great potential, providing tailored approaches that maximize patient benefits. However, disparities remain, particularly among Black men, who may face unequal access and outcomes. Black men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer show higher frequencies of certain genetic markers than White men. Despite these actionable molecular markers, Black men are less likely...
Dr. Deborah Dorsett: Inclusivity in Medical Education
Transcript: Well, I think it starts from the admission process, I think, you know, we have to start looking beyond the numbers how people look. And we see that at a national level, right, where we have to include people who look of different colors, that allows to have that diversity to have the discussion...
Breast Cancer Treatment Disparities and Side Effects by Race
Racial disparities in curative intent surgery, endocrine therapy, and treatment-related adverse effects were seen among women with breast cancer in a recent single-center study. Breast cancer (BC) is the most common malignancy occurring worldwide among women. Racial disparities in BC outcomes and access to treatment are well documented, but there’s a lack of evidence regarding...
Dr. Roger A Mitchell Jr.: Death in Custody
I wrote a book along with my co author. His name is Jay Aronson . He is a professor of human rights at Carnegie Mellon. I’m a professor of pathology at Howard University. And I’ve been studying death in custody since my first year of medical school, young man by the name of Amadou Diallo,...
Dr. Greg Williams: Collaboration Across Healthcare Disciplines
As a physician, what we need to do as our physicians have different discipline areas such as endocrinology, such as vascular general surgery, orthopedics, and internal medicine, we have to find a way to come together in these hospitals, I feel a lot of times we lose patients, especially the patients that may get a...
Sexual Minority Youth More Likely to Experience Homelessness
Greater acceptance of sexual diversity at the state level associated with reduced homelessness Sexual minority youth are more likely to experience homelessness, according to a study published online Nov. 20 in Pediatrics. Cameron Deal and Gilbert Gonzales, Ph.D., from the Vanderbilt LGBTQ+ Policy Lab in Nashville, Tennessee, conducted a secondary data analysis using a large population-based...
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