Patients of Asian and black backgrounds suffered disproportionate rates of premature death from COVID-19, according to a study of 1,737
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Racial discrimination ages Black Americans faster, according to a 25-year-long study of families
I’m part of a research team that has been following more than 800 Black American families for almost 25 years.
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Study suggests increased risk of restraint use in black patients in the emergency setting
A study published in the most recent issue of Academic Emergency Medicine (AEM), journal showed an increased risk of restraint
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Hospital desegregation didn’t improve mortality rate for Black infants
A new paper co-authored by Yale SOM Dean Kerwin K. Charles reassesses efforts to desegregate Southern hospitals in the 1960s
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For Black Americans, Personal Resilience Plays Big Part in Heart Health
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 7, 2020 — Black people who have a strong sense of psychological well-being may have better heart health,
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Black children more than twice as likely to die after surgical complications
When it comes to surgery, minority children lag far behind white children, according to two analyses of large national databases
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Educational intervention before ‘first sex’ can protect sexual health of black males and prevent unwanted pregnancies
A new Johns Hopkins Medicine study adds to evidence that the earlier parents, educators and health care workers have age-appropriate
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For stressed-out black Americans, mental health care often hard to come by
(HealthDay)—If there is one thing that recent police brutality protests have demonstrated, it is that life for black people in
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Black COVID-19 patients hospitalized at THREE times as often
Black coronavirus patients are hospitalized at THREE times the rate of white and Hispanic patients, study finds Black coronavirus patients
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Coronavirus: Black Death rumours and remedies show how little people have changed
When the Black Death swept across Asia and Europe in the 1340s, the upheaval was extraordinary. Up to half the
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