Cardiac Arrest During Childbirth Is Rare, But Some Women Face Higher Risks
WEDNESDAY, March 15, 2023 (HealthDay News) — It’s extremely rare, but the number of women suffering cardiac arrest during childbirth is rising in the United States as older, less healthy women have babies, a new study finds. One in 9,000 women hospit…
Learn MoreCardiac Arrest During Childbirth Is Rare, But Some Women Face Higher Risks
WEDNESDAY, March 15, 2023 (HealthDay News) — It’s extremely rare, but the number of women suffering cardiac arrest during childbirth is rising in the United States as older, less healthy women have babies, a new study finds. One in 9,000 women hospit…
Learn MoreBlack Patients Fare Worse With Deadly Lung Disease Pulmonary Fibrosis
WEDNESDAY, March 15, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Black patients are dying of pulmonary fibrosis, a devastating disease marked by progressive scarring of the lungs, at significantly younger ages than white patients.A new study probes factors contributing …
Learn MoreLa pandemia podría haber provocado un pico en las muertes por SMSL en las familias negras en EE. UU.
LUNES, 13 de marzo de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Durante el primer año de la pandemia, Estados Unidos experimentó un pico en el número de bebés negros que murieron de forma súbita, lo que empeoró una longeva disparidad, encuentra un nuevo estudio del go…
Learn MoreRace, Ethnicity Reporting in Pediatric Clinical Trials Has Improved
TUESDAY, March 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Race and ethnicity reporting has improved significantly in pediatric clinical trials, but there is still underrepresentation of certain racial and ethnic groups, according to a study published online March 1…
Learn MoreSIDS Rates Increased Significantly From 2019 to 2020
MONDAY, March 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) — From 2019 to 2020, there was an increase in the rate of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), and sudden unexplained infant death (SUID) rates increased among non-Hispanic Black infants, according to a study p…
Learn MorePrimary Care Visits Shorter, More Prone to Error for Non-White Patients: Study
MONDAY, March 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Do all patients get the same amount of face-to-face time when visiting their primary care doctor? Apparently not, claims a new study that found Black and Hispanic patients — as well as patients with public h…
Learn MorePandemic May Have Caused U.S. Spike in SIDS Deaths in Black Families
MONDAY, March 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) — During the first year of the pandemic, the United States saw a spike in the number of Black infants who died suddenly — worsening a longstanding disparity, a new government study finds.The increase was seen i…
Learn MorePostop Mortality Higher for Black Men Versus White Men, White Women, Black Women
MONDAY, March 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Black men have higher postoperative mortality than White men, White women, and Black women, according to a study published online March 1 in The BMJ.Dan P. Ly, M.D., Ph.D., from the VA Greater Los Angeles Hea…
Learn MoreInsurance Status Mediates Racial, Ethnic Inequities in Cervical Cancer
FRIDAY, March 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Insurance status mediates racial and ethnic inequities in advanced-stage cervical cancer diagnosis, according to a study published online March 10 in JAMA Network Open.Hunter K. Holt, M.D., from the Universit…
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