Health Diversity News

• Latin American Women Urged to Act on Violence to Cut Murder Rate
  Reuters Health Information, September 2018
• SPA 2018Difficult Diagnosis the Focus of Spondyloarthritis Congress At the upcoming International Congress on Spondyloarthritides, new insights into the assessment and pathogenesis of disease will be shared.
  Medscape Medical News, September 2018
• World Leaders Warn Failure to Educate Girls Will Cause 'Catastrophes'
  Reuters Health Information, September 2018
• Racism, Sexism, Other Forms of Discrimination Persist in Ob/Gyn A trilogy of new articles details the many shapes and forms of discrimination and bias experienced by ob/gyn practitioners and suggests strategies to help tackle them.
  Medscape Medical News, September 2018
• Researchers Consider Ethics of Addressing Race in Biomedical Studies Three opinion essays published online Monday in a major medical journal address the ethics of addressing race in biomedical studies.
  Reuters Health Information, September 2018
• Alzheimer's, Related Dementias Predicted to Double by 2060 A new study from the CDC is the first to examine expected increases in Alzheimer's disease and related dementias in older Americans by racial and ethnic group.
  Medscape Medical News, September 2018
• Mom's Past Trauma, Altered Stress Response Tied to Low Birthweight in Boys Women who have experienced traumatic stress in their lifetime and have an altered stress response are at increased risk of delivering a low-birthweight baby, new research shows.
  Reuters Health Information, September 2018
• Gender Equality Index Highlights Big Data Gaps Ahead of 2030 Deadline
  Reuters Health Information, September 2018
• Disparities in Mortality, Readmissions Across US Hospitals A new study shows racial and socioeconomic disparities in outcome for MI, heart failure, and pneumonia, but findings suggest they stem not from level of care but larger systemic causes.
  Medscape Medical News, September 2018
• Tailored FIT Positivity Thresholds Could Optimize Colon Cancer Detection Different positivity thresholds for quantitative fecal immunochemical tests (FIT) yield different colorectal cancer (CRC) detection rates across age groups and sexes, suggesting the need for thresholds tailored to different individuals.
  Reuters Health Information, September 2018
• New Guidance for Care of Transgender Children, Teenagers A new American Academy of Pediatrics policy statement provides guidance for pediatricians caring for transgender and gender-diverse children and adolescents and their families.
  Medscape Medical News, September 2018
• Recharge Your Brain at Work With Exercise That Doesn't Require Much Thinking A good way to recharge your brain at work might be with a short bout of exercise that doesn't require much concentration, according to a small study from Japan.
  Reuters Health Information, September 2018
• Less Diverse Airway Microbiome Linked to Worse CF Outcomes Microbiome diversity in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients' lower respiratory tract predicts progression to early end-stage lung disease (eESLD) and faster lung-function decline, according to new research.
  Reuters Health Information, September 2018
• No Women, No Progress, Development Experts Warn
  Reuters Health Information, September 2018
• Remembering Dr Ron Victor, Pioneer in Barbershop-Led HTN Efforts Victor was the first investigator to prove scientifically that thousands of lives could be saved annually by enlisting black barbers in the fight against hypertension in their communities.
  Medscape Medical News, September 2018
• Morbidities More Common in Black, Hispanic Preemies
  Reuters Health Information, September 2018
• HYP 2018Poor Sleep May Drive Obesity, Hypertension in Black Women Efforts to combat obesity and high blood pressure among black overweight women should address sleep quality, researchers say.
  Medscape Medical News, September 2018
• USCA 2018HIV Care Lagging in the Southern States People living with HIV in rural areas of the United States face many barriers to care, making the achievement of an undetectable viral load difficult.
  Medscape Medical News, September 2018
• HIV Activism Center Stage at US Conference on AIDS The United States Conference on AIDS started not with science this year, but with care providers and activists reaching across interest groups in support of health for all.
  Medscape Medical News, September 2018
• Gay Rights Rule Change Sets Up Cultural Battle in Conservative India When R. Balaji, a 30-year-old gay man from India's IT hub Bengaluru, comes up for white-collar job interviews, recruiters are initially enthusiastic.
  Reuters Health Information, September 2018