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Similar Factors Cause Health Disparities in Cancer, COVID-19
Implementing policies and strategies to eliminate racial disparities could improve outcomes for both diseases.
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From the Heart: Study Shows Impact of Social Media Appeals from COVID-19 Frontliners
Emergency physicians sharing personal messages has across-the-board impact, randomized simulation finds.
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Physicians Don’t Always Recognize Patients’ Radiation Therapy Side Effects
A new study finds that significant side effects were under-recognized in both younger patients and Black patients being treated for breast cancer.
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Why Do Contagious Diseases Evade Eradication?
Plagues and pandemics have persisted through the ages, and lessons from the fights against syphilis and HIV AIDS could inform the fight against COVID-19.
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To Increase Organs Available for Transplantation, Reassess Organ Procurement Organizations’ Metrics
A new paper analyzes the metrics used to evaluate organ procurement organizations and proposes three complimentary metrics to reflect more accurate and equitable performance rankings.
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Partnership with Veterans Brings New Medical Devices to Prehospital Settings
Critical care researchers and veterans are bringing devices used to stop hemorrhage bleeds on the battlefield to civilian life.
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What’s at Stake in the Supreme Court’s ACA Case?
The Affordable Care Act is in front of the Supreme Court, and the health insurance of millions could change if it’s overturned.
change in naloxone use by EMS march-sept. 2019 vs 2020. red: over 30% increase in 2020. dark blue: over 20% decrease in 2020. Change in suspected opioid overdose deaths March-Sept. 2019-2020. lighter colors: smaller increase/decrease gray = low data dark gay = no data
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Real-Time Overdose Tracking Helps Show COVID-19’s Effects
Opioid overdose deaths and uses of naloxone Narcan by first responders both rose during the peak COVID-19 months in Michigan.
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The ACA Turns 10 and Faces a Pandemic, an Election and a Supreme Court Case
The Affordable Care Act faces tests from COVID-19 as voters and justices determine the fate of its insurance programs and more.
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Proactivity and Partnership Pay Off for Nursing Homes in a Pandemic
The coronavirus has raced through nursing homes, causing many COVID-19 deaths, but proactive testing and prevention can keep infections low.
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Bringing Precision Medicine to Ophthalmology
Innovative device ensures doctors obtain adequate fluid samples from the eye, helping with diagnosis and individualized treatment plans for patients.
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‘The Immense Burden of Cancer is Not Shouldered Equally’
The disproportionate effect COVID-19 has had on Black Americans may worsen existing racial and ethnic disparities in cancer care, and make health equity harder to achieve.
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Fragmented Care and IBD: Outcomes in U.S. Veterans
New research in veterans shows IBD outcomes suffer as a result of fragmented care.
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To Improve Research in Underserved Communities, Train Community Health Workers
Community health workers could be instrumental in reducing racial disparity and health inequity in underserved communities through research, but they need training.
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Many Medical “Rainy Day” Accounts Aren’t Getting Opened or Filled, Study Finds
People with high-deductible health plans aren’t using health savings account option as intended.