By Usha Lee McFarling Sept. 9, 2024 Abusy medical student, Vanessa Apea wasn’t her usual energetic self. So she dragged herself to the doctor to get checked and have her blood drawn. A week later, she received a call telling her to return to the clinic; it was urgent. When she arrived, the doctor asked...
by American Thoracic Society New study shows sleep apnea severity may be underestimated in Black patients. Credit: ATS Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) tests may underestimate the severity of OSA in Black patients, according to research published at the ATS 2023 International Conference. Recent research with ICU patients during the COVID-19 pandemic showed that pulse oximeters—clip-like devices that...
Jake Remaly February 13, 2023 Doctors are more likely to miss appendicitis in patients who are Black, research shows. This phenomenon, first described in children, occurs in adults as well, according to a study published last month in JAMA Surgery. Some hospitals fare better than others: Those with more diverse patient populations were less likely to have missed the diagnosis, the researchers found....
by University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Black patients with atrial fibrillation are less likely to be prescribed newer anticoagulant medications when they leave the hospital compared to their white counterparts and are consequently more likely to experience adverse outcomes, including stroke and death, according to a new study...
THE MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL / MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE IMAGE: THE FIGURE SHOWS THAT BLACKS HAD A 2-FOLD INCREASED RISK FOR EARLY LOSS ARCHETYPES COMPARED TO NON-HISPANIC WHITES. BLACKS HAD A 5-FOLD INCREASED RISK OF ADVANCED LOSS ARCHETYPES. THE DIFFERENCE IN INCREASED RISK FOR BLACKS BETWEEN THE ADVANCED LOSS ARCHETYPES VERSUS THE EARLY LOSS...
by Enrique Rivero, University of California, Los Angeles Lyme disease is caused by a bacterium spread by ticks of the genus Ixodes, like this deer tick. Credit: Unsplash/Erik Karits A UCLA study suggests that many physicians may not have the knowledge or training to properly recognize how Lyme disease appears on the skin of Black patients....
