(HealthDay News) — Sleep apnea appears to increase a person’s odds of developing dementia, a new study finds. The effect seems stronger among women compared…
(HealthDay News) — Heart bypass operations have gotten safer, but not everyone is benefiting equally: New data shows that Black patients face a 22% higher…
(HealthDay News) — Add Alzheimer’s disease to the list of conditions that might benefit from the revolutionary diabetes drug Ozempic, a new study says. People…
(HealthDay News) — After Black patients undergo a surgery, they are much more likely than their white peers to receive only an opioid for post-op…
(HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday that it has appointed Dr. Michelle Tarver to head its division that oversees medical devices. The…
(HealthDay News) — The recommended first age at which Americans should get the pneumococcal vaccine has been lowered from 65 to 50, the U.S. Centers…
In a candid and insightful panel discussion, BlackDoctor.org brought four prominent Black health care professionals together to discuss the lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic,…
(HealthDay News) — For patients with acute ischemic stroke, social determinants of health (SDOH) are associated with the likelihood of receiving thrombolysis or mechanical thrombectomy,…
(HealthDay News) — Rates of biochemical alcohol and drug screening are disproportionately higher among adolescent trauma patients who are from racial and ethnic minorities, have…
(HealthDay News) — Following hurricane damage that shuttered a North Carolina plant that makes 60% of the country’s IV fluids, U.S. health officials have invoked…