Fibroid Surgery: They are also less likely to have surgery performed by a gynecologic surgeon with subspecialty training in minimally invasive techniques. Black and Hispanic…
Growing numbers of Americans are suffering prolonged, life-threatening seizures known as status epilepticus, and Black people are nearly twice as likely to experience these seizures…
Lower average oxygen delivery rates were seen in association with Asian, Black, Hispanic versus White race, and ethnicity. Asian, Black, and Hispanic patients in the…
Among SpO2 values of ≥92 percent, unadjusted probabilities of occult hypoxemia were 15.6 percent for Whites, and 19.6 percent for Blacks. Among medical or surgical…
Mortality: Sharp increase was seen in stroke death with increasing age; a steeper decline was seen for ischemic versus hemorrhagic stroke mortality. From 1975 to…
Antiseizure: The odds of being on newer ASMs increased for those who saw a neurologist, and were newly diagnosed with epilepsy. For people with epilepsy,…
Black patients with head-and-neck cancers have twice the death rates of white patients, and a new study suggests race itself underlies those differences. “What is…
Black adults who undergo a standard procedure to open up clogged arteries are readmitted to the hospital more often than their white peers. A new…
Cause of Death: Homicide has become a leading killer of children, with guns being the most common weapon used in their deaths, a new study…
U.S. Men’s Race, Residence Could Raise Odds for Fatal Prostate Cancer, with 111% Higher in Black Men
Prostate Cancer: A new study reveals that the color of his skin and where he lives may influence an American man’s odds of dying from…