(HealthDay News) — Biased patient handoffs impede accurate transfer of key clinical information among medical trainees, according to a study published online Dec. 17 in…
(HealthDay News) — A blood draw is a typical part of a person’s regular check-up. But that blood sample might hold a lot more useful…
(HealthDay News) — For preschool-aged children with sickle cell disease (SCD), social determinants of health (SDOH) are associated with the risk for complications and hospitalizations,…
(HealthDay News) — Hospitals and clinical laboratories across the United States are facing a critical shortage of bottles used to culture blood samples, federal health…
(HealthDay News) — Management of children and adolescents with sickle cell disease (SCD) requires comprehensive care from a pediatric primary care provider and a multidisciplinary…
Casgevy, a groundbreaking treatment that was approved to treat sickle cell disease in December, was given the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s blessing on Tuesday…
A new study indicates that Black women with lupus often experience racial discrimination. Lupus is a chronic and potentially debilitating autoimmune disease that can damage any…
It disproportionately impacts Black individuals as multiple myeloma is twice as common and twice as deadly in Black patients compared to white patients.
Women with IIH are more likely to be Black and Hispanic and live in low-income tracts or food swamps. Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is more…
The program reduced but did not eliminate disparities in (BP) blood pressure control. A quality improvement (QI) program reduces but does not eliminate disparities in…