SIDS Rates Increased in 2020, Especially Among Black Infants Finding deserves more attention since it could be attributable to the COVID pandemic, authors say Mar 13, 2023
A Better Way to Measure and Rank Medical Schools Good assessment is about rating, not ranking Mar 13, 2023
Cough Syrup Likely Culprit in Dozens of Child Deaths in Gambia, Says CDC Imported diethylene glycol-containing products resulted in an outbreak of acute kidney injury Mar 02, 2023
The Death of American Medical Ideology "We need to shrink healthcare in order to build health," says Eric Reinhart Mar 01, 2023 video
Women Still Face Higher Risks for Mortality After CABG Sex disparities in adverse outcomes, including death, didn't change in the last decade Mar 01, 2023
Victor Dzau on Leading the National Academy of Medicine NAM president discusses health equity and global health Feb 28, 2023 podcast
Are High Costs of Newer Diabetes Drugs Deterring Eligible Patients? Data show most eligible patients are not using GLP-1 receptor agonists or SGLT2 inhibitors Feb 27, 2023
Allies as Mediators in the Healthcare Workplace Stand up and offer to advocate for those with marginalized identities when discrimination occurs Feb 25, 2023
Large Benefit With Long-Acting PrEP in Black People, but Some HIV Risk Persists Substudy of HPTN 083 trial examined differences in outcomes by race among U.S. participants Feb 22, 2023
The Underside of Medicine Arghavan Salles shares her thoughts on being an immigrant, minority, and woman in medicine Feb 21, 2023 podcast
Can the Biases Built Into ChatGPT Be Fixed? Leo Anthony Celi, MD, MPH, outlines solutions to make its use in medicine more equitable Feb 17, 2023 video
Kidney Transplant Less Likely in Adults With Developmental Disabilities "Urgent need" for anti-discrimination initiatives to promote equitable care, researchers argue Feb 15, 2023
Guiding New York City Through COVID-19 Former N.Y.C. Health Commissioner on leading the public through the pandemic Feb 14, 2023 podcast
U.S. News Cites Objectivity in Planned Changes to 'Best Hospitals' Rankings The outlet plans to assign more weight to clinical outcomes, other objective measures Feb 10, 2023
Lessons From Flint, Mich. on Stroke Preparedness and Lytic Uptake Racial disparities narrowed as a result of hospital and community intervention Feb 10, 2023
ED Visits for Mental Health Among Medicaid Enrollees Varied Widely by Region Findings suggest opportunities for improvement in mental heath care, researchers say Feb 09, 2023
Does the Environment Override Genes for People at Risk of Stroke? Large study detects interaction between genetic susceptibility and neighborhood deprivation Feb 08, 2023
The Man Behind 'Died Suddenly'; Rethinking Menopause Tx; Long COVID While Black This past week in healthcare investigations Feb 08, 2023
How Patent Thickets Keep Cheaper Drugs Off the Market "We're transferring a huge amount of wealth from the public to drug companies," says S. Sean Tu Feb 03, 2023 video
What Tyre Nichols' Death Reminds Us About Black Suffering Medicine's racist history bleeds into today's medical practices Feb 02, 2023
Childhood Adversity Tied to Race-Related Differences in Brain Development Exposure to trauma linked to lower gray matter volume in key brain regions in Black kids Feb 01, 2023
ED Screening Program Picks Up Lots of Undiagnosed Diabetes Cases EHR alerts at Chicago ED flagged about three in 10 at-risk patients for HbA1c testing Jan 26, 2023
Society Responds to Outgoing President's Remarks on Diversity "We have come a long way ... but there is much more to do," new president, board of directors say Jan 25, 2023
Heart Surgery Outcomes During COVID Similarly Worrisome for Rich and Poor Patients Study nevertheless highlights access issues among the socioeconomically disadvantaged Jan 24, 2023
AAP Guidance Details 'Unique and Essential Needs' for Hospitalized Teens First-of-its-kind policy statement says adolescent needs differ from younger inpatients Jan 23, 2023
Harvard Pulls Out of Med School Rankings Dean of medicine cites concerns "more philosophical than methodological" Jan 18, 2023
Use of Newer Antiseizure Meds for Epilepsy Differs by Race, Ethnicity Black and Hispanic patients had lower odds of taking second- or third-generation medications Jan 11, 2023
The Uncomfortable Truth About Comfortable Scrubs Do they contribute to gender inequality in the healthcare profession? Jan 10, 2023
Black Medical Residents Saddled With More Debt Than Other Groups Debt disparities start long before postgrad training; debt forgiveness could provide relief Jan 09, 2023
AAP Guidelines: 'Watchful Waiting' No Longer the Right Call for Child Obesity Immediate interventions can ward off worse outcomes later, according to guideline authors Jan 09, 2023
CDC Data Show Mpox Risks in Cisgender, Pregnant Women Understanding transmission in pregnant women "is critical for mpox prevention," researchers say Jan 06, 2023
Change Needed to Fix Gender Discrimination in Emergency Medicine, Male ED Chairs Say Physician leaders report not taking action at times due to unsupportive institutional culture Jan 05, 2023
No, the Baby Formula Shortage Still Isn't Over Experts say regulatory changes treat symptoms but not all causes of the formula crisis Dec 28, 2022
Cholera Returns With a Vengeance Climate change, conflicts, and depleted stocks of vaccine compound mounting concerns Dec 22, 2022
Glycemic Control With Insulin Barely Budged Over the Past 30 Years Rates of hyperglycemia also remained elevated for racial and ethnic minorities Dec 20, 2022
Life Lessons From Death A conversation with best-selling author and renowned Buddhist teacher Frank Ostaseski Dec 20, 2022 podcast
One Doc's Win for Trans Youth Healthcare in Texas A Dallas endocrinologist can continue to provide hormone therapy and puberty blockers Dec 16, 2022
Fatal Drug Overdoses Rose Among Black Women On average, overdose deaths resulted in more than three decades of life lost Dec 14, 2022
Black Patients Less Likely to Get Advanced Treatments for PE Also less likely for patients on Medicare and Medicaid Dec 12, 2022
Why Does Makena Remain on the Market? Misguided equity claims do not resolve issues with the accelerated approval program Dec 11, 2022
