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May 3, 2024
Illinois American Water Proudly Recognizes American Water Charitable Foundation 2024 Water and Environment Grantees
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AHRC Nassau's 75th Anniversary Spotlights History of Advocacy, Importance of Membership
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Inclusive Workforce Pathways Emerge as the Cornerstone for Corporate Resilience
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University of Phoenix Professional Development Hosts Webinar on How Organizations Can Integrate Traditional Titles With a Skills
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Hyundai Motor Spearheads U.S. Zero-Emission Freight Transportation with NorCAL ZERO Project Launch
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Bright Horizons Family Solutions Reports Financial Results for First Quarter of 2024
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Hawaiian Airlines Corporate Kuleana Report: Growing Sustainably
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Yale's Akiko Iwasaki, PhD, named to TIME100 Lists of Most Influential People in the World
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Hospitals work to improve quality of cardiac care for black and Hispanic patients
August 31, 2009
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Study of Treatment for Pulmonary Hypertension In Sickle Cell Patients Stopped Due to Safety Concerns
August 20, 2009
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Help for Patients with a Difficult Blood Cancer
July 06, 2009
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Hope for Minority Patients
June 22, 2009
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U.S. Counties With More African American Patients May Have Fewer Colorectal Cancer Specialists
June 16, 2009
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NEARLY HALF OF OLDER PATIENTS PROJECTED TO DIE WAITING FOR KIDNEY TRANSPLANT - AFRICAN AMERICANS ARE AT HIGHER RISK
June 12, 2009
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Hispanic patients have poorer outcomes following infrainguinal bypass grafting a 22 year survey concludes
June 04, 2009
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Walk Test Can Predict Course of Heart Failure for Black Patients
May 21, 2009
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Report Shows Healthcare Industry Lags in Addressing Needs of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Patients
May 13, 2009
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Report Shows Healthcare Industry Lags in Addressing Needs of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Patients
May 12, 2009
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Barriers to Health Care, Prescription Choice Hurt Patients, Leading Doctor Says
April 29, 2009
A major barrier to health care is unauthorized prescription drug switching, said Dr. Richard Allen Williams, a leading author and founder of the Minority Health Institute. In his keynote address to the National Minority Quality Forum in Washington Monday, Williams said the U.S. would be better served if physicians had more say to make decisions based on patient's needs without artificial barriers set by outside parties. ...
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Minority patients often lack diabetes knowledge
April 28, 2009
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Many low-income minority individuals with type 2 diabetes have misconceptions about the disease that could put their health at risk, new research shows. ...
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New Medicare Policy May Pose Risks to Black Kidney Patients
April 24, 2009
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Contra Costa County, Calif., Approves $1.5 Million in Funding for Clinics Expecting Boost in Patients, Particularly Undocumented
April 24, 2009
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New Medicare Policy May Pose Risks to Black Kidney Patients
April 23, 2009
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Speaking the Same Language Medical Providers Struggle to Communicate With Immigrant Patients
April 21, 2009
As immigrant communities swell around the country, hospitals, clinics and health-care providers are increasingly confronted with language and cultural challenges that can discourage people from seeking care and lead to calamitous errors in diagnoses and treatment regimens. ...
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Community Health Centers Seeing More Patients In Wake Of Massachusetts Health Reform
March 25, 2009
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Black Patients Have Longer Wait Times for ICU Beds Than Patients of Other Races, Study Finds
March 20, 2009
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VCU HEALTH SYSTEM PRODUCES CD OF POETRY FROM HIV/AIDS PATIENTS
March 20, 2009
Living with It, a compelling new CD of poetry and music examines the complexities of life with HIV/AIDS through the words of patients who are afflicted with the condition. ...
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Depression Leads to Higher Health Care Costs for Women Cardiovascular Patients
March 10, 2009
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Racial Disparities in Emergency Department Length of Stay Point To Added Risks for Minority Patients, says UPenn Study
March 05, 2009
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Study: Degree Of Obesity A Factor For Minority Diabetics
September 06, 2011
According to a new University of Michigan Health System study obesity is a known risk factor for developing type 2 diabetes. But it hasn’t been clear whether the “dose†of obesity—how much excess weight a person has, and for how long—affects the risk of diabetes. The study of about 8,000 adolescents and young adults shows the degree and duration of carrying extra pounds are important risk factors for developing type 2 diabetes in adulthood. ...
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Study: Doctors May 'Learn" Bias In Med School
September 06, 2011
New Johns Hopkins research shows that medical students -- just like the general American population -- may have unconscious if not overt preferences for white people, but this innate bias does not appear to translate into different or lesser health care of other races. The research findings, to be published tomorrow in the Journal ...
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Study To Investigate Causes Of Breast Cancer In Blacks
August 31, 2011
UNC scientist Robert Millikan will partner with Christine Ambrosone, of Roswell Park Cancer Institute, and Julie R. Palmer, of Boston University, in the most ambitious study to date of breast cancer among younger Black women. Data from UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Carolina Breast Cancer Study demonstrated that Black women under the age of 45 are more likely to be diagnosed with aggressive types ...
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Latinos More Likely To Delay HIV Treatment
August 25, 2011
According to University of North Carolina data Latinos are more likely to start HIV care later in the course of illness than Blacks or whites, These findings, published in the September 1 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases, indicate that strategies to improve earlier HIV testing among Latinos—particularly in new settlement areas like North Carolina—are needed. Latinos have become the largest immigrant group ...
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Study To Look At Hereditary Prostate Cancer In Blacks
August 23, 2011
Creighton University’s Hereditary Cancer Center, has received a three-year, $731,278 grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to study the role heredity plays in prostate cancer among Blacks. “Prostate cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among men in the United States,. African American men have two times the occurrence of prostate cancer as do Caucasian men and suffer a significantly higher ...
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Patient Navigators Help Reduce Cancer Care Disparities
August 17, 2011
Past research shows that minorities suffer higher rates of advanced cancer and deaths from all types of cancer compared to whites. Health Behavior News Service reports in an article in the August issue of Cancer, the role of “patient navigator†is emerging as a tool to address these disparities. ...
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Young Blacks Twice As Likely To Die On Dialysis
August 12, 2011
A new study may change the way doctors treat their dialysis patients. Past research suggested that black patients on dialysis survive longer than whites, but a new study finds that this does not hold true for young black patients. In fact, young blacks are twice as likely to die while on dialysis. ...
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Diversity Is the New Trend in Plastic Surgery Atlanta Surgeon Says
August 08, 2011
Throughout the economic downturn, Atlanta patients have continued to seek out plastic surgeons. Centers like the Swan Center have found only a slight downward trend reflecting the economic struggle. In the past, those who were pursuing treatment were of the same basic demographic, but this is starting to change. ...
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Death Rate Higher For Black Diabetics
August 10, 2011
Even though overall black patients have a lower risk of death while receiving dialysis than white patients, this applies primarily to older adults, as black patients younger than 50 years of age have a significantly higher risk of death, according to a study in the August 10 issue of JAMA. "Of more than 500,000 individuals with ...
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Policy Change Aims To Lessen Health Care Disparities
August 04, 2011
To help address serious racial and economic disparities in cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment in the United States, the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) today released a policy statement that outlines specific provisions of 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that have the potential to reduce these disparities. ASCO’s statement makes recommendations to ensure that such provisions ...
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