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Race-correction for Black patients is standard practice in spirometry testing. History suggests that these corrections are at least partially a result of racist assumptions regarding lung anatomy among Black individuals, which can potentially lead to less frequent diagnoses of pulmonary diseases in this population.
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Event by GrantLab on Thursday, August 31 2023
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We’re excited to be partnering with patients living with #MMsm for our upcoming Live event on August 31st. Learn more here 👉🏾https://t.co/Y0N1TpD3YC #Cancer #AfricanAmerican #Black #health https://t.co/9jingRwQIO
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Mashup Score: 0Survival From Birth Until Young Adulthood Among Individuals With Congenital Heart Defects: CH STRONG - PubMed - 9 month(s) ago
Eight in 10 individuals with CHDs born between1980 and 1997 survived to 35 years of age, with disparities by CHD severity, noncardiac anomalies, birth weight, and maternal race and ethnicity. Among individuals without noncardiac anomalies, those with nonsevere CHDs experienced mortality between 1 an …
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Great work from #CHSTRONG on survival. We've come far but still further to go in #black and #hispanic #CHD survival as well as #singleventricle. Good news: childhood survivors do well! @ShelbyKuttyMD @ACTION4HF @mgoschu @daniel_forsha @swatigar https://t.co/Fn3QdHAXte
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Black women in Latin America, the Caribbean and the United States are more likely than their white counterparts to report denial of medication or physical and verbal abuse in health care settings.
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#Racism and #Sexism Underlie Higher Maternal Death Rates for #Black Women, U.N. Says. US #maternaldeath rates have drawn public concern, with mounting evidence of Black women experiencing discrimination and dismissal in #health settings. https://t.co/RVjJCSG1gi
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Black patients and other minorities tend to be diagnosed at later stages of the disease, which would exclude them from use of Leqembi. Few Black people were included in the main trial of the drug.
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Why the Next Big Hope for #Alzheimers Might Not Help Most #Black Patients | #racialdisparity #healthcare #research https://t.co/5BxujMNGrv
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Mashup Score: 0GrantLab | Health Equity in Multiple Myeloma - 10 month(s) ago
Understanding and addressing drivers of healthcare disparities in patients with multiple myeloma and their care partners.
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📣 Exciting News!🌟the GrantLab YouTube channel:Advancing Health Equity in Multiple Myeloma is LIVE! Our channel is patient & caregiver centered, addresses healthcare disparities & clinical trial enrollment for the #Black #mmsm community 🔗 Subscribe here: https://t.co/YBd6hj79zj
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Mashup Score: 0Q&A: ‘Heavy, heartfelt history’ of drug trials for Black patients may fuel NASH disparities - 10 month(s) ago
The Global Liver Institute has marked June 8 as International NASH Day, part of a public education campaign to raise awareness and urgency about fatty liver disease and its advanced form, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. According to the nonprofit organization, more than 115 million people worldwide are currently affected by NASH, and that number is expected to climb to 357 million people by 2030.
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Q&A with Nadege T. Gunn, MD: ‘Heavy, heartfelt history’ of drug trials for #Black #patients may fuel #NASH disparities @GlobalLiver #InternationalNASHDay #LiverTwitter #GITwitter https://t.co/BQEVh7prr6
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Mashup Score: 0Breast cancer outcomes are worse for Black men - 11 month(s) ago
Black Americans are more likely to be diagnosed at older ages and to die from the disease.
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#BreastCancer outcomes are worse for #Black men 👉https://t.co/qfFoXK3oFm @MDedgeHemOnc #ESMO https://t.co/AFfzrfMD3N
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Mashup Score: 1Welcome - 11 month(s) ago
Program Highlights Please join us for this family-friendly community event as we discuss the most common blood cancer diagnosis among Black Americans, multiple myeloma. Dr. Grant will teach us about signs, symptoms, and risk factors, and a panel of Black myeloma patients and caregivers will share their experiences with diagnosis and treatment. Participants will also learn about resources…
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📣Join us June 10th for fun, food, & games in Raleigh NC. Learn about myeloma (#mmsm) in the #Black community, let’s talk clinical trials. Hear directly from patients & caregivers w/t #mmsm. Register here: https://t.co/XW0asZFbEs #myelomalink #CancelBloodCancer #BlackFamCan https://t.co/3uChoO10I3
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Mashup Score: 0Hispanic, Black patients with cirrhosis, COVID-19 have ‘significantly higher’ mortality - 11 month(s) ago
CHICAGO — Hispanic and Black patients with cirrhosis who developed COVID-19 infection had higher rates of mortality, as well as higher hospital charges of more than $340 million in 2020, according to a presenter at Digestive Disease Week.“COVID-19 unmasked significant racial disparities in rates of infection and mortality in the United States,” Syed Ali Amir Sherazi, MD, an
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#ICYMI from #DDW23: #Hispanic, #Black patients with #cirrhosis, #COVID19 have ‘significantly higher’ mortality @DDWMeeting https://t.co/C4WHoikYcT
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In Current Issue! #Impact of #Spirometry #Race- #Correction on #Preadolescent #Black and #White #Children https://t.co/xrL7PuPgIk https://t.co/WpmDNfvEyj