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    Hispanic, Black patients with cirrhosis, COVID-19 have ‘significantly higher’ mortality - 1 year(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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      #Hispanic and #Black #patients with #cirrhosis who developed #COVID19 infection had higher rates of mortality, as well as higher hospital charges of more than $340 million in 2020, according to a presenter at #DDW23 @DDWMeeting https://t.co/C4WHoikYcT

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    High BMI linked to risk for diverticulitis in Hispanic, Latino American individuals - 1 year(s) ago

    Higher BMI, waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio correlated with an increased risk for diverticulitis among Hispanic and Latino American individuals, according to study results published in JAMA Surgery. “Overweight and obesity have been shown to be risk factors for diverticulitis, but studies have been limited to largely white individuals,” study author Andrew T. Chan, MD,

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      Higher #BMI, #waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio correlated with an increased risk for #diverticulitis among #Hispanic and #Latino American individuals, according to study results published in @JAMASurgery #GITwitter #MedTwitter https://t.co/W6COxRMnAt

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    Major grant aids research into I.B.D among Hispanics - 1 year(s) ago

    Dr. Maria Abreu, gastroenterologist and director of UHealth’s Crohn’s and Colitis Center, received nearly $3 million dollars from the National Institutes of Health to collect and analyze the genes of more than three thousand Hispanics with I.B.D. over the next five years.

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      Proud to get msg out to S FL community👉🏼IBD is common in #hispanic people. we plan to figure out why! 🧬 #microbiome #diet ⁦@umiamimedicine⁩ ⁦@UMiamiHealth⁩ ⁦@AmerGastroAssn⁩ ⁦@ShermanPrize⁩ ⁦@doc_ibd⁩ ⁦@IBDCedarsSinai⁩ https://t.co/d4zDaXHEFp

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    NIH awards $2.9M grant to study genetic cause of IBD in Hispanic patients - 1 year(s) ago

    Researchers at University of Miami Miller School of Medicine were awarded a $2.9 million grant by the NIH to study the genetic data of more than 3,000 Hispanic individuals to better understand inflammatory bowel disease in that population.According to a university press release, the grant was awarded to Maria Abreu, MD, director of the Miller School’s Crohn’s and Colitis Center, and

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    Wolters Kluwer Health - 1 year(s) ago

    JavaScript Error JavaScript has been disabled on your browser. You must enable it to continue. Here’s how to enable JavaScript in the following browsers: Internet Explorer From the Tools menu, select Options Click the Content tab Select Enable JavaScript Firefox From the Tools…

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      3 QUESTIONS ON... Representation of #Hispanic & #Latinx Professionals in #Oncology With Sybil R. Green, JD, RPh, MHA, ASCO's Chief Equity, #Diversity & Inclusion Officer: https://t.co/L2sPmyy0tC #WorldCancerDay https://t.co/wrrTXeBDur

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