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How One Patient鈥檚 Textured Hair Nearly Kept Her From a Needed EEG
An EEG can help diagnose conditions like epilepsy, sleep disorders, and brain tumors. But a design flaw and outdated Eurocentric practices make the test less effective on thicker, denser, and curly hair types, potentially excluding or deterring some people from getting screened.
Programa forma m茅dicos multiculturales, pero no siempre ejercen en 谩reas vulnerables
Investigadores han descubierto que el programa ha logrado diversificar la inscripci贸n, pero no hay suficiente seguimiento a largo plazo para saber si estos graduados ejercen en las regiones donde m谩s se necesitan.
A California Physician Training Program Adds Diversity, but Where Do Graduates End Up?
Researchers found that, while a University of California medical training program has diversified the system鈥檚 pool of medical students, there鈥檚 not enough long-term data to know whether graduates return to practice where they鈥檙e needed most.
Fresh Produce Is an Increasingly Popular Prescription for Chronically Ill Patients
Fresh produce prescription programs are getting a boost in Montana as a way of helping people with chronic conditions such as diabetes and high blood pressure. The approach may be a model for other rural states to promote healthy eating in food deserts.
Estados Unidos sigue siendo uno de los pa铆ses con m谩s partos prematuros. 驴Se puede solucionar?
Aproximadamente uno de cada 10 nacimientos vivos en 2021 ocurri贸 antes de las 37 semanas de gestaci贸n, seg煤n un informe de March of Dimes publicado en 2022. En comparaci贸n, investigaciones recientes citan tasas de nacimientos prematuros del 7,4% en Inglaterra y Gales, del 6% en Francia y del 5,8% en Suecia.
The US Remains a Grim Leader in Preterm Births. Why? And Can We Fix It?
American women are more likely to deliver their babies prematurely than women in most developed countries. It鈥檚 a distinction that coincides with high rates of maternal and infant death, billions of dollars in costs, and even lifelong disabilities for the children who survive.
Estr茅s pand茅mico, pandillas y miedo impulsaron un aumento de tiroteos adolescentes
Investigaciones muestran que los adolescentes expuestos a la violencia armada tienen el doble de probabilidades que otros de cometer un delito violento grave dentro de los dos a帽os luego del trauma, lo que perpet煤a un ciclo dif铆cil de romper.
Pandemic Stress, Gangs, and Utter Fear Fueled a Rise in Teen Shootings
With their brains still developing and poor impulse control, teens who carry firearms might never plan to use them. But some do.
Feds Move to Rein In Prior Authorization, a System That Harms and Frustrates Patients
The federal government wants to change the way health insurers use prior authorization 鈥 the requirement that patients get permission before undergoing treatment. Designed to prevent doctors from deploying expensive, ineffectual procedures, prior authorization has become a confusing maze that denies or delays care, burdens physicians with paperwork, and perpetuates racial disparities. New rules may not be enough to solve the problems.
Pacientes negros visten elegante y hablan distinto para evitar prejuicios cuando van al m茅dico
Estos comportamientos se recogen en una encuesta con 3,325 participantes como parte de un estudio cuyo objetivo fue llamar la atenci贸n sobre el esfuerzo que deben realizar los pacientes negros para obtener una atenci贸n m茅dica de calidad.
Black Patients Dress Up and Modify Speech to Reduce Bias, California Survey Shows
Many Black patients also try to be informed and minimize questions to put providers at ease. 鈥淭he system looks at us differently,鈥 says the founder of the African American Wellness Project.
Guns Are the Biggest Public Health Threat Kids Face. Why Aren鈥檛 They Getting the Message?
Today鈥檚 public service announcements on gun safety feel somewhat sanitized. It鈥檚 time to act with the same kind of visceral public campaign that helped de-glorify smoking. Would filmmakers commit to making action movies without guns, just as filmmakers stopped making smoking glamorous in films?
Trabajadores comunitarios persuaden a inmigrantes mayores de tener cobertura de salud
Hasta octubre, el mes m谩s reciente para el que hay disponibles datos, m谩s de 300,000 adultos mayores inmigrantes que no tienen residencia legal se hab铆an inscrito en el Medi-Cal completo, un 30% m谩s que la proyecci贸n original del estado.
Community Workers Fan Out to Persuade Immigrant Seniors to Get Covered
California has enrolled into Medi-Cal more than 300,000 older immigrant adults lacking legal residency since May, but the state doesn鈥檛 know how many more might be eligible. Community workers are now searching for them.
Ante vac铆o federal, estados promueven leyes duras contra el uso de sustancias t贸xicas en cosm茅ticos
Las hispanas y asi谩ticas han informado que usan m谩s cosm茅ticos en general que las mujeres negras y blancas no hispanas.
States Seek Crackdown on Toxic Ingredients in Cosmetics to Close Gaps in Federal Oversight
Washington state regulators found formaldehyde, lead, and arsenic in lipstick, powder foundations, skin lotions, and hair products marketed to and popular with women of color. Now legislators there are seeking to ban the products and, like at least a dozen other states, make up for lax federal rules.
When Gun Violence Ends Young Lives, These Men Prepare the Graves
Just outside St. Louis, a cemetery for children sits on a hill. A wooden, weather-worn sign welcomes mourners to 鈥淏aby Land.鈥 The gravediggers who made the special spot work quietly in the shadows.
Latino Teens Are Deputized as Health Educators to Sway the Unvaccinated
Some community health groups are training Latino teens to conduct outreach and education, particularly in places where covid vaccine fears linger.
Adolescentes latinos se entrenan para educar sobre las vacunas contra covid
Organizaciones comunitarias de salud en California y en todo el pa铆s forman a adolescentes, muchos de ellos latinos, para que act煤en como educadores de la salud en la escuela, en las redes sociales y en las comunidades donde persiste el miedo a la vacuna contra covid.
Bleeding and in Pain, a Pregnant Woman in Louisiana Couldn鈥檛 Get Answers
How one Louisiana woman experiencing a miscarriage sought care amid a climate of fear and confusion among doctors fueled by that state鈥檚 restrictive abortion law.
