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Megan Torres details her experience with racial bias at a hospital after suffering postpartum preeclampsia. Plus, tips on how to protect yourself.

41% of patients report moderate-to-severe issues, with Black individuals 3 times more likely to develop these difficulties.

Deep-seated structural and systemic racism aren’t just obstacles to addressing Black women’s health issues—they are the health issue.

Cleveland Clinic researchers found 41% of patients with long COVID, had moderate to severe sleep disturbances.

More than 40% of patients with long COVID reported having mild to severe sleep disturbances, with Black individuals and those hospitalized for COVID-19 at greater risk for worsened sleep, a recent study found. Cinthya Pena-Orbea, MD, an assistant professor of medicine at the Cleveland Clinic, and colleagues wrote that sleep disturbance has been reported by 34% to 50% of patients with long

Using a pulse oximeter to measure oxygen levels is no better than just regularly asking patients with COVID-19 if they are short of breath, according to new research at the Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania.

Black people were at least three times more likely than White people to get sleep problems.

Four out of 10 people who have lingering health issues after COVID-19 infection can count bothersome sleep problems among them.

The study included 962 adults who were treated for long COVID at the Cleveland Clinic between February 2021 and April 2022.

FRIDAY, April 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Four out of 10 people who have lingering health issues after COVID-19 infection can count bothersome sleep problems among them.