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A recent study adds to the growing body of evidence questioning the role of race-based stratification for specific clinical measures.

Patients with low household income are less likely to have cardiologist involvement in their care during hospitalization for heart failure.

Patients with low household income are less likely to have cardiologist involvement in their care during hospitalization for heart failure.

An accredited school of public health in Alabama, UAB SOPH seeks to improve public health, safety, and well-being through research, education, and service.

Novel risk tools are needed that take into account the ability of social and biological factors to uniquely confer added risk.

Although involvement of a cardiologist for heart failure has been associated with reduced rates of in-hospital mortality, not all patients see a cardiologist when hospitalized, according to the investigators.

It’s important to remember that the tools were designed to assess health, not foretell the future, one of their creators says.

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 4, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Neighborhood- and individual-level factors attenuate racial disparities in cardiovascular health, according to a study published online Sept. 29 in JAMA Network Open.

No significant differences regarding racial backgrounds were found when measuring access to biologics among adult patients with psoriasis living in the United States, according to one study.

Non-Hispanic Black individuals have a significantly higher rate of pre-term births than non-Hispanic white individuals. Premature babies have a higher risk for cardiovascular disease and affects neurodevelopment. This is the first study that explains which maternal health factors (obesity, diabetes, hypertension) and socioeconomic factors (insurance, prenatal care, education) can be targeted to improve birth outcomes.