How to Protect Yourself Against Racial Bias in Healthcare
Megan Torres details her experience with racial bias at a hospital after suffering postpartum preeclampsia. Plus, tips on how to protect yourself.
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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