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Could unifying outpatient practices help dismantle structural racism in health care?

Association of Health Care Journalists

Health care segregation isnt just a relic of the past. This segregation isnt legally mandated but its structurally ingrained, and it has real consequences for health outcomes, medical education, and systemic equity. Health care segregation in context The roots of health care segregation run deep.

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Black History Month: Five Essential Resources about Racism in Public Health

CSTE

Throughout the years, African Americans have made invaluable contributions to public health. CSTE and the public health community have a responsibility to understand the historical effect of racism in our field and highlight the people who moved health equity forward despite that. Medicine: A Conversation with Harriet A.

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Cycling in school improves teenagers’ mental health, but wider social factors may impact benefits

Frontiers

Researchers in the US have examined if taking part in an in-school cycling program improves middle schoolers’ mental health and found positive effects. This motivates us, and hopefully others, to continue investigating and developing cycling as a pathway to improved health and well-being in adolescents.”

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Applying analytics to sociodemographic disparities in mental health

Nature Mental Health

Nature Mental Health, Published online: 08 January 2025; doi:10.1038/s44220-024-00359-2 In this study, the authors analyzed articles examining the use of artificial intelligence, machine learning and deep learning analytics for identifying sociodemographic disparities, such as in race/ethnicity and age, to make recommendations for improving models (..)

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Consuming added sugars may increase risk of kidney stones

Frontiers

By Mischa Dijkstra, Frontiers science writer In an observational study, researchers showed that consuming more added sugars is consistently associated with greater odds of developing kidney stones in the US, especially for ethnicities such as Native Americans or Asians, or for people with a relatively higher income.

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Medicare Advantage Poses Challenges to Health Care Cost-Effectiveness and Equity

The Health Care Blog

Medicare Advantage (Advantage), originally conceived in 1997 during the Clinton Administration as ‘Medicare + Choice’, has progressively grown and become an established health insurance option for those 65 and older. million, while trade associations representing the health insurance industry spent an equivalent amount. Introduction.

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Babies’ gut microbiome not influenced by mothers’ vaginal microbiome composition

Frontiers

By Deborah Pirchner, Frontiers science writer Image: Shutterstock.com Alterations in babies’ gut microbiomes during early life are commonly associated with negative health outcomes later on, including asthma and obesity. Selling the articles is not allowed.