BU School of Public Health Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

September 27, 2024 0 Jillian McKoy Twitter Facebook Up to 45 percent of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) cases could be prevented by modifiable risk factors, but current research is limited to observational studies that make it difficult to establish definitive causes.

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Black Health Matters

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

It is no secret that health inequities and barriers to quality care contribute to adverse outcomes within America’s Black community,” wrote Dr. Walter L. There is no question that this action by CMS would further worsen health inequities experienced by Black dialysis patients. Fields, Jr.,

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Black Health Matters

JANUARY 9, 2025

Sam Lim, Chief of Rheumatology at Grady Health System, and his team examined this connection in a study presented at the American College of Rheumatology, and their findings were eye-opening. “Nearly 80% of patients, most of whom were Black women, screened positive for at least one social risk factor,” Dr. Lim said.

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Black Health Matters

JANUARY 10, 2025

In 2021, The Journal of Affective Disorders Reports found that higher exposure to traumatic experiences and increased post-migration stress have been identified as risk factors for mental disorders in forcibly displaced populations. Altadena has been affected by the Eaton fire, one of several wildfires in the area.

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International Journal of Epidemiology Blog

MAY 11, 2021

Only then can we work towards achieving a healthy lifestyle for all and mitigate society’s persistent health inequalities. Separate and combined effects of individual and neighbourhood socio-economic disadvantage on health-related lifestyle risk factors: a multilevel analysis. Int J Epidemiol 2021; 24 April.

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Sheffield DPH

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

2% could be higher depending on the population group who end up taking the drug (when you think about other risk factors for gallstones e.g. women, over 40). likely to widen health inequalities. It will therefore be important to assess the potential impact on health inequalities. What at 2yr.

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The Health Care Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

After all, the goal of the CDC now isn’t just to maximize benefits versus harms, it is to also mitigate health inequities as the ethics table from that document makes clear.

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