Tag: Race
FDA Drafts New Recommendations for More Inclusive Pulse Oximeter Testing
Clinical studies must now include 25 percent of patients with darker skin tones
Black Children Suspected of Experiencing Child Abuse at Higher Rates
Black race remained an independent risk factor associated with suspicion for child abuse in adjusted analyses
Higher Caregiving Stress Tied to Incident Hypertension
Findings seen among younger Black women followed for seven years
Black Patients Have Similar Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Effectiveness, Lower Toxicity
Black patients have longer time to treatment discontinuation, similar time to next treatment, slightly improved overall survival than White patients
Preferential Promotion of White Men Persisting in Academic Medicine
Black women significantly less likely to be promoted to assistant professor, full professor compared with White men
Small Clinical Benefit Seen for Race-Aware Over Unaware Risk Predictions
Smaller than expected benefit partly due to most individuals receiving same decision, regardless of race being included in model
Racial, Ethnic Disparities Seen in Mortality With Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer
Some of the differences explained by social determinants of health
Racial, Ethnic Differences Seen in Cleft Lip Surgery Repair
White children had lowest odds of delayed surgery, complications, and prolonged LOS and lowest charges
Genetic Testing Rate Lower for Blacks With Inherited Retinal Diseases
Genetic detection rates lower for Blacks than non-Hispanic Whites based on data collected at the University of Michigan, Blueprint Genetics
High Resting Heart Rate Tied to Increased Risk for Atrial Fibrillation
Findings independent of other established risk factors
