Disparities in use of MRI to detect prostate cancer: Race and location may influence testing
Prostate cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer deaths in American men. Further, non-Hispanic Blacks have a higher ...
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Minorities expected to be majority in 2050
Minorities, classified as those of any race other than non-Hispanic, single-race whites, currently constitute about a third of the U.S. population, according to Census figures. But by 2042 ...
How are Hispanic patients using Medicaid? Here are five issues that you should know
Eligibility for Medicaid is based on factors such as income, age, and pregnancy or disability status, and it varies from ...
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2020 Census Data Shows White Population in the U.S. Declined for First Time on Record
Non-Hispanic whites now make up 58 percent of the country's population, compared to 63.7 percent in 2010. It is the country's lowest percentage of non-Hispanic whites since its founding ...
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CA-125 Shows Less Accuracy in Black and American Indian Patients with Ovarian Cancer
Researchers examined CA-125 levels at diagnosis, defining them as elevated/borderline or negative/normal in 250,749 patients ...
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Disparities in CKD-Associated Cardiac Arrest Across Demographics
Non-Hispanic Black populations face the highest risk of death from chronic kidney disease (CKD)–associated cardiac arrest, a ...
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‘Troubling’ data show Black and Hispanic homebuyers were more likely to be denied loans
In Philadelphia in 2023, lenders denied Black, non-Hispanic and Hispanic mortgage applicants who were well-qualified for mortgages more often than they denied white, non-Hispanic applicants who ...
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Hyperlipidemia in Racial/Ethnic Minorities: Differences in Lipid Profiles and the Impact of Statin Therapy
Hispanics, especially Mexican-Americans, have lower HDL-C, higher triglyceride levels and similar lipoprotein(a) (Lp[a]) compared with non-Hispanic Whites. South Asians, including persons of ...