Highly frail older breast cancer survivors often lack Medicare home health care
A claims-based study of older breast cancer survivors found that more than half of highly frail women used no Medicare ...
Tag: Health disparities
Tongan adults highlight vaccine trust and HPV awareness gaps
A pilot study of 19 Tongan adults in Utah found substantial HPV vaccine awareness gaps and strong differences in vaccine ...
Triage disparities widen in lower-risk emergency visits, multicenter analysis finds
An analysis of 1.35 million emergency visits found larger ethnoracial triage disparities in lower-risk cases independently scored as less severe.
Long weekend sleep associated with prostate cancer death in prospective cohort
In a prospective study of 33,568 men followed for a median of 15.9 years, at least nine hours of weekend ...
Comment Questions Robustness of Deprivation Links in Breast Cancer Genomics
A 2026 correspondence questions the robustness of reported links between neighborhood deprivation, metastatic breast cancer genomics, targeted treatment use and ...
Disparities in late-stage cancer diagnosis across a multi-site academic health system
A retrospective study of 26,698 adults across six University of California medical centers found that late-stage cancer diagnosis was associated ...
Editorial links transportation barriers with disparities in diagnostic colonoscopy access
A systematic review associated patient navigation with better diagnostic colonoscopy completion after positive stool-based tests, while an editorial highlighted transportation ...
Observational study links primary-care shortage areas with lower preemptive kidney transplant access among waitlisted candidates
An observational study of kidney transplant candidates from 2005–2020 found that residence in primary care shortage areas was associated with ...
Study finds substantial state differences in U.S. men’s health across racial and ethnic groups
An observational study found substantial state-level variation in U.S. men’s health across six racial and ethnic groups, with national averages ...
Study examines closure of a language-concordant health-care phone line
A research report by Sahoko H. Little and Michael Amano examines the discontinuation of a language-concordant phone line and its ...
Vision Care in America Remains Out of Reach for Millions of Low-Income Patients, Review Finds
A new scoping review finds that income-related and structural barriers—including Medicaid coverage gaps, safety-net limitations, and low health literacy—leave low-income ...
Race, vulnerability and health status shape who receives new Alzheimer’s drugs
A large Michigan Medicine study found that Black and Hispanic adults were far less likely to receive new anti-amyloid Alzheimer's ...
Heart Disease Risk in Transgender Adults Remains Dangerously Understudied, Researchers Warn
A new perspective in the Journal of General Internal Medicine argues that transgender adults face elevated cardiovascular disease risk regardless ...
Social Needs Screening Gaps Revealed in Breast Cancer Patients at Safety-Net Hospital
A three-year study of 566 breast cancer patients at a Dallas safety-net hospital found that social needs reassessment lagged behind ...
Telehealth Use Is Settling Into Its Post-Pandemic Rhythm, National Survey Shows
A nationally representative study of US adults finds telehealth use declined modestly from 2022 to 2024 while most disparities persisted, ...
When Doctors Talk, Patients Get Screened: Communication Gaps Drive Colorectal Cancer Disparities
A new cross-sectional study of Black and Hispanic primary care patients finds that patient-centered communication, health literacy, age, and race ...
Deaths Linked to X-Rays and Radiotherapy Fell Sharply Over Two Decades, Yet Gaps Persist
A 21-year national analysis of CDC mortality data finds that deaths associated with radiological procedures and radiotherapy in the United ...
Dismissive Care, Not Fear Alone, Drives Black Women Away From Cancer Screening
A mixed-methods Illinois study finds that dismissive, discriminatory healthcare encounters outrank structural barriers as reasons Black women delay or avoid ...
Aggressive Prostate Cancer Is Rising in Appalachia, Landmark Study Finds
A sweeping analysis of nearly one million American men has revealed a troubling shift in the geography of aggressive prostate ...
Social Risks Shift Over Time in Specialty Clinics, Study Finds
A longitudinal study of a rheumatology outpatient population shows that patient-reported social risk factors change over time, challenging one-time screening ...
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