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Preclinical heart failure is an early stage characterized by risk factors and/or subtle cardiac structural or functional abnormalities without clinical symptoms. This is the optimal time to enhance...
Oct. 10, 2023: Study examining data on youth of all racial and ethnic groups in 2020 and on only Black and White youths from 1999 to 2020 shows firearm deaths widen and disparities grow, with Black youth disproportionately impacted.
Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is more common in all U.S. racial and ethnic minority groups than in non-Hispanic White populations. A recent study shows that diet quality, food security, race/ethnicity, and access to health care affect control of T2D.
ACA Medicaid expansion led to improved access to health care and decreases in health disparities, including reducing the number of uninsured patients and the rate at which young Black trauma patients die in the hospital following their injuries.
June 16, 2022: County-level data provides unprecedented detail by geography and population groups. Video News Release: Life expectancy in the US by race and ethnicity
Conversation with Dr. Yun-Chi Chen, Morgan State University Applying a Diverse Scholarly Background to Health Disparities Research in Baltimore City NIMHD’s Conversations with Researchers Advancing...
March 29, 2022: Large NIH-funded study published in Annals of Family Medicine suggests factors beyond affordability influence disparities in health care utilization.
Jan. 3, 2022: Differences found in alcohol consumption and cigarette smoking behaviors in Black/African American and White individuals point to further study needs.
The NIH Office of Intramural Training and Education (OITE) hosts poster sessions every year for recent college graduates (postbaccalaureate students, or “postbacs”) throughout the NIH Institutes to...
Oct. 4, 2021 – Using data from the same 10-month period in 2020 and 2019, scientists from NCI, NIMHD and the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation compared excess deaths by race/ethnicity, sex...