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Structural racism and racial health disparities at the state level: A latent variable approach
Conclusions This research provides further evidence that structural racism is a fundamental cause of racial health disparities and that to repair these inequities, macro-level changes in societal structures, institutions, resource allocation, representation, and power will be necessary.PMID:37500328 | DOI:10.1016/j.jnma.2023.07.003
Source: Journal of the National Medical Association - July 27, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Michael Siegel Madeline Rieders Hannah Rieders Jinan Moumneh Julia Asfour Jinseo Oh Seungjin Oh Source Type: research

Young Americans Face Rising Rates of Obesity, High Blood Pressure, Diabetes
MONDAY, March 6, 2023 -- Young adults in the United States carry an increasing burden of heart health risk factors, making it more likely they’ll suffer a heart attack and stroke as they age, a new study warns. More adults ages 20 to 44 are...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - March 6, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

Unhealthy Eating Habits Cost U.S. $50 Billion a Year: Study
THURSDAY, Dec. 19, 2019 -- Healthier eating could save the United States more than $50 billion a year in health care costs associated with heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes and related illnesses, according to a new study. An unhealthy diet is...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - December 19, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

Trends in Cardiometabolic Mortality in the United States, 1999-2017
This study evaluates the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ’s Wide-Ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research to compare trends in heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and hypertension mortality rates by race and sex from 1999 to 2017.
Source: JAMA - August 27, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research

Health Tip: 4 Steps to Manage Diabetes
-- Every year, 1.7 million people in the United States are diagnosed with diabetes, the U.S. National Institutes of Health says. Left untreated, diabetes can lead to heart disease, stroke, kidney disease, blindness and other health problems, the...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - June 14, 2018 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

Infant Deaths and Mortality from Gun Violence: Causal or Casual?
CONCLUSIONS: In NYC, non-Hispanic black IM declined significantly despite increasing income inequality and was strongly correlated with gun-related assault mortality and other major causes of death. These data are compatible with the hypothesis that activities related to overall population health, including those pertaining to gun-related homicide, may provide clues to reducing IM. Analytic epidemiological studies are needed to test these and other hypotheses formulated from these descriptive data. PMID: 29173931 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Journal of the National Medical Association - November 28, 2017 Category: General Medicine Tags: J Natl Med Assoc Source Type: research