To address infant mortality, focusing only on babies who were born prematurely or with a low birth weight will be missing an attention-worthy segment of the population.
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December 27th 2016
By AJMC Staff
What we’re reading, December 27, 2016: nurses are viewed as most ethical and honest profession in America, followed by pharmacists and physicians; over half of Brazilian women reported avoiding pregnancy due to the Zika virus; cooking interventions may help low-income parents feel more positive about preparing and eating vegetables.
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Data released by the CDC today indicate that while breast cancer deaths are on the decline, black women still have worse outcomes than white women. The report also noted disparate trends in breast cancer incidence among different races and age groups.
One-year mortality following hip fracture in Asian American women is comparable among Chinese, Japanese, and Filipina women, comprising nearly three-fourths of the Asian population examined.
A study suggests that regions of England where patients show less awareness of cancer symptoms tend to have lower cancer survival rates, particularly in lower-income areas. The research, published in the British Journal of Cancer also examined whether barriers to care can affect the likelihood of surviving different cancers.
Amid rising Rates of severe maternal morbidity, 2 new studies consider how to optimize maternal care.
An investigation of why efforts to improve maternal health in the United States are lagging, and what action must be taken to lower maternal mortality.
An examination of socioeconomic disparities in cervical cancer screening across ethnic groups in the United States using concentration indices and probit regression analyses.
Within an integrated healthcare setting, temporal trends demonstrate reductions in mortality risk after hip fracture in older women, with mortality risk lower for Asians and Hispanics.
The National Institutes of Health announced disbursement of more than $10 million in research funding to researchers studying various healthcare issues. The objective of this additional funding is to avoid gender bias and seek equal representation of female subjects.
Twenty-two Democratic lawmakers have asked the National Institutes of Health to publicly disclose demographic data for all clinical trials posted on ClinicalTrials.gov.
Gender differences were found in healthcare utilization in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Germany, despite a high rate of enrollment in a disease management program.
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