5 hours ago By Matt Precey, BBC News, Bedfordshire Getty Maternity services at the Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust have been downgraded to ‘inadequate’ Maternity staff at an NHS trust faced racism from their own colleagues, a Care Quality Commission (CQC) report said. The problem was identified at both the Luton and Dunstable (L&D) and Bedford hospitals during … Read more
By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Aug. 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) — It’s well known that exposure to lead can harm young children’s brain development. Now a new study suggests that racial segregation may be compounding the detrimental effects of lead on Black children. The study, of close to 26,000 … Read more
The doctors’ union warns institutional racism harms medics’ mental health and therefore patient care. Source link
“We did hear positive examples of maternity care, but there is racism and racial discrimination at a structural and individual level which is putting black, brown and mixed ethnicity women at harm. There are many complex reasons for poorer health outcomes for ethnic minorities, and racism and discrimination is definitely playing a role.” Source link
Instead of fun-filled memories of playing hide-and-seek and roasting marshmallows, Lauren Nicks’ summer camp recollections are less playful and carefree. Rather, they’re overshadowed by instances of something that experts call adultification bias. “I can remember when I was around 5 years old attending a summer day camp in Brooklyn and being repeatedly targeted by one … Read more
The first sign something was wrong with Curtis Warfield came in 2005, when a lab test found protein in his urine during a routine checkup. In 2012, Warfield was diagnosed with stage 3 kidney disease. Two years later, he started dialysis. “When you get diagnosed, you’re sitting there kind of like a deer in headlights. … Read more
March 9, 2022 — Early one morning, federal agents swarmed the home of Gang Chen to arrest him. The commotion woke his family as agents handcuffed him to take him away. The mechanical engineer from MIT was booked on charges that he failed to disclose research funding from Chinese entities, and he was placed in … Read more
March 4, 2022 — With new cases of COVID-19 continuing to fall, this could be the time to focus on making sure everyone has equal access to vaccines and other drugs before the next public health emergency. The coronavirus pandemic, now in its third year, saw major issues develop around equal access to diagnosis, care, … Read more
YouTube: “President Biden Delivers Remarks on World AIDS Day,” The White House. HIV.gov: “National HIV/AIDS Strategy for the United States 2022-2025,” “What Is Ending the HIV Epidemic in the United States?” Gregorio Millett, vice president, American Foundation for AIDS Research. amfAR: “Ending the HIV Epidemic Database.” The Lancet, Public Health: “Homelessness, unstable housing, and risk … Read more
Photo Credits: Class: Wake Forest School of Medicine Patient Care: Michael Zhang / Getty Images Headshot: Naomi Nkinsi VBAC Calculator: WebMD eGFR: National Kidney Foundation Pulse Oximeter: Grace Cary / Getty Images Spirometer: microgen / Getty Images Sources: Sarita Warrier, MD, interim associate dean for medical education, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI. Joel Bervell, student … Read more