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High Optimism Linked With Longer Life and Living Past 90 in Women Across Racial, Ethnic Groups

June 8, 2022 — Higher levels of optimism were associated with longer lifespan and living beyond age 90 in women across racial and ethnic ...

California's Push for Computer Science Education Examined

Feb. 24, 2022 — Despite California's computer science education policies, gender, racial and ethnic disparities persist among the high schools that offer these courses, the students enrolled in them and the faculty ...

Starting Mammography at Age 40 Would Reduce Disparities in Deaths for Black Women

Oct. 18, 2021 — If Black women begin mammography screening every other year starting at age 40, breast cancer deaths could be reduced by 57 percent compared to ...

Effects of Poverty on Childhood Development Seen in Children as Young as 5

Oct. 9, 2020 — Researchers have found that health inequities can be measured in children as young as 5 years old. The research contributes to a growing body of literature finding that children of color who are also ...

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People Less Outraged by Gender Discrimination Caused by Algorithms

June 27, 2022 — People are less morally outraged when gender discrimination occurs because of an algorithm rather than direct human involvement, according to new ...

Physician Mistreatment Emerges as Crisis That Can Ripple Through U.S. Health Care

May 19, 2022 — In a recent survey of more than 6,500 physicians from across the United States representing a broad spectrum of racial and ethnic diversity, nearly ...

Death Rate from Parkinson's Rising in U.S., Study Finds

Oct. 27, 2021 — A new study shows that in the last two decades the death rate from Parkinson's disease has risen about 63 percent in the United States. The study also found that the death rate was twice as high in ...

Passage of Recreational Cannabis Laws Leads to Some Rise in Use but Not for All Demographics

Sep. 27, 2021 — The U.S. is seeing an increased use of cannabis resulting from its legalization for recreational purposes. The findings showed that passage of the ...

Evidence-Based Patient-Psychotherapist Matching Improves Mental Health Care

June 28, 2021 — Psychotherapy researchers have found that mental health care patients matched with therapists who had a strong track record of treating the patients' primary concerns had better results than patients ...

Early Findings of Alzheimer's Study in Diverse Populations Now Available to Researchers

June 24, 2021 — A growing trove of data to help scientists understand the biology of Alzheimer's disease among diverse populations within the context of ...

Some Blood Pressure-Lowering Meds Linked to Less Memory Decline in Older Adults, Study Finds

June 21, 2021 — High blood pressure is a risk factor for cognitive decline and dementia in older adults. Studies have shown that commonly prescribed high blood ...

How Medical Schools Can Transform Curriculums to Undo Racial Biases

Jan. 7, 2021 — Medical school curriculums may misuse race and play a role in perpetuating physician bias, a team of researchers found in an analysis of curriculum from the preclinical phase of medical ...

Study of Infants Finds That Sleep Differences by Race, Income Emerge Early

Nov. 13, 2020 — A new stud takes a look at 24-hour sleep-wake cycles for infants across racial/ethnic and socioeconomic categories. The team found several distinct differences in sleep-wake patterns, largely ...

Stigma Impacts Psychological, Physical Health of Multiracial People

Oct. 22, 2020 — Policy changes can help to fight stigmas of multiracial Americans, one of the fasting growing minority groups in the United States according to a new ...

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Seeing Members of Minority Groups Everywhere? It's an Illusion

May 10, 2022 — Within a social setting most people significantly overestimate the presence of a minority -- and this overestimation is made not only by the majority but also by the minority themselves, researchers ...

Affirmative Action Bans Had 'Devastating Impact' on Diversity in Medical Schools, Study Finds

May 2, 2022 — In states with bans on affirmative action programs, the proportion of students from underrepresented racial and ethnic minority groups in U.S. public medical schools fell by more than one-third by ...

Automated Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia Delivered Over the Internet Shown to Be Highly Effective in Black Women

Apr. 20, 2022 — Black women are disproportionately affected by poor sleep, which is associated with increased risk of adverse outcomes such as cardiovascular disease, depression and worse quality of life. The gold ...