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African American patients were more likely to be recommended diet counseling, such as eating less sodium, for high blood pressure.

Wiley

Health

Primary care doctors are less likely to prescribe opioids to Asian or Pacific Islander, Black, or Hispanic seniors compared to White seniors for new back pain.

JAMA Network

Health

Social policies that strengthen economic security for low-income families may reduce reports of child neglect and improve child well-being.

Pregnant women who got the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines passed temporary antibodies to their babies, which could protect them in the weeks after birth.

Climate change is predicted to make European wine regions hotter and drier, shorten the grape growing season, shift growing regions, and change wine chemistry by altering levels of alcohol, acid, and aroma.

MDPI

Environment

Compared to non-Hispanic White pediatric patients, African-American patients had a higher mortality risk, but both African-American and Hispanic patients were less likely to receive a transplant within a year of starting dialysis.

PubMed

Health

Compared to lifestyle interventions, mindfulness-based interventions improve binge eating disorder symptoms, but are not more effective at reducing body weight.

ScienceDirect

Health

Behavioral nudges, such as text message reminders and vaccine information videos, can improve COVID-19 vaccination rates.

Nature

Black and Hispanic American hospital patients were more likely than White patients to have COVID-19.

JAMA Network

Health

Patients with depression who are more physically active are able to cope better with daily home chores than those who are less active.

ScienceDirect