Newswise Curated News Channel: National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)

Fostering acceptance of sexual minorities in the Hispanic community

University of Miami — Mon, 05 Jun 2023 16:00:25 EST

A new intervention developed by a team of researchers and led by Guillermo "Willy" Prado, professor of nursing and health studies at the University of Miami, aims to curb devastating mental health trends and drug use among Hispanic youth who identify as sexual minorities.

Salton Sea environment detrimental to respiratory health of local children

University of California, Riverside — Thu, 01 Jun 2023 18:45:40 EST

In the United States, low-income immigrant and minority children often live in environments that have highly polluted air. A study led by researchers at the University of California, Riverside, demonstrates this among the Latinx and Purepecha immigrant children and caregivers living along Inland Southern California's Salton Sea, a highly saline drying lakebed surrounded by agricultural fields.

How love, health, and neighborhood intersect for Black Americans

Thu, 11 May 2023 17:25:13 EST

Romantic relationships and neighborhood quality are both important predictors of mental and emotional wellbeing. But the larger societal context also influences how these factors affect individuals. A new study from the University of Illinois looks at the intersection of relationships, neighborhood, and mental health for Black Americans.

Menu Calorie Labels Estimated to Save U.S. Billions on Cancer Care

Tufts University — Tue, 18 Apr 2023 18:30:00 EST

Modeling study estimates menu calorie labelling may prevent at least 28,000 obesity-associated cancer cases and 16,700 cancer deaths over a lifetime, saving a combined $2.8 billion in net healthcare and societal costs.

Study: Vitamin D May Play a Role in Prostate Cancer Disparities

Cedars-Sinai — Tue, 18 Apr 2023 12:00:07 EST

Vitamin D deficiency could be the reason African American men experience more aggressive prostate cancer at a younger age compared with European American men, new research from Cedars-Sinai Cancer suggests.

Machine-learning technique identifies people who would benefit most from treatment to reduce future cardiovascular disease risk

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences — Fri, 14 Apr 2023 18:50:27 EST

New UCLA research suggests that a novel machine-learning technique known as "causal forest" was about five times more efficient than the current clinical practice of treating patients with high blood pressure.

Older Black men are likelier to die after surgery than others, particularly following elective procedures

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences — Wed, 01 Mar 2023 18:30:00 EST

Older Black men have a higher chance of dying within 30 days of surgery than do Black women and white men and women - with their odds of death 50% higher after elective surgery compared with white men.

Precarious work associated with high BMI

University of Illinois Chicago — Tue, 28 Feb 2023 17:00:33 EST

A study inks precarious work with increases in body mass index and adds to a growing body of evidence that precarious work may contribute to poor health outcomes.

Extreme Temperatures Take Deadly Toll on People in Texas Prisons, Study Finds

Brown University — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 16:00:14 EST

The U.S. has the world's largest population of prisoners, and Texas holds more incarcerated people than any other state.

Sleep as a New 8th Measure of Cardiovascular Health

Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health — Wed, 19 Oct 2022 17:15:05 EST

Researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health evaluated an expanded measure of cardiovascular health (CVH) that includes sleep as an eighth metric, in relation to cardiovascular disease risk.

New Study Links Ultra-Processed Foods and Colorectal Cancer in Men

Tufts University — Wed, 31 Aug 2022 18:30:00 EST

New study links men who consumed high rates of ultra-processed foods to a 29% higher risk for developing colorectal cancer than men who consumed much smaller amounts. The team led by researchers from Tufts University and Harvard University did not find the same association in women.

Mental health challenges contributed to weight gain for people with obesity during COVID-19

UT Southwestern Medical Center — Tue, 09 Aug 2022 12:05:34 EST

Over the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, almost 30% of patients with obesity gained more than 5% of their body weight, and 1 in 7 gained more than 10%. While diet and exercise habits were factors, people with the highest levels of stress, anxiety, and depression reported the most weight gain, UT Southwestern researchers reported in the journal Obesity.

Sharrief awarded $3.1M NIH grant to test whether telehealth improves racial disparities in outcomes for stroke survivors

University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston — Mon, 06 Dec 2021 09:40:21 EST

A trial testing whether multidisciplinary telehealth intervention will help improve racial disparities in outcomes for adult stroke survivors will be launched at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston) with a $3.1 million grant from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities at the National Institutes of Health.

Study Shows Medicaid Expansion Increased Access to Bariatric Surgery for Obesity

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist — Fri, 08 Oct 2021 11:45:21 EST

Following the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid expansion, access to bariatric surgery as a treatment for obesity increased by 31% annually for lower-income Medicaid-covered and uninsured white adults age 26 to 64 but not for Hispanic and Black adults, according to research conducted by scientists at Wake Forest School of Medicine.

Wayne State wins $18 million from NIH to intercept chronic disease in Black communities

Wayne State University Division of Research — Thu, 07 Oct 2021 10:35:26 EST

The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities has awarded Wayne State University $18.15 million over five years to establish a Center for Multiple Chronic Diseases Associated with Health Disparities: Prevention, Treatment, and Management that will use community-based interventions deployed from three research institutions to fight hypertension, heart failure and coronary heart disease in the Black population.

Rutgers and NYU Receive Federal Grant for New Center for Asian Health Promotion and Equity

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 10:00:55 EST

Rutgers Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research, in close collaboration with New York University, has received $11.6 million in funding from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities to develop the Rutgers-NYU Center for Asian Health Promotion and Equity (CAHPE).

Addressing Systemic Inequities Linked to Readmission Disparities for Minority Stroke Patients

University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing — Tue, 28 Sep 2021 15:50:40 EST

Racial minorities are disproportionately affected by stroke, with Black patients experiencing worse post-stroke outcomes than White patients. Racial disparities in stroke outcomes have been linked to suboptimal control of risk factors such as hypertension, lack of access to health care, and decreased utilization of neurologic services. However, it was previously unknown if outcomes for Black ischemic stroke patients were affected by care settings with insufficient nursing resources.

UCLA-led Study Reveals 'Hidden Costs' of Being Black in the U.S.

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health — Mon, 08 Mar 2021 12:30:33 EST

A new UCLA-led study analyzed a national sample of the views of Black men and white men found that Black men of all income levels reported experiencing higher levels of discrimination than their white counterparts.

Low-Income Middle-Aged African-American Women with Hypertension Are Likely to Suffer from Depression

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health — Thu, 11 Feb 2021 11:40:38 EST

Low-income middle-aged African-American women with high blood pressure very commonly suffer from depression and should be better screened for this serious mental health condition.

Low-cost, customizable microscope takes top biomedical engineering prize

National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering — Tue, 25 Aug 2020 12:25:57 EST

The winners of National Institutes of Health's 9th annual Design by Biomedical Undergraduate Teams (DEBUT) challenge developed simple and low-cost diagnostics and treatments for conditions such as tuberculosis, cervical cancer, birth defects, and onchocerciasis (river blindness).