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CVS Health Launches National Health Equity Advisory Board
Urban Health Today Editors
Workforce News
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May 24, 2023
CVS Health® launched the CVS Health National Health Equity Advisory Board as part of its commitment to advance health ...
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Q & A With Dr. Joneigh Khaldun, Vice President and Chief Health Equity Officer at CVS Health
Urban Health Today Editors
Public Health
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May 9, 2023
"Through the power of collaboration, we will give historically marginalized communities more access to healthcare services."
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Cognitive Impairment in People Living With HIV Not Made Worse by COVID-19 in Those Who are Vaccinated, US Study Suggests - ECCMID 2023
Urban Health Today Editors
COVID
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April 4, 2023
New research finds that people living with HIV performed worse on cognitive tests in the first 4 months ...
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People Living With HIV at Substantially Higher Risk of Depression and Suicide, Especially in First 2 Years After Diagnosis - ECCMID 2023
Urban Health Today Editors
HIV
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April 4, 2023
People living with HIV are far more likely to be diagnosed with depression and commit suicide than population controls.
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Mary Stutts Becomes HBA’s First Woman of Color CEO
Urban Health Today Editors
Workforce News
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April 3, 2023
Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association (HBA) has appointed Mary Stutts as Chief Executive Officer.
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ADRD Costs Jump 31% Over Decade, Yet Gender Gaps Remain
Urban Health Today Editors
Alzheimer's & Dementia
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November 21, 2022
Alzheimer's disease and related dementia (ADRD) treatment expenditures may triple to $45 billion by 2040.
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Nearly One-Third of Nurses Plan to Leave the Profession
Urban Health Today Editors
Disparities in Nursing
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November 21, 2022
Nurses who identified as Black, American Indian, or Alaska Native reported low levels of satisfaction with their salary.
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Gender and Race Pay Gap in Nursing Continues
Urban Health Today Editors
Disparities in Nursing
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November 21, 2022
Despite the passage of the Equal Pay Act of 1963, unequal wages in the nursing field continue to be prevalent.
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Pregnant Women With HS at Increased Risk of Adverse Outcomes
Urban Health Today Editors
Hidradenitis Suppurativa
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November 3, 2022
Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) disproportionately affects women of childbearing age.
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Care Management Recommendations for LGBTQAI Patients With HS
Urban Health Today Editors
Hidradenitis Suppurativa
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November 3, 2022
Sexual/gender minority patients are at risk for infections that can alter the clinical course of hidradenitis suppurativa.
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Increased Prevalence and Severity of HS in Black, Hispanic Patients
Urban Health Today Editors
Hidradenitis Suppurativa
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November 3, 2022
Black patients 2 to 3 times more likely than White patients to be hospitalized due to hidradenitis suppurativa (HS).
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Being Black May Worsen Clinical Outcomes in HS
Urban Health Today Editors
Hidradenitis Suppurativa
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November 3, 2022
Researchers investigated associations of patient race/ethnicity with disease severity, hospitalizations, and surgeries.
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Star Ratings, SDoH, Supplemental Services: A Q&A With Robert Pittman, SVP of Government Affairs for Modivcare
Urban Health Today Editors
Managed Care
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June 27, 2022
In 2022, many Medicare Advantage (MA) plans added several supplemental services to their offerings, including meals, ...
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Macrophages Cytokine Spp1 Increases Growth of Prostate Intraepithelial Neoplasia to Promote Prostate Tumor Progression
Urban Health Today Editors
Prostate Cancer
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April 23, 2022
Prostate cancer development and progression are associated with increased infiltrating macrophages.
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Targeting autophagy in prostate cancer: preclinical and clinical evidence for therapeutic response
Urban Health Today Editors
Prostate Cancer
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March 23, 2022
Autophagy can affect the response of prostate cancer cells to therapy such as chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
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Left supraclavicular (Virchow's) node metastasis detected before primary infradiaphragmatic tumor
Urban Health Today Editors
Cancer
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January 26, 2022
Metastasis of infradiaphragmatic tumors to the left supraclavicular lymph node is reported to be rare.
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Ethnicity-Based Cutoff Values Necessary for Best MM Risk Prediction Algorithm
Urban Health Today Editors
Multiple Myeloma
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December 27, 2021
Ethnicity-based cutoffs of laboratory parameters resulted in the best predictor model for risk prediction in Indian and ...
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Significant Disparities Exist in Real-World Treatment of APL
Urban Health Today Editors
Cancer
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December 27, 2021
A recent study illustrated significant disparities by age, insurance, and health-system factors in the use of ...
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Tuskegee, UAB, Morehouse Received Grant to Research Cancer Disparities
Urban Health Today Editors
Cancer
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December 27, 2021
Tuskegee University, the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Morehouse School of Medicine received a five-year $18 ...
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SARS-CoV-2 Vaccinations Less Effective in Patients With Multiple Myeloma
Urban Health Today Editors
COVID
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December 27, 2021
Researchers recently presented data indicating that the effectiveness of vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 may be reduced in ...
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