No, Latinos Don’t Actually Have Less Heart Disease – a New Large Study Refutes the Longstanding ‘Latino Paradox’
By Olveen Carrasquillo, University of Miami The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea
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By Olveen Carrasquillo, University of Miami The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea
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Read moreDr. Neel Shah is chief medical officer of Maven Clinic, the world’s largest virtual clinic for women’s and family health,
Read moreIn 2013, Katrece Nolen, a 47-year-old Black woman in Northern Virginia, noticed one of her breasts felt swollen. She called
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Read moreMarch 21 to March 25 is National LGBTQ Health Awareness Week. At age 28, Laura Silverstein tripped while running, dislocating
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Read moreDecember 1 is World AIDS Day By Paul Shafer, Boston University and Kristefer Stojanovski, Tulane University Since the start of
Read moreGabriel Filippelli, IUPUI The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its blood lead reference value – the
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Read moreBy Michaela Kathleen Curran, University of Iowa Britney Spears has been locked in a court battle 13 years in the
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Read moreKimberly Bertrand, Boston University The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Frequent and
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Read moreAs told to Jackie Froeber In 2001, I was in the checkout aisle at the grocery store when I saw
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Read moreIn South Florida, when people want to find a Black physician, they often contact Adrienne Hibbert through her website, Black
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Read moreBy Kristen Shinohara, Rochester Institute of Technology and Garreth Tigwell, Rochester Institute of Technology Unless you’re blind or know someone
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Read moreBy Tara N. Richards, University of Nebraska Omaha and Justin Nix, University of Nebraska Omaha Domestic violence rose globally in
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Read moreTen years ago, Jaime Sanders launched The Migraine Diva, a blog to chronicle her experiences as a young Black woman
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