More states are lifting or reforming regulations governing the opening of new dialysis facilities.
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Black women have high rates of fibroids – which are one of the leading causes of hysterectomies. Women in rural areas may have a harder time gaining access to alternative treatments such as uterine fibroid embolization that are available at large hospitals or specialty centers.
In Texas, the Bexar County Hospital District’s board of managers unanimously approved plans to build two new hospitals in medically underserved areas.
The treatment can help eliminate exhausting commutes and relieve overcrowding at a growing number of dialysis centers in the state.
Many in the resource-strapped sickle cell community find they are unable to access fertility treatments.
Inmigrantes latinos en apuros económicos participan una y otra vez en ensayos clínicos para ganar dinero. No siempre les explican los riesgos para su salud y, cuando algo sale mal, buscar justicia puede ser agónico.
The vast majority of people with sickle cell disease are Black. Sickle cell researchers, physicians and patients believe these disparities exist – and persist – because of systemic racism.
The number of dialysis centers in the islands is increasing to meet the need as more patients suffer from kidney failure.
Texas has a law that requires the screening of school children for diabetes. But due to COVID-19, in recent years, those screenings aren't always happening.
In a Latino community near Chicago, too many victims of COVID are identified as white, Black or other.