How Neglecting Minorities in Medical Research Has Led to Deadly Outcomes
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#2https://www.propublica.org/article/nothing-protects-black-wo...
This is a longer article on the subject of poorer health outcomes for minorities, covering the situation for black women and one family's experience, which is very much worth reading, but here are the key points:
Statistics:
* A black woman is 22% more likely to die from heart disease than a white woman
* ...71 percent more likely to perish from cervical cancer
* ...243 percent more likely to die from pregnancy- or childbirth-related causes
Reasons:
* Black women are more likely to be uninsured outside of pregnancy, when Medicaid kicks in, and thus more likely to start prenatal care later and to lose coverage in the postpartum period.
* The hospitals where they give birth are often the products of historical segregation, lower in quality than those where white mothers deliver, with significantly higher rates of life-threatening complications.
* [Black women] are more likely to have chronic conditions such as obesity, diabetes, and hypertension that make having a baby more dangerous.
* Black expectant and new mothers frequently told us that doctors and nurses didn’t take their pain seriously [...] numerous studies that show pain is often undertreated in black patients for conditions from appendicitis to cancer.
* An expanding field of research shows that the stress of being a black woman in American society can take a significant physical toll during pregnancy and childbirth.
* Black women are 49 percent more likely than whites to deliver prematurely (and, closely related, black infants are twice as likely as white babies to die before their first birthday).
Re: How Neglecting Minorities in Medical Research Has Led to Deadly Outcomes
#3https://www.propublica.org/article/nothing-protects-black-wo... This is a longer article on the subject of poorer health outcomes for minorities, covering the situation for black women and one family's experience, which is very much worth reading, but here are the key points: Statistics: * A black woman is 22% more likely to die from heart disease than a white woman * ...71 percent more likely to perish from cervical…
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#5"Not only do minorities get asthma at a higher rate, but [UCSF] pulmonologist Dr. Esteban Burchard ... has found that ethnicity is the most important factor in determining if a patient will respond to asthma therapy. Unfortunately, for the most most commonly prescribed asthma medication, Albuterol, 67 percent of Puerto Ricans and 47 percent of African-Americans show no improvement when taking it, yet Albuterol works therapeutically for the vast majority of Caucasian patients."
I did not know that. It's horrifying.
Re: How Neglecting Minorities in Medical Research Has Led to Deadly Outcomes
#6https://www.propublica.org/article/nothing-protects-black-wo... This is a longer article on the subject of poorer health outcomes for minorities, covering the situation for black women and one family's experience, which is very much worth reading, but here are the key points: Statistics: * A black woman is 22% more likely to die from heart disease than a white woman * ...71 percent more likely to perish from cervical…
But this seems to be different situation from what the article is talking about which is the inadequate involvement of minorities in drug trials. You are highlighting the lack of adequate health coverage which is a different issue in the US. But this bring up a question if blacks and other minorities have the poorer health outcomes in other countries? Japan, China, South Korea for example does their own drug testing and development so would they find that a particular drug doesn't work on their population at all? What about the black population in UK or France? Do they also have poorer health outcomes?
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#7https://www.propublica.org/article/nothing-protects-black-wo... This is a longer article on the subject of poorer health outcomes for minorities, covering the situation for black women and one family's experience, which is very much worth reading, but here are the key points: Statistics: * A black woman is 22% more likely to die from heart disease than a white woman * ...71 percent more likely to perish from cervical…
But this seems to be different situation from what the article is talking about which is the inadequate involvement of minorities in drug trials. You are highlighting the lack of adequate health coverage which is a different issue in the US. But this bring up a question if blacks and other minorities have the poorer health outcomes in other countries? Japan, China, South Korea for example does their own drug testing…
We haven't done extensive research in populations outside of the United States, but for the last 50-100 years the US (and Europe) has been leading the charge, but in both these locations, Minorities have been a low percentage participation in research.
As well, many of these outcomes he mentioned are the indirect result of years of research. Think of diabetes, 100 years of research was 99% spent on a white population and that contains prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. Populations that aren't white begin to see detrimental effects that add up over time.
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#8> With more than 50 percent of the population estimated to be a minority by 2044
"Hi, I'm Brian Clark and I don't know what 'minority' means"
Re: How Neglecting Minorities in Medical Research Has Led to Deadly Outcomes
#9" Not only do minorities get asthma at a higher rate, but [UCSF] pulmonologist Dr. Esteban Burchard ... has found that ethnicity is the most important factor in determining if a patient will respond to asthma therapy. Unfortunately, for the most most commonly prescribed asthma medication, Albuterol, 67 percent of Puerto Ricans and 47 percent of African-Americans show no improvement when taking it, yet Albuterol works…
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#10> With more than 50 percent of the population estimated to be a minority by 2044 "Hi, I'm Brian Clark and I don't know what 'minority' means"
1/3 + 1/3 = 2/3