To effectively address health disparities, research needs to be grounded in Canada’s realities, not simply adapted from models developed elsewhere.
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Combining AI with quantum computing could enable doctors and researchers to analyze the human body at an unprecedented molecular level, unlocking breakthroughs in personalized medicine. Yet significant quantum technology hurdles remain before this vision becomes reality.
The gain isn’t huge, but it’s a notable improvement – similar to what people experience when they start exercising more.
An increasing number of laws aim to roll back LGBTQ+ people’s ability to access health care, leading to cascading effects on their well-being.
Whether a young person has public or private insurance – or is uninsured or underinsured – significantly influences their risk of death across many cancer types.
In the early 20th century, Detroit’s Black medical professionals created a network of health care institutions in response to racial discrimination and exclusion.
Detroiters are hospitalized for asthma four times more often than Michigan residents overall. A proactive approach to care can improve symptom management.
Stipends paid to residents had unintended consequences.
Medical sociology examines how social, cultural, political and economic factors shape health in ways that medicine alone cannot treat.
Doulas bring a holistic, person-centered approach that can improve birth outcomes and lower overall costs.
Rates of preterm births, maternal deaths and other adverse birth outcomes are abysmal across the US, but there are clear strategies that could help the nation reverse course.
Over half of new HIV diagnoses in the US are in the South. Black men who have sex with men are hit the hardest; for them, preventing HIV is a matter of trust, identity, family and faith.
Health disparities cost society billions of dollars, and their effects ripple across communities.
Gains in vaccination may reflect heightened public awareness of the importance of vaccination during the pandemic.
Despite funding cuts, political scapegoating and internal tensions, thousands of volunteers came together in the 1980s to provide care to a stigmatized community.
Pharmaceutical companies have little incentive to sell drugs to countries that can’t afford them. But bargaining together can increase access to vital treatments worldwide.
The Trump administration’s CDC data purge means researchers can no longer effectively track and address health issues affecting LGBTQ+ people – and ultimately society as a whole.
When LGBTQ+ patients can be open with their providers about their identity, they are much more likely to get essential care.
Chronic pain in children is common. Effective solutions exist − and training community providers is one way to get treatment to kids who need it.
After a group of employers refused to provide their employees access to free HIV prevention treatment, the Supreme Court may decide whether insurers are required to fully cover preventive care.
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Associate Professor of Family Medicine, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
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Assistant Professor of Social, Behavioral and Population Sciences, Tulane University
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Associate Professor of Health Law, Policy and Management, Boston University
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Professor of Anthropology, American University
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Professor of Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences, Associate Dean of Research and Innovation in the School of Health Professions, University of Alabama at Birmingham
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Assistant Professor of Public Health, University of Iowa
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Family Medicine Physician and Postdoctoral Health Services Researcher, University of Michigan
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Associate Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Assistant Professor of Resource Economics, UMass Amherst
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Research scientist, Johns Hopkins University
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Professor of Bioinformatics, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Assistant Professor of Community Health, Tufts University
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Associate Professor of Pharmacy and Therapeutics, University of Pittsburgh
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Professor of Audiology, University of Pittsburgh
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Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Administration, University of Illinois Chicago