Tag: Dr. Laurent Glance, Dr. Peter Knight, Editorial, health care disparities, health disparities, health equity, URMC
Black Patients Less Likely to Get Minimally Invasive Heart Surgery, More Likely to Die
Health Op-ed by URMC study authors Dr. Laurent Glance and Dr. Peter Knight Traditional heart surgery, which involves fully opening the...
Alzheimer’s Association Hosts 10th Annual Health Symposium to Help Black and African Americans Age in Good Health and With Dignity
Alzheimer’s disease disproportionately affects people in Black and Hispanic communities, and older Black Americans are twice as likely as...
ABC Conference Issues Call to Action on Racism as a Public Health Issue
Patti Singerpattisinger@minorityreporter.net Racism and health disparities collided in 2020. What some people are calling the twin...
URMC Announces Equity and Anti-Racism Action Plan
Patti Singerpattisinger@minorityreporter.net On June 13, the head of the University of Rochester Medical Center told a rally organized by...
A Headache? Sinus Infection? It Turned Out to be COVID-19
Patti Singerpattisinger@minorityreporter.net At first, Roberta Carter thought she had a sinus problem. For a couple of days, she took some...
Report: Poverty is a Real Killer
Patti Singerpattisinger@minorityreporter.net Too much month at the end of money is more than a financial strain. The stress saps health,...
