In this Q and A, Stephen Biehl, RRT, RPFT, answers questions about the guidelines from the American Thoracic Society on the use of race-specific equations in the interpretation of pulmonary function tests,...
Lead study author Lana Mucalo, MD, discusses her team’s study examining the prevalence of opioid-related mortality in patients with sickle cell disease from 2013 to 2019. She presented her research at the...
In a recent study, researchers examined how chronic kidney disease care differed among patients of different races and ethnicities. Lead study author Chi Chu, MD, MAS, answered our questions on his team’s...
In this Q&A, Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH, discusses interventions to address the health care disparities that exist along the care continuum for certain patient populations who are at-risk for HIV...
How do patterns of blood pressure change over the life course and differ between men and women? A new analysis contradicts what you think you know. Lead researcher Susan Cheng, MD, MPH, MMSc, offers her...
How does sex and race impact the care patients with migraine receive? Robert Cowan, MD, answered our questions about his research examining this relationship, a topic he presented at AAN 2021.
Results of a new study show that women experience gender-specific concerns due to their subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillators. In this Q&A, Willeke van der Stuijt, MD, highlights those...
New preliminary findings indicate that gender identity may influence pain sensation more than genetic sex among individuals with HIV and chronic pain. Infectious Diseases Consultant discussed these findings...
