Tag: racial disparities
Black people face strokes at higher rates and younger ages than...
In a recent study from the USA now published in the journal Neurology, Black people consistently had a higher rate of stroke than white...
Black patients nearly 50% less likely to receive revascularisation for PAD
A new study from Keck Medicine at the University of Southern California (USC; Los Angeles, USA) has uncovered “significant racial disparities” in the diagnosis, treatment and outcomes of...
AHA: Systemic interventions key to tackling “enormous inequities” in stroke care
‘Upstream’ causes of health inequities related to stroke—such as structural racism and conditions of the places where people live, learn, work and play—have not...
Study reveals racial disparity in brain tumour surgeries recommended to US...
A patient’s race may influence the recommendations they receive for the surgical removal of brain tumours, as per a recent, registry-based cohort analysis published...
Collavidence: A global project looking to break down longstanding barriers in...
As per its own mission statement, Collavidence wants to “make medical research collaboration and funding easier, more accessible and more transparent”, paying mind to...
Current gaps and barriers in patient access to spinal cord stimulation
Maricela Schnur (St Luke’s Hospital, Duluth, USA) highlights a handful of socioeconomic disparities, racial differences, and psychological and psychiatric factors, that currently present difficulties...
Hispanic stroke patients experience poorer post-thrombectomy outcomes than white counterparts
A study conducted by neurology researchers at University of Texas Southwestern (UTSW) Medical Center has found lower-quality functional outcomes for Hispanic ischaemic stroke patients...
Black stroke patients undergo neuroendovascular surgery less often than white patients,...
Black patients with stroke are less likely than white patients to undergo a potentially lifesaving, minimally-invasive thrombectomy procedure to remove blood clots from arteries...
Race among factors that predict how quickly patients get to stroke...
Race, in combination with other factors, predicted how quickly individuals with stroke got to care centres to receive necessary neuroendovascular surgery, including thrombectomy, according...
Ischaemic stroke and TIA risk in COVID-19 patients lower than previously...
The elevated risk of ischaemic stroke and transient ischaemic attack TIA in hospitalised COVID-19 patients may be lower than previously reported—although it is still...
Despite more stroke patients receiving EVT, racial disparities persist
A late-breaking science presentation at the International Stroke Conference (ISC) 2021 (17–19 March, online) reports that while the use of mechanical clot removal or...
Stroke risk disparities in black and white patients related to cardiac...
In a new study published in the online issue of Neurology, researchers claim to have found difference in the left atrium in the hearts...
