Efforts Raise Diabetes Awareness, Encourage Health Care Equity, Offer Pregnancy Advice For Minorities The following summarizes efforts that seek to reduce racial and ethnic
health disparities. Diabetes: St. Catherine Hospital's Stop Diabetes Program organizes education seminars at local churches to increase diabetes awareness among blacks and Hispanics.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comChoosing Local Or General Anaesthetic For Carotid Surgery - Study Shows No Difference In Outcome (Gala Trial), The Lancet Anaesthetists and doctors, in consultation with their patients, should decide which of general or local anaesthetic is most appropriate for carotid surgery for each individual case - as an Article published Online first and in an upcoming edition of The Lancet shows that there is no definite difference in outcomes using either technique.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comNew System Eliminates Racial Disparities In Liver Transplants A new system for determining eligibility for liver transplants has improved black liver patients' chances of receiving the life-saving treatment, according to a study in this week's Journal of the American Medical Association, the AP/Houston Chronicle reports. Under the previous system, used until 2002, livers were allocated based on how long a patient had spent on an official waiting list.
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