Education level may predict risk of dying for people with heart disease
Sep 3, 2019
Years of education may affect risk for heart attack, even death, among people with coronary heart disease, a new study says.
Health Disparities News
Understanding the connection between poverty, childhood trauma and heart disease
Aug 27, 2019
A study zooms in on low-income adults and finds higher rates of cardiovascular risk among those who had difficult childhoods.
Tech startup helps connect vulnerable populations with health care
Aug 22, 2019
BosWell aims to solve the problem of hard-to-reach Medicaid members by letting them check in at food pantries, churches or shelters.
Researchers examine dangerous combination of diabetes, heart failure among Asians
Aug 21, 2019
Diabetes and heart failure can cause structural changes in the heart and increase the risk of death, a study in Asian people shows.
Age may play big role in women's worse quality of life post-stroke
Aug 15, 2019
The quality of life gap between men and women after a stroke had been known, but new research offers insight into why it might exist.
Leon's journey: From drug dealer to community leader
Aug 15, 2019
After seven years in prison, Leon returned to Flint, Michigan. His M.A.D.E. Institute lifts felons and at-risk kids.
Study finds racial gap in who gets critical stroke treatments
Aug 1, 2019
Stroke patients who are black, Hispanic or uninsured were less likely to get a drug that dissolves clots or a procedure that removes them.
An absent dad made him feel unlovable. Now, he helps wayward fathers
Jul 30, 2019
There's still one man Fathers UpLift founder Charles Daniels Jr. hasn't healed – his own father.
An innovative hub feeds the need for fresh produce in Flint
Jul 26, 2019
Flint Fresh buys, sells and delivers Michigan farmers' fresh produce to restaurants, groups and children who've been deprived of them.
Best way to end homelessness and its health impact? Prevent evictions
Jul 16, 2019
A Boston organization that houses the homeless is scaling up its program to help prevent the problem from occurring in the first place.