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Structural discrimination impacts very negatively on health, with resilience as a factor that can help modify it. Sarah Szanton, a researcher in the School of Nursing at Johns Hopkins, has developed measures of both. Szanton: In the resilience world it’s …
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George Floyd’s death and the pandemic have brought structural discrimination into awareness for many, especially with regard to its impact on health. Now Sarah Szanton, a researcher in the School of Nursing at Johns Hopkins, has created a measurement tool …
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There are a wide range of choices when it comes to medicines to manage diabetes. Rita Kalyani, a diabetes expert and author of a recent review paper in the New England Journal of Medicine, says if you have additional health …
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The longer someone has had diabetes the greater the chance they’ll develop dementia, a recent study of thousands over 30 years of follow up has shown. Rita Kalyani, a diabetes expert at Johns Hopkins, says while associations between diabetes and …
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People who’ve had diabetes longer are at greater risk to develop dementia than those who’ve had diabetes for shorter periods of time, a large UK study following people for an average of 30 years has found. Rita Kalyani, a diabetes …
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Even people with some advanced cancers can benefit from genetic analysis of their tumors, a recent study found. William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, describes the contribution of genetics to overall risk for developing cancer. …
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