#raceandmedicine — Public Fediverse posts

Racial disparities in organ transplants in the United States are significant. Black patients, who make up approximately 28% of those on the waiting list, receive only about 23% of the transplants. This disparity is attributed to formulas that were once used to assess the severity of Black kidney disease, which resulted in delayed access to transplants.

Read more https://readbitz.com/organ-transplant-inequality-racial-divide/
#HealthEquity #TransplantJustice #RaceAndMedicine #UNOS #OrganTransplant

#According to the most recent available data, Black women are about 40 percent more likely than White women to die after a diagnosis of breast cancer when adjusted for age. But that wasn’t always the case."
#raceandmedicine #raceandbreastcancer
https://race.undark.org/articles/a-crude-tool-how-race-has-influenced-breast-cancer-research
#blackmastodon
See also how risk models incorporate race: (go to the article and watch the little slide show) Risky Assumptions
Race and a Breast Cancer
Diagnostic Tool
CLICK BELOW TO ADVANCE SLIDES