Re-analysis of paper studying black newborn survival rate showing lower mortality rate with black doctors vs. white doctor. Reanalysis shows effect goes away taking into account that low birthrate (predictor of mortality) black babies more likely to see white drs. and high birthweight to black drs.
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Physician–patient racial concordance and newborn mortality | PNAS
The racial gap in infant mortality is a pressing public-health concern, and [B. N.
Greenwood et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 117, 21194–21200...
Greenwood et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 117, 21194–21200...
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Birth outcomes improve in states that extend driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants, research finds
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Birth outcomes improve in states that extend driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants, research finds
A new study by Margot Moinester in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis is among the first to find positive health benefits associated with inclusive immigration policies — a sharp contrast to the harmful effects of restrictive policies.
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Air pollution may play a role in adverse birth outcomes: Exposure to PM2.5 was associated with higher levels of inflammation among pregnant women relating to birth complications, study finds
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Fine particulate air pollution may play a role in adverse birth outcomes
For pregnant women, exposure to fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) was associated with altered immune responses that can lead to adverse birth outcomes, according to a new study led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The study is the first…
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Babies of vegan mothers had no difference in median birth weight or rate of premature delivery as those from unrestricted diet mothers, study of 10,338 births finds. The mothers had no difference in rates of anemia, blood transfusions, or gestational diabetes / hypertension, but had lower BMI.
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