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California’s dark history of forced sterilizations comes into focus as it seeks victims to pay reparations

04.01.2023

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — About 600 people alive today can’t have children because California’s government sterilized them either against their will or without their knowledge, and now the state is …

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‘Why am I having to explain this?’: Seven stories of barriers to reproductive care for those with disabilities

04.01.2023

Pregnancy, for the average person, is an exercise of extremes — swelling body, welling emotions, surging hormones. For people with chronic conditions and other disabilities, the experience can be even …

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Coronavirus / Health

Paying research participants — a lot — may be a key to increasing diversity in studies

03.01.2023

Paying people to participate in medical research has been proposed as a way to narrow racial and ethnic gaps in who signs up for clinical trials and other research studies. …

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Diabetes in youth is set to skyrocket in coming decades

30.12.2022

The number of young people in the U.S. with type 2 diabetes could surge by about 700% over the next four decades, with a greater burden falling on minority groups, …

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Coronavirus / Health

3 things to watch in chronic disease in 2023: obesity drugs, long Covid and health care costs

29.12.2022

The very term “chronic disease” might imply that little changes — or improves — over time. But there is a lot percolating on the chronic disease front, from the mysterious …

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First Opinion / Health

Opinion: Specialized centers can help realign the U.S.’s moral compass for sickle cell disease

21.12.2022

Even as the United States has made commitments to health as a human right and reversing health disparities and has invested significantly in orphan diseases, it continues to overlook sickle …

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Diabetes treatments are improving. Racial disparities are wider than ever

20.12.2022

Despite advancements in insulin treatments over the past three decades, disparities in outcomes have widened among people with diabetes taking them, a new study found. For example, the share of …

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Amid dire maternal mortality rates, Congress falls short on Medicaid postpartum care

20.12.2022

Last week, the state of Texas issued a long-awaited report that found at least 118 women in the state died from causes related to pregnancy in 2019. Most of those …

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‘One needs to feel safe’: Racism can put sleep — and its health benefits — out of reach

20.12.2022

Lots of people struggle to get enough sleep — and the responsibility for fixing the problem tends to fall on the individual. Experts offer advice like reducing screen time, exercising …

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