racial disparities
How Chronic Pain Management Impacts Quality of Life in Minority Patients
Umar Bowers, MD, discusses the impact of opioid therapy on quality of life in Black patients with chronic pain at ...
MAY 7, 2024
How Does Opioid Therapy Affect Quality of Life in Minority Chronic Pain Patients?
Black patients with chronic pain demonstrate a heightened likelihood of experiencing improved quality of life from ...
MAY 6, 2024
Persistent Racial Disparities in PT/OT Use for the Treatment of Low Back Pain
Even though there has been an increase in the use of physical therapy and occupational therapy to treat low back ...
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
Gender, Racial Disparities Found in Use of Lumbar Radiculopathy Interventions
MIAMI BEACH—The gender- and race-based disparities often seen in other areas of healthcare seem to exist in ...
APRIL 13, 2023
Access to End-of-Life Opioid Treatment Hindered by Racial, Ethnic Disparities
Substantial and persistent racial and ethnic disparities not mediated by socioeconomic variables are present in ...
JANUARY 23, 2023
The Growing Underrepresentation in Medicine: Where Are We Today, Where Will We Be Tomorrow?
Now more than ever we must understand our shortcomings, address our failures, and find a better way to care for ...
MAY 17, 2021
7 Questions for 7 Regional Anesthesiologists
Seven interesting questions present a snapshot of today’s practice of regional anesthesiology and acute pain ...
OCTOBER 20, 2020
Socioeconomic Factors Drive Ethnic, Racial Disparities in CAM Therapy Use for Cancer Pain
A new analysis has found complementary and alternative medicine approaches to the treatment of cancer pain are ...
FEBRUARY 12, 2020
Study: ED Opioid Dosing Varies by Race
Milwaukee—Regardless of race, patients with long bone fractures are prescribed opioids in the emergency ...
JULY 12, 2019
Study Shows Race a Factor in Opioid ED Prescriptions
An analysis of more than 60 million emergency department visits by adults between 2007 and 2011 has revealed that ...
NOVEMBER 11, 2016
Belief That Races Are ‘Biologically Different’ Hampers Pain Care
It has been well documented that there are race-based disparities in the quality of care received in chronic pain ...
JUNE 20, 2016
Racial Disparities Found in Children’s ER Access to Medications for Pain
Studies have shown that black children are less likely to receive any pain medication for moderate pain or ...
FEBRUARY 11, 2016
