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NewsMedicalLatest Medical News and Research from Around the World.Follow this authorMental HealthPersonalized CareSophisticated brain models can predict language recovery in Hispanic stroke survivors08/25/2021 06:00AM | 76 viewsvar addthis_config = {"data_track_addressbar":false};var addthis_config = {"data_track_addressbar":false};At Boston University, a team of researchers is working to better understand how language and speech is processed in the brain, and how to best rehabilitate people who have lost their ability to communicate due to brain damage caused by a stroke, trauma, or another type of brain injury.This type of language loss is called aphasia, a long-term neurological disorder caused by damage to the part of the brain responsible for language production and processing that impacts over a million people in the US."It's a huge problem," says Swathi Kiran, director of BU's Aphasia Research Lab, and College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College associate dean for research and James and Cecilia Tse Ying Professor in Neurorehabilitation. "It's something our lab is working to tackle at multiple levels."For the last decade, Kiran and her team have studied the brain to see how it changes as people's language skills improve with speech therapy. More recently, they've developed new methods to predict a person's ability to improve even before they start therapy.In a new paper published in Scientific Reports, Kiran and collaborators at BU and the University of Texas at Austin report they can predict language recovery in Hispanic patients who speak both English and Spanish fluently--a group of aphasia patients particularly at risk of long-term language loss--using sophisticated computer models of the brain.They say the breakthrough could be a game changer for the field of speech therapy and for stroke survivors impacted by aphasia."This [paper] uses computational modeling to predict rehabilitation outcomes in a population of neurological disorders that are really underserved."Swathi Kiran, Director, Aphasia Research Lab, Boston UniversityIn the US, Hispanic stroke survivors are nearly two times less likely to be insured than all other racial or ethnic groups, Kiran says, and therefore they experience greater difficulties in accessing language rehabilitation.On top of that, oftentimes speech therapy is only available in one language, even though patients may speak multiple languages at home, making it difficult for clinicians to prioritize which language a patient should receive therapy in."This work started with the question, 'If someone had a stroke in this country and [the patient] speaks two languages, which language should they receive therapy in?'" says Kiran. "Are they more likely to improve if they receive therapy in English? Or in Spanish?"This first-of-its-kind technology addresses that need by using sophisticated neural network models that simulate the brain of a bilingual person that is language impaired, and their brain's response to therapy in English and Spanish.The model can then identify the optimal language to target during treatment, and predict the outcome after therapy to forecast how well a person will recover their language skills. They found that the models predicted treatment effects accurately in the treated language, meaning these computational tools could guide healthcare providers to prescribe the best possible rehabilitation plan."There is more recognition with the pandemic that people from different populations--whether [those be differences of] race, ethnicity, different disability, socioeconomic status--don't receive the same level of [healthcare]," says Kiran. "The problem we're trying to solve here is, for our patients, health disparities at their worst; they are from a population that, the data shows, does not have great access to care, and they have communication problems [due to aphasia]."As part of this work, the team is examining how recovery in one language impacts recovery of the other--will learning the word "dog" in English lead to a patient recalling the word "perro," the word for dog in Spanish?"If you're bilingual you may go back and forth between languages, and what we're trying to do [in our lab] is use that as a therapy piece," says Kiran.Clinical trials using this technology are already underway, which will soon provide an even clearer picture of how the models can potentially be implemented in hospital and clinical settings."We are trying to develop effective therapy programs, but we also try to deal with the patient as a whole," Kiran says. "This is why we care deeply about these health disparities and the patient's overall well-being." Post your CommentPlease
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Healthcare Disparities Healthcare Policy There Are 5 Social Determinants of Health-Here's What That Means, and How They Influence Your Care27/08/2021 06:00am | 42 viewsBy Korin MillerYour workplace, your social life, and the neighborhood you live in all have a powerful effect on your health. Taking these and other factors into account is what culturally competent care is all about.read more Healthcare Policy A mysterious condition threatens vision, especially in young Black and Hispanic women24/08/2021 06:00am | 90 viewsby Stacey BurlingA patient suffered headaches, a "swooshing" sound in her ears and spots in her vision.read more Preventive Care Aetna Better Health Donates $65,000 to R.E.A.C.H. to Provide Health Services to Hispanic Community in Nevada23/08/2021 06:00am | 104 viewsR.E.A.C.H. to Assist Spanish-speaking Attendees at Upcoming Aetna Community Vaccine Clinicsread more Healthcare Policy Vaccine access, not hesitancy, still a problem for Latinos: Senators21/08/2021 06:00am | 160 viewsSick leave and worries about immigration status are major concerns for some.read more Healthcare Policy Moderna says its COVID-19 shot works in kids as young as 1212/08/2021 06:00am | 196 viewsModerna said Tuesday its COVID-19 vaccine strongly protects kids as young as 12, a step that could put the shot on track to become the second option for that age group in the U.S.read more12345...NextFeatured Articles
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CVS HealthIt all starts with care.Follow this authorLifestyleBehavioral TendenciesCVS Health Makes $50 Million Five-Year Commitment to Deliver the Nation's First Tobacco-Free Generation As Next Step Toward Smoke-Free Living03/10/2016 05:15PM | 6914 viewsvar addthis_config = {"data_track_addressbar":false};var addthis_config = {"data_track_addressbar":false};WOONSOCKET, R.I., March 10, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- CVS Health (NYSE: CVS), the nation's largest pharmacy innovation company, today announced Be The First, a five-year $50 million initiative to help deliver the nation's first tobacco-free generation.Through this initiative, which is funded
through CVS Health and the CVS Health Foundation, the company is extending its
commitment to help people lead tobacco-free lives. Recognizing that tobacco use
is the leading preventable cause of disease and death in the United States and
that youth use of some tobacco products is on the rise, Be The First comprises
comprehensive education, advocacy, tobacco control and healthy behavior
programming in partnership with organizations uniquely positioned to tackle
this public health challenge."We are at a critical moment in our
nation's efforts to end the epidemic of tobacco use that continues to kill more
people than any other preventable cause of death, and threatens the health and
well-being of our next generation," said Troyen A. Brennan, M.D., M.P.H.,
and Chief Medical Officer for CVS Health. "Ensuring our youth stay tobacco-free
requires increased education and awareness of healthy behaviors. We're
partnering with experts across the public health community who have established
best practices to help prevent tobacco use. And, by establishing more
public-private partnerships to implement these strategies more aggressively, we
can help increase the number of people leading tobacco-free lives and move us
one step closer to delivering the first tobacco-free generation."To help achieve these goals, CVS Health and the
CVS Health Foundation have enlisted the help of the nation's leading
anti-tobacco and youth organizations to support programs that each address a
unique part of the tobacco epidemic many of which will be launching in the
coming weeks. These include new and expanded tobacco education programming with
the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids and Scholastic Inc., as well as advocacy and
tobacco-control initiatives with organizations such as the American Cancer
Society and the National Urban League to accelerate declines in rates of smoking
and other tobacco use among teens and young adults.Be The First is directed at youth and young
adults who use tobacco or who are at risk of becoming regular tobacco users, as
well as the country's 3 million elementary school children who, without early
tobacco education, may become future tobacco users. It is also focused on
continuing to support community-based cessation programs for adult smokers, who
expose children to tobacco use in the home and other public venues that permit
smoking.To help guide the initiative, CVS Health is
convening a national advisory group made up of a diverse group of thought
leaders who will advise on trends, initiatives and strategies that help advance
the company's efforts to make the next generation tobacco-free. Members of the
advisory group include: Aria Finger, CEO of DoSomething.org; Rosie Henson,
Senior Vice President for Prevention and Early Detection at the American Cancer
Society; Barry Hummel, Jr., MD, FAAP, Quit Doc Foundation; Matthew L. Myers,
President of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids; Harold Paz, M.D., M.S., Chief
Medical Officer for Aetna; Steve Schroeder, M.D., Director of the Smoking
Cessation Leadership Center at the University of California San Francisco; and
Aaron Zeiler, the 2015 Frank Karel Fellow in Public Interest Communications."Both the public health community and
private sectors must work together if we are to advance a national strategy to
end the tobacco epidemic, especially among our children," said Matthew L.
Myers, president, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. "We applaud CVS Health
for continuing to demonstrate its leadership and commitment to helping people
lead tobacco-free lives with this significant investment in the health and
well-being of the next generation of Americans."CVS Health has set actionable and measurable
goals over the next five years for its Be The First initiative,
including contributing to a 3 percent decline in the national youth smoking
rate, a 10 percent decline in the number of new youth smokers and doubling the
number of tobacco-free college and university campuses.Additionally, Be The First will support
acampaign to encourage tobacco-free social media. The #BeTheFirst social
campaign will include a variety of shareable videos, graphics, and digital
tools that enable youth to express their commitment to "be the first"
generation to lead tobacco-free lives and counter social media messaging and
imagery that promotes youth tobacco use. Research shows that exposure to social
media that depicts tobacco use predicts future smoking tendency, over and above
the influence of TV and movie depictions of smoking. By helping to make the
virtual world of social media tobacco-free, Be The First is helping to
provide young people with the motivation to adopt and advocate for the same
healthy behaviors in the physical world where it truly matters."We know that young people are committed
to social change and making the world a better place that includes tackling
issues like tobacco," said Aria Finger, CEO of DoSomething.org, with 5
million members in 130 countries who participate in volunteer campaigns that
impact every cause. "We're proud to support CVS Health's initiative to
harness the power of young people and activate them to stop showcasing tobacco
and e-cigarettes on social media. It's amazing to see how passionate
millennials are and how much of an impact they can have when addressing issues
they care about.""Tobacco use, especially among our youth,
is one of the most pressing public health issues that we face today," said
Eileen Howard Boone, SVP of Corporate Social Responsibility and Philanthropy at
CVS Health, and President of the CVS Health Foundation. "We're pleased to
bring additional resources and capabilities to the public health community and
work collaboratively with our expert partners to help those who smoke to quit
and to ensure that those who don't smoke never start."Each day, according to the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, more than 3,800 children under the age of 18 smoke
their first cigarette and more than 2,100 youth and young adults who have
experimented with cigarettes become new regular, daily smokers. Additionally,
40.6% of children between the ages of 3 and 11 years old and 33.8% of kids
12-19 in the United States are exposed to cigarette smoke regularly, either in
the home or in public places that permit tobacco use. According to the U.S.
Surgeon General, if the rate in youth smoking and youth tobacco use is reduced,
5.6 million children alive today who ultimately will die early from smoking
could live to a normal life expectancy.For more information about Be The First
and CVS Health's broader commitment to tobacco-free living, please visit www.cvshealth.com/bethefirst.About CVS HealthCVS Health is a pharmacy innovation company
helping people on their path to better health. Through its approximately 9,600
retail pharmacies, more than 1,100 walk-in medical clinics, a leading pharmacy
benefits manager with more than 75 million plan members, a dedicated senior
pharmacy care business serving more than one million patients per year, and
expanding specialty pharmacy services, the Company enables people, businesses
and communities to manage health in more affordable and effective ways. This unique
integrated model increases access to quality care, delivers better health
outcomes and lowers overall health care costs. Find more information about how
CVS Health is shaping the future of health at https://www.cvshealth.com.Contact:Joe GoodeCorporate Communications(401) 770-9820, jlgoode@cvs.comMary AlfieriCorporate Communications (401) 770-9811, malfieri2@cvs.com Post your CommentPlease
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Healthy Americas FoundationNews Follow this authorHealthcare PolicyHealthcare DisparitiesHealthy Americas Foundation Launches Hispanic Family Equity Fund With Support Of Centene Charitable Foundation08/11/2021 06:00AM | 157 viewsvar addthis_config = {"data_track_addressbar":false};var addthis_config = {"data_track_addressbar":false};WASHINGTON, May 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Healthy Americas Foundation (HAF), the supporting organization of the National Alliance for Hispanic Health, today announced the launch of the Hispanic Family Equity Fund. The $100 million fund aims to advance equity in health and well-being for Hispanic families in communities nationwide. Centene Corporation through its foundation The Centene Charitable Foundation have pledged to match the first $1 million in corporate donations to the fund and issued a call to companies and foundations to contribute to the initiative and help play an active role in reducing inequities that challenge Hispanic communities. The fund includes three components: $20 million in immediate equity grants to leading community-based organizations to support community family services. The grants will be used to facilitate the hiring of community navigators who will help close the gap in utilization of early education, childcare, food security, health insurance, economic support, and job training.$5 million to monitor national, state, and community policies to ensure Hispanic families recover from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.$75 million as a fund to support emerging opportunities and foster innovation in the delivery of services to close the well-being gap for Hispanic families.The fund's launch comes at a time when less than 2 percent of philanthropic dollars are invested in Hispanic-serving organizations. Now, as Hispanic Americans face disproportionate negative health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is an urgent need to address longstanding inequities."By investing directly in communities and bolstering resources at the local level, the Healthy Americas Foundation can best meet the needs of Hispanic families," said Jane L. Delgado, PhD, MS, President and CEO of the Healthy Americas Foundation. "We look forward to working with Centene to ensure more equitable outcomes in the health and well-being of Hispanic communities. With so much now at stake for Hispanics, inaction cannot and will not be an option.""The COVID-19 pandemic shined a light on the health and economic inequities faced by Hispanic communities nationwide," said Michael F. Neidorff, Chairman, President and CEO of Centene Corporation. "As we now emerge into a post-pandemic world, we have been given a clear opportunity to close the well-being gap faced by far too many Americans. We encourage businesses and foundations to join Centene in supporting efforts to provide opportunities for Hispanic communities, our nation's largest minority group, while also looking for innovative ways to ensure equity within their own organizations."The Hispanic Family Equity Fund will benefit from the expertise of the Healthy Americas Foundation staff, with decades of experience managing multi-site national health and human services programs. The Healthy Americas Foundation will be administering the funding to a variety of communities. These will include large Hispanic population centers as well as emerging population centers as well as rural and urban communities.For more information about the Hispanic Family Equity Fund, visit www.healthyamericasfund.org/hispanicfamily.About Healthy Americas FoundationThe Healthy Americas Foundation (HAF) seeks to improve the health of individuals and families throughout the Americas by innovating, incubating, and investing in community-based and designed efforts. HAF's initiatives are grounded in the experience of the National Alliance for Hispanic Health and its many partners. HAF fosters community-driven efforts grounded in and celebrating the role of culture; redefining health as not merely absence of illness; and, nurturing wellness in body, mind, and spirit. Given its health mission HAF does not accept funds from tobacco, alcohol, or sugar sweetened beverage companies. For more information, please visit www.healthyamericasfund.org/hispanicfamily.SOURCE Healthy Americas Foundation (HAF)Related Linkshttps://www.healthyamericas.org/ Post your CommentPlease
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PR NewswireConnecting your organization with target audiences worldwide.Follow this authorMental HealthPersonalized CareStudy Shows Identifying Empathy Is Key to Increasing Diversity in Medicine, Improved Patient Care01/19/2021 06:00AM | 729 viewsvar addthis_config = {"data_track_addressbar":false};var addthis_config = {"data_track_addressbar":false};Photo by Yaw Niel/Shutterstock.comPhoto by Yaw Niel/Shutterstock.comBy AACOMBETHESDA, Md., Jan. 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Long before COVID-19, decades of societal, systemic inequalities have contributed to health disparities and educational inequities for ethnic minorities and communities of color. Now, results from a first of its kind, national medical education empathy study, co-sponsored by the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM), could provide medical schools with an evidence-based assessment to help them not only improve diversity in admissions, but also help address the long-standing health disparities plaguing our nation and harming patient health."In the wake of last summer's racial violence, and amid the ongoing deadly and disproportionate effects the pandemic is having on people of color, AACOM has re-committed to educating and training osteopathic medical students who represent the totality of our nation," says Robert A. Cain, DO, President and CEO of AACOM. "Data show us that empathy is a strong predictor for a student's clinical abilities. Using this evidence-based measure has the potential to improve healthcare outcomes while also serving as a meaningful step toward helping address some of the widespread, systemic inequities that unfairly burden prospective medical students from racial and ethnic minority populations."African American and Latinx Medical Students Score Higher in EmpathyThe award-winning Project in Osteopathic Medical Education and Empathy (POMEE) has found statistically significant and practically important relationships between empathy scores and race and ethnicity in favor of African American and Hispanic/Latinx/Spanish respondents. Because empathy is positively correlated with medical school success and patient health, a more empathetic and more diverse healthcare workforce could lead to improved health outcomes for all patient populations, especially those from minority or underserved communities.Implications for More Diverse Medical School Admissions"At a time when African American and Hispanic/Latinx communities are disproportionately suffering from COVID-19, and when medical schools across the nation are working to more actively increase and prioritize diversity in admissions, we should test medical students not only for academic knowledge but also for empathy," says POMEE's principal investigator Mohammadreza Hojat, PhD, research professor in Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, and director of the Jefferson Longitudinal Study at the Asano-Gonnella Center for Research in Medical Education and Health Care. "Research has found a significant association among Jefferson Scale of Empathy score, clinical competence, and positive patient outcomes. Our assessment can not only help medical schools select the medical students most likely to become successful and caring clinicians but can also help close some of the troubling racial gaps that persist among medical education institutions." Post your CommentPlease
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