Disparities: Rural Residents Less Likely to Get Organ Transplants
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Add patients living in small towns and rural areas to the list of people who stand a lower chance of getting an organ transplant if they need one.
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Residents of poor neighborhoods are experiencing alarming rates of diabetes and steady increases in other chronic illnesses like heart disease, while other residents have seen slower increases or even declines.
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&quot;Country&quot; and &quot;Western&quot; a killer combination behind the wheel. Rural states have higher death rates. By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN/Money staff writer.
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Oct. 8, 2004 -- Chronic kidney failure soared 104% in the US between 1990 and 2001, largely due to climbing rates of diabetes and high blood pressure.
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NEW YORK  - Minorities from low-income areas are at increased risk for having a leg amputated as a result of severe peripheral artery disease (PAD), a type of atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries, of the legs, new research indicates.
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Rural areas are missing out on healthcare, according to a report by the British Medical Association.
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Children who receive organ transplants with a non-matching blood type can grow accustomed to the foreign tissue over the long run, a study has shown.
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Rural America is having a hard time finding doctors and since 9/11 it's been more difficult to import foreign physicians to fill the gap.
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Black people in the United States are far more likely than whites to die from strokes, diabetes and other diseases, according to a federal study that shows wide racial disparities persist in health care.
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In 2002, three of the ten leading causes of death differed between blacks and whites in the US, reflecting disparities in health care, according researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.
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The average resident of Minnesota stands a better chance of avoiding smoking, car accidents and obesity than a friend living 900 miles to the south in Tennessee.
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While many foreign doctors are drawn to the United States to treat underserved poor and rural areas, some experts and health officials say the physicians are needed more at home.
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NEW YORK  - According to a survey of low-income, rural women over age 40, nearly 7 out of 10 say their physicians have never prompted them to get a mammogram.
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Kidney exchanges are helping doctors shorten transplant waiting lists, but they also pose serious challenges.
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A new study has found that suburban sprawl may lead to chronic health problems such as high blood pressure, arthritis and breathing difficulties.
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NEW YORK  - There are disparities in the treatment and outcome between older black and white patients who have renal cell cancer, with blacks having significantly lower survival rates, according to a new study.
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A long wait, even up to three years, for a kidney transplant is worth it, claims a Canadian study presented Oct. 31 at the annual meeting of the American Society of Nephrology in St.