Non-profit hospitals receive tax exemptions (up to ~$37.4 billion/yr) to provide “community benefits”
In new @JAMAHealthForum study, we find that the non-profit tax system is *structurally discriminatory*
Socially vulnerable communities benefit less…
https://t.co/ccT2dM4NwK
Viewpoint: Medical students and residents need to be educated on health policy issues like insurance, payment models, and drug regulation to better understand the factors that impact patient health outcomes.
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incredibly excited to share my first, first-author paper in @NatureComms! how do dynamic changes in functional connectivity give rise to memory formation in humans? 🧠✨
https://t.co/oZf7AeCSKG
Our new article on #ACEs, #disease biology & #health is now out! We linked childhood adversity with 25 disease biomarkers & 20 health conditions in adulthood. Reshare & check it out at: https://t.co/gATBFvCacY
@UCLAnewsroom@UCLAHealth@UCLAHealthNews @UCLASemelFriend @UCLASemel
Happy July! Excited to kick off the month w a new manuscript out from a collaboration with Dr. Jillian Wiggins and Riuyu Yang on the unique effects of threat exposure on irritability in youth. Check it out here: https://t.co/3YgY1qiJ2W
@TheJCPP@acamh @MelissaBrotman @NIMHgov
Yes, you can link environmental health data 🚰🌪️☣️ to electronic health records #EHRs, empower clinicians & support patients and communities for better health -- great partnership @HunterdonHealth@Columbia_SRP����
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Many questions in the comments about, “what does your sexuality have to do with being a doctor?”
Many of these are trolled, to be sure, but for the folks genuinely asking, some brief thoughts in a 🧵…
In 2020, @JamesADiao and I began studying race adjustment in lung-function equations. With amazing coauthors, today we published the past years of work in @NEJM, estimating the many clinical, financial, and occupational implications. #ATS2024
Full paper: https://t.co/Re6F7tp27P
Umm, no 🤦
While I respect the desire to investigate #RacialDisparities, the conceptual model here is so flawed. Surprised, @JAMANetwork
We need to do better
#ItsNotBiological
Pharmacogenomics, Race, and Treatment Outcome in Pediatric AML https://t.co/hNi2ydlyPR
Controlling for genetic and environmental confounding, study revealed 21-41% of mental health conditions in Australia are attributable to child maltreatment. Over 1.8 million cases & 184,000 DALYs could be prevented if child maltreatment was eliminated. https://t.co/9zJGJ4ky85
in press today -- new @equity_scholars publication on recognizing the impact of racism-based traumatic stress on youth in @JAACAP! We make recommendations for how research & clinical practice can address symptoms of racism-based trauma. DM me for PDF!
https://t.co/B7EN3xZm88
NEW: Austin becomes the first Texas city to approve protections for transgender people seeking gender-affirming care.
A resolution just passed 10-1, with only Council Member Mackenzie Kelly voting against it.
@KXAN_News
https://t.co/YZrdzQy2Ps.
As far as I know, there has never been in US history a case of mass student mobilization which was later proved wrong.
When students are moved by the hundreds of thousand to take action like they are doing right now on university campuses, history usually proves them right.
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Read about this new NIH/NHLBI cohort called the Multiethnic Observational Study in American Asian and Pacific Islander Communities (MOSAAIC)
So much to learn from studying AsA & NHPI, and how to achieve health equity in these underrepresented communities https://t.co/MxVta4jyqm