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A 10-percentage-point increase in Black women giving birth at a hospital was associated with a 5.1-percentage-point decrease in breastfeeding rates. Hospitals with top-quartile nurse work environments had 9 percentage points higher breastfeeding rates.

Pediatric patients who started automated insulin delivery within 6 months of type 1 diabetes diagnosis had a median HbA1c of 7.1% at 24 months versus 9.8% in non-users in a US multicenter retrospective cohort.

Of the 432 photographs representing clinical conditions, 10% featured dark skin. Graphic illustrations reflected even greater disparities, with only 2% showing dark skin.

Fewer than half of adults with diabetes at a Northern Uganda referral hospital had received an eye examination in the past five years, with education and disease awareness emerging as the strongest predictors of uptake.

“These results demonstrate the uneven distribution of obesity and severe obesity across youths in the United States and underscore the need for ongoing treatment, prevention, and public health interventions.” — Dr. William J. Heerman, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

“Without our participation and inclusion in clinical research, the drugs and treatments being developed might not actually help improve our quality of life or prolong it, as researchers will not have the opportunity to see how we specifically respond to these treatments.” – Audrey Davis, LPC, PM-LPC, Senior Director, Health Equity at the Cancer Support Community