Stories with tag: "Health Equity"

Poor diet habits, lack of exercise contribute to higher risk for South Asians

Answers to common questions about gender identity, and how to be an ally

Rush University Medical Center will invest more than $6 million over the next three years to revitalize neighborhoods on the West Side of Chicago

Brought to the U.S. when she was 5, Yuriana Aguilar earned a PhD and became a heart researcher, but the announced ending of the DACA program has made her future uncertain

Every week, Rush sends surplus food from its central kitchen and cafeteria to a Chicago homeless shelter

Can be eliminated by regular mammography screening

Coordinated efforts to identify and meet the social needs of patients can lead to lower health care use and costs, and better outcomes for patients, according to a study by researchers at Rush

This initiative is the only one in the country that brings together patient care, education, community service and rigorous evaluation designed to reduce costly emergency room visits and hospitalizations

The risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease among older African Americans may be two to three times greater than in the non-Hispanic white population

Rush nursing students provide direct prenatal care to teens, making a difference on the near west side of Chicago