The U.S. transplant system ordered hospitals to quit using a test that made Black patients' kidneys appear healthier than they really were. Jazmin Evans, a student at Temple University, meets with a ...
Dennis Moledina encountered a common problem during his training in nephrology, the specialty dedicated to kidney health.
S1: Welcome in San Diego , it's Jade Hindman. On today's midday edition , racial bias in a kidney test prevented thousands of black patients from getting the transplants they needed. We'll talk about ...
In 2020, the Black Lives Matter movement forced the United States to reckon with systemic racism and its causes and manifestations. Driven partially by the disproportionate toll that the COVID-19 ...
This is Part 3 of Embedded Bias, a series revealing how race-based clinical algorithms pervade medicine and why it's so difficult to change them. There it was on James Cannon’s lab report, two tiny ...
WASHINGTON — An unprecedented effort to reverse the effects of a racially biased medical test that blocked or delayed Black people from getting kidney transplants seems to be working. Researchers ...
A kidney transplant can improve your quality of life with C3G/IC-MPGN, but it isn’t a cure. Find out what you can do to get the best outcome.