Skip to content
Thursday, February 9, 2023
Latest:
  • Men 60 and older with certain risk factors should get screened for life-threatening heart condition
  • Entanglement within a (transcriptional) bubble explains finely tuned regulation of gene expression
  • Philosophy, an ancient practice with modern appeal? The role of “big” questions in medical decision-making
  • Sensitive, rapid tests help to ID estrogen-disrupting chemicals in the environment
  • Why women with heart issues are undertreated and have worse outcomes than men

Baylor College of Medicine Blog Network

Baylor College of Medicine Blog Network

  • Home
  • Momentum
    • About Momentum
    • Resources
    • Contributors
      • Dana Benson
      • Molly Chiu
      • Julie Garcia
      • Graciela Gutierrez
      • Anna Kiappes
      • Dipali Pathak
      • Andy Phifer
      • Homa Shalchi
      • Melissa Tucker
    • Contact Us
  • From The Labs
    • About From the Labs
    • Follow From The Labs on Twitter
  • Policywise
    • About PolicyWise
    • Follow @BCMEthics on Twitter
  • The Stitch
    • About The Stitch
  • Progress Notes
    • About Progress Notes
    • Progress Notes Editors
    • Connect With Us
  • bcm.edu

Racism

end-racism-now-road
Policywise 

Social Determinants Digest: Institutions and racial disparities over time

June 4, 2021June 4, 2021Health Disparities, health equity, Racism, Social Inequity

A closer look at how to explain racial disparities that persist over time and begin to better understand and combat structural racism.

Read more
racism-hand-print
Policywise 

Shift the conversation: Racism – not race – is the problem in healthcare

December 18, 2020December 18, 2020Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, General Internal Medicine, Race, Racism, Under-Represented Minorities

Dr. Salman Ahmed discusses how racial effects on health are better explained as racism’s effects on health.

Read more
Research Innovation
Policywise 

Social Determinants Digest: Promoting health equity through research

October 2, 2020October 2, 2020Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Racism, Research, Social Determinants Digest, Social Determinants of Health

How to define social determinants of health and ways that research can better consider sociological constructs to change perception.

Read more
Policywise 

Influencing health: How where we live, learn, work and play matters

September 10, 2020September 10, 2020Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Health Disparities, Racism, Social Determinants Digest, Social Determinants of Health

Learn more about our new blog series focused on social determinants of health and their impact on health, quality-of-life, and risks.

Read more
Policywise 

No more silence: Confronting racism in medicine 

June 19, 2020June 19, 2020Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Medicine, Prejudice, Racism

As part of a new generation of healthcare workers tasked to provide care for everyone, regardless of race, gender, insurance status, or disability, medical professionals

Read more
i-cant-breathe-featured
Policywise 

Racism: Not a pandemic, but a chronic disease

June 12, 2020June 12, 2020African American, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Haley Jackson Manley, Racism

It’s more than just semantics that irks me when people talk about racism as a pandemic. A pandemic implies an outbreak. A disease that is

Read more

From the Labs Image of the Month

From The Labs Image of the Month From the Labs: Adult-born neurons made the cover

Healthy Habits: A DOC-umentary Series

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlNiMWHUhbc

Archives

Search

©1998 - 2020 Baylor College of Medicine®
One Baylor Plaza, Houston, Texas 77030
(713) 798-4951