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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 5,000 Americans are diagnosed with ALS (or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease) every year. The debilitating and progressive illness robs individuals of their work life and career, causing muscle weakness; stiffness in the hands, feet, legs and…
Despite an ongoing ban on the use of electric shock devices by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to “correct” behavior on the developmentally disabled, a D.C. Circuit court has ruled that a medical institution in Massachusetts can continue to use the controversial treatment on its patients, becoming the only…
According to the National Center for Transgender Equality, there are an estimated 134,000 transgender veterans in the U.S. and at least 15,000 trans persons currently serving in the military today. And now, the Department of Veterans Affairs has announced that it will be standing by all these individuals and helping…
In troubling development for the nation’s top medical journal, Dr. Howard Bauchner, chief editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association, has resigned due to his mishandling of a podcast on racism in health care. Lindsey Tanner of the Associated Press has reported that the issue stems from a…
In a pre-Pride Month gift to LGBTQ Americans, President Biden’s administration has announced that gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals are now protected against discrimination from hospitals, physicians and insurance companies, effectively reversing a biased and prejudiced rule that went into effect last year during then-President Trump’s time in office….
As states like Arkansas and South Carolina ramp up efforts to take away women’s rights and limit access to birth control and abortions, an unlikely alley has emerged in the fight to preserve the right to choose: the U.S. Postal Service. On April 13, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration…
Survivors of a COVID-19 infection may still be left with a permanent lifelong disability. According to a new U.K. study, nearly a third of individuals who contracted but recovered from COVID-19 were left with lasting “brain disease” of long-term mental health or neurological symptoms. Ryan Prior of CNN has reported…
Researchers estimate that there are more than 6.2 million people with Alzheimer’s disease currently living in the U.S. Of that number, more than two-thirds of infected individuals are female. Alzheimer’s also disproportionately impacts minorities, who face nearly twice the risk of developing the disease as white people. If that weren’t…
During Women’s History Month, DiversityInc is honoring a series of woman innovators and history makers like Fe Del Mundo, who are often overlooked in mainstream media coverage and history books. Check back throughout March to learn about more important figures. Born: Nov. 27, 1911, Intramuros, Manila, Philippines Died: Aug. 6, 2011,…
During Black History Month, DiversityInc is honoring a series of Black innovators and history makers such as Solomon Carter Fuller who are often overlooked in mainstream media coverage and history books. Check back throughout February to learn about more important figures. Born: Aug. 11, 1872, Monrovia, Liberia Died: 1953, Framingham,…
