Racial discrimination’s effects on health have been dramatically underestimated, according to a study by a UB sociologist that looks at the health implications of racism among two generations of ...

Researchers from New York University looked at the biological effects of discrimination and found it may cause accelerated aging, building on prior research that found discrimination may contribute to ...

No one likes to feel like they’re not getting the respect or courtesy they deserve. Think about the last time you felt talked down to, or treated as inferior, or got worse customer service than ...

URBANA, Ill. – Black Americans experience racial discrimination on a regular basis, and it is a cause of chronic and pervasive stress. It is known to contribute to elevated risk for poor mental health ...

Black Americans experience racial discrimination on a regular basis, and it is a cause of chronic and pervasive stress. It is known to contribute to elevated risk for poor mental health outcomes, but ...

Experiencing discrimination may change how the brain and the gut communicate with each other, a new study has found. The disruption, the researchers say, could promote behaviors that increase people’s ...

Ethnicity & Disease, Vol. 26, No. 3, Health Inequities in Hypertension and Related Organ Damage (Summer 2016), pp. 453-460 (8 pages) Objective: Racial/ethnic minorities in the United States not only ...

People who reported experiencing discrimination more than once a week early in the pandemic had seventeen-fold increased odds of moderate to severe depressive symptoms and ten-fold increased odds of ...