The findings of this modeling study suggest that achieving systolic blood pressure equity between non-Hispanic Black and white adults could substantially reduce the number of cardiovascular disease events and deaths experienced by non-Hispanic Black U.S. adults. Initiatives to maintain normal blood pressure and achieve blood pressure control for individuals with hypertension could have a substantial impact on health equity in the U.S. 

COPD research needs to increase focus on rural health disparities and consider the impact of sociocultural and environmental exposures on health outcomes, according to a new perspective in the September 2025 issue of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases: Journal of the COPD Foundation, a peer-reviewed, open access journal.

An analysis of brain scans from 572 people reveals that activity in brain regions linked to reward and social processing can predict how effective messages will be.