Demographic and spatial trends in diabetes-related virtual nursing examinations.

Diabetes currently affects nearly 30 million Americans, but the distribution of cases is not uniform across all demographics or every state. In the course of their education, nurses learn how to become important conduits for information on diabetes management during their eventual interactions with patients. Exploring the status and trends of diabetes-related knowledge in nursing students is one method to explore the idea that one's community affects how one sees disease.

Unraveling the etiology of ovarian cancer racial disparity in the deep south: Is it nature or nurture?

Background: Our objective was to evaluate racial treatment and survival disparities in black women with ovarian cancer in the Deep South and to determine how environmental factors / socioeconomic status (SES) influence survival.

Methods: A retrospective study of ovarian cancer patients from 2007 to 2014 was performed. Socioeconomic status (SES) was obtained though U.