We now know that humans are more than 99.9% genetically alike. So why does medicine still link certain diseases to race? And what do genetics actually tell us about race, ancestry, and disease?
A full transcript of this episode is available at https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2601980.

We now know that humans are more than 99.9% genetically alike. So why does medicine still link certain diseases to race? And what do genetics actually tell us about race, ancestry, and disease? A full transcript of this episode is available at https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2601980.

The Myth of Race and Genetics

​Welcome to “Intention to Treat,” a podcast exploring the critical issues shaping medicine today. In a new 8-week series, The Race Equation, we confront harmful assumptions about race in clinical medicine—from diagnostic algorithms to guidelines—exploring how these practices took hold, why they endure, and what it will take to change them. ​
Hosted by health care journalist Rachel Gotbaum, the “Intention to Treat” podcast from the New England Journal of Medicine delves into groundbreaking research and clinical advances while sharing the personal stories from doctors and their patients, offering listeners a behind-the-scenes look at discoveries that are changing medical practice on the front lines of health care. ​
Listen to The Race Equation and follow “Intention to Treat” on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

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​Welcome to “Intention to Treat,” a podcast exploring the critical issues shaping medicine today. In a new 8-week series, The Race Equation, we confront harmful assumptions about race in clinical medicine—from diagnostic algorithms to guidelines—exploring how these practices took hold, why they endure, and what it will take to change them. ​ Hosted by health care journalist Rachel Gotbaum, the “Intention to Treat” podcast from the New England Journal of Medicine delves into groundbreaking research and clinical advances while sharing the personal stories from doctors and their patients, offering listeners a behind-the-scenes look at discoveries that are changing medical practice on the front lines of health care. ​ Listen to The Race Equation and follow “Intention to Treat” on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

​Welcome to “Intention to Treat,” a podcast exploring the critical issues shaping medicine today. In a new 8-week series,&nbsp;The Race Equation, we confront harmful assumptions about race in clinical medicine—from diagnostic algorithms to guidelines—exploring how these practices took hold,&nbsp;why they&nbsp;endure, and what it will take to change them.&nbsp;​
Hosted by health care journalist Rachel&nbsp;Gotbaum, the “Intention to Treat” podcast from the&nbsp;New England Journal of Medicine delves&nbsp;into&nbsp;groundbreaking research and clinical advances while sharing the personal stories from doctors and their patients, offering listeners a behind-the-scenes look at discoveries that are changing medical practice on the front lines of health care.&nbsp;​
Listen to&nbsp;The Race Equation&nbsp;and follow “Intention to Treat” on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.&nbsp;

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