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Blacks Less Apt To Respond To Hepatitis C Therapy (Reuters Health)
Tuesday, August 29, 2006 (Rueters Health)—African American adults with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection are less likely to respond to standard combination therapy with peginterferon and ribavirin, a study confirms.

August 25, 2006

Blacks Have Poorer Control of Diabetes Than Whites
Friday, August 25, 2006—Finding may explain their higher complication, death rates, experts say

August 21, 2006

Gene Tied To High Preemie Rate Among Black Women (Reuters Health)
Monday, August 21, 2006 (Rueters Health)—A gene variant appears to be one reason why African American women are two to three times more likely than white women to have a premature baby.

August 17, 2006

Blacks bear brunt of AIDS in developed nations (Reuters Health)
Thursday, August 17, 2006 (Reuters Health)—HIV infections are rising in black men and women living in developed nations that have otherwise made strides against the disease, said participants at the 16th International AIDS Conference in Toronto.

Many diabetic youths have multiple cardiovascular risk factors (Reuters Health)
Thursday, August 17, 2006 (Reuters Health)—Children and adolescents with diabetes commonly have additional risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to a report in the August issue of Diabetes Care.

August 16, 2006

Bang-Bang, You’re Dead: HIV Activists Shoot Down Fear-Based Prevention
Take the face of a young, handsome African-American man. Put it squarely in the crosshairs of a sniper’s rifle...

Lower blood pressure better for coronary artery disease patients (Reuters Health)
Wednesday, August 16, 2006 (Reuters Health)—The progression of coronary atherosclerosis is lowest for patients with blood pressure below 120/80 mm Hg, according to a report in the August 15th issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

August 03, 2006

Many women uncomfortable making breast cancer surgery decisions (Reuters Health)
Thursday, August 3, 2006 (Reuters Health)—Approximately 40% of women say they "feel uncomfortable" when asked to make a decision between breast-conserving surgery and radical mastectomy for breast cancer, according to results of a Canadian study of breast cancer patient who were all candidates for breast-conserving surgery.