Pregnancy Deaths More Common in Black Women(Reuters Health) African-American women are no more likely than white women to develop pregnancy complications, but when they do, they are more likely to die, a U.S. government study shows.
December 28, 2006
Tailored Breast Cancer Care Urged for Black Women(Reuters Health) African-American breast cancer patients may be harder hit by the disease than whites due to the type of tumors they tend to develop, rather than socioeconomic factors alone, a new study suggests.
December 20, 2006
Cardiac Device May Be Less Effective in Blacks(Reuters Health) Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) significantly reduce the risk of death in white heart patients, but not in black patients, according to a second look at results from the Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial (MADIT-II).
December 18, 2006
U.S. Black Women Have Lower Breast Cancer Survival(Reuters Health) Black women with early-stage breast cancer have lower survival rates than their white counterparts even after taking into account variables such as tumor size and socioeconomic differences, researchers said.
December 14, 2006
Sharp Drop In Breast Cancer Incidence Attributed To HRT Decline(Reuters Health) After 20 years of a slow and steady increase in incidence of breast cancer, the incidence began dropping at about 1% per year in 1998. However, in 2003, there was a sharp decrease in incidence of 7%, which researchers at the 29th annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium attribute to the decline in hormone replacement therapy use among postmenopausal women.
HIV Rates Rising In Some African American Army Personnel(Reuters Health) Despite an overall downward trend in the incidence of HIV infection among active duty US army personnel, HIV incidence has increased in two subgroups of African American personnel -- those who are not married and those working in health care.
December 13, 2006
Cancer in Sister Affects Black Men's Cancer Risk(Reuters Health) For African-American men, the chances of developing prostate cancer are increased if a sister has breast cancer, according to a study by researchers at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
December 12, 2006
Low Vitamin D Linked to Cancer Risk in Black Men(Reuters Health) Vitamin D deficiency is often found in black men, and it may be "an important and easily modifiable" contributor to their higher risk of cancer when compared with whites, Boston-based clinicians report.
December 11, 2006
Whole Grains And Fish May Protect Against Asthma(Reuters Health) Children who eat large amounts of whole grain products and fish may have a reduced risk of asthma, according to findings published in the December issue of Thorax.
December 08, 2006
No Racial Or Ethnic Differences Found In Serum Androgen Levels(Reuters Health) Researchers report finding no differences in serum androgen levels in a community-based study of white, black and Hispanic men. "Normative ranges," they say, "need not be adjusted by race/ethnicity for androgen deficiency diagnosis."
December 06, 2006
Blacks More Likely to Want End-of-Life Intervention(Reuters Health) Blacks are more likely than whites to want life-sustaining care at the end of life for an incurable illness or a serious physical or mental disability, a new study shows.
December 05, 2006
Young African American Adults At High Risk for HIV, STDs Even in Absence of High-Risk Behaviors Results of a new study supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institutes of Health, suggest that young African American adults — but not young white adults — are at high risk for HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) even when their relative level of risky behaviors is low.
December 04, 2006
Breast Cancer Still Diagnosed Later in Black Women(Reuters Health) More African-American women are being screened for breast cancer than in years past, but they're still less likely to have the disease caught early compared with white women, a new study shows.
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