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Black Women More Likely to Die From Breast Cancer
Monday, March 27, 2006—Black American women are 19 percent more likely than white women to die of breast cancer, a new study finds.

March 23, 2006

Pollutants Threaten Poor, Minority Kids
Thursday, March 23, 2006—Environmental toxins that harm a child's brain development and other aspects of health are much more likely to affect poor or minority kids than youngsters from white or more affluent families, a U.S. study shows.

March 20, 2006

The Impact of Athlete's Foot on African Americans - You Can Still Put Your Best Foot Forward
Monday, March 20, 2006—Drying skin ... itching ... scaling ... inflammation .... and blisters. These are all symptoms and/or signs of Athlete’s foot, a skin disease caused by a fungus which usually occurs between the toes.

March 16, 2006

The Balm In Gilead Expanding Its Mission To Educating Black Women About Cervical Cancer
Thursday, March 16, 2006—The Balm In Gilead, Inc. has spearheaded a nationwide series of educational forums known as The ISIS Project, a national health initiative to increase public awareness about cervical cancer and the human papillomavirus (HPV), the virus that causes cervical cancer.

UnitedHealthcare Forms Partnership to Offer Affordable, Quality Health Care to Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Tuesday, March 14, 2006—UnitedHealthcare, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH), today announced a unique partnership with leading African American academic health centers and business leaders to implement health solutions for employees and faculties of Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

March 10, 2006

Nebivolol may restore damaged cardiovascular functions in African Americans
Thursday, March 9, 2006—Nebivolol, a drug for treatment of high blood pressure available in Europe, may restore damaged cardiovascular functions in African Americans, according to a recent laboratory study at Ohio University.

March 08, 2006

Drowning Risk Greatest for Blacks
Tuesday, March 7, 2006—One of the largest studies of its kind confirms that young blacks—especially males—are much more likely to drown in pools than whites.

March 02, 2006

Better Questions May Bring Better Minority Health Care
Thursday, March 2, 2006—By changing the way they gather information about their patients' race and ethnicity, doctors could improve efforts to eliminate race-linked gaps in health care, a U.S. study shows.

Congressional Black Caucus Leaders Make Their Voices Heard Across Airwaves In Fight Against Prostate Cancer
Thursday, March 2, 2006—Black men in this country die from prostate cancer at a rate that is more than twice that of white men (2.4 times). This is the largest racial disparity for any type of major cancer afflicting men or women.