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American Liver Foundation Urging African Americans to Get Tested and Get Treated for Hepatitis Now
In the United States today, an estimated one-third of the population becomes infected with hepatitis A during their lifetime, 1.4 million are chronically infected with hepatitis B, and approximately 4 million have been infected with hepatitis C.

May 22, 2006

Fibroids To Blame For Fertility Problems In Blacks
Monday, May 22, 2006 (Reuters Health)—African American women who require assisted reproductive technologies (ART), such as in vitro fertilization, to become pregnant are more likely to experience a miscarriage than are their white counterparts, new research shows.

May 18, 2006

Religiousness May Lower Blood Pressure In Blacks (Reuters Health)
Thursday, May 18, 2006 (Reuters Health)—Participation in religious and spiritual activities is tied to a significant reduction in blood pressure among African Americans, according to the findings from what researchers say is the largest all-African American study to look at this relationship.

May 15, 2006

Warning: Braids and weaves can make your hair fall out
Monday, May 15, 2006—Living in a culture eternally obsessed with braids, extensions and 'catching up the hair' so tightly that the temples bulge, we are sometimes not aware that there are consequences, until our hair starts protesting.

May 12, 2006

Infants Exposed to Smoking at Risk of Lung Cancer
Friday, May 12, 2006—New parents who smoke are putting their infants in danger because secondhand smoke contains cancer-causing chemicals, a new study found.

May 10, 2006

Low Minority Participation in Medicare Drug Program Sparks Outreach Campaign
Wednesday, May 10, 2006—Due to this low response rate locally and nationally, the RainbowPUSH Coalition is partnering with United Health Foundation to facilitate a national educational effort to make certain Medicare beneficiaries have the information and tools they need to understand the new drug benefit and make informed decisions.

Vaginal infections more prevalent among black women (Reuters Health)
Wednesday, May 10, 2006—In the United States, bacterial vaginosis disproportionately affects African American women, according to research reported Wednesday in Jacksonville, Florida at the 2006 National STD Prevention Conference sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Trichomoniasis is also more prevalent among African-American women, according to related research reported at the meeting.

May 05, 2006

Heart Drug Side Effects More Common in Minority Patients
Friday, May 5, 2006—Nonwhite patients are more likely than white patients to have troublesome side effects from two common types of drugs used to fight high blood pressure, stroke and heart attack, British researchers report.