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Study: Degree Of Obesity A Factor For Minority Diabetics
September 06, 2011
According to a new University of Michigan Health System study obesity is a known risk factor for developing type 2 diabetes. But it hasn’t been clear whether the “dose†of obesity—how much excess weight a person has, and for how long—affects the risk of diabetes. The study of about 8,000 adolescents and young adults shows the degree and duration of carrying extra pounds are important risk factors for developing type 2 diabetes in adulthood. ...
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Study: Doctors May 'Learn" Bias In Med School
September 06, 2011
New Johns Hopkins research shows that medical students -- just like the general American population -- may have unconscious if not overt preferences for white people, but this innate bias does not appear to translate into different or lesser health care of other races. The research findings, to be published tomorrow in the Journal ...
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Study Looks At Mental Health Of Gay Black Men
August 31, 2011
The harassment, discrimination and negative feelings about homosexuality that Black gay and bisexual men often experience can contribute significantly to mental health disorders such as depression and anxiety, a new study finds. “Racism, homo-negativity and the experience of violence and discrimination contribute significantly to mental disorder burden and morbidity in this community,†said Louis F. Graham ...
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Study Gives Clues To High Rate Of Hypertension In Blacks
August 30, 2011
A study published this month in Vascular Health and Risk Management examined a key difference in the way that cells from Blacks respond to inflammation. Tis discovery could provide an answer to why this group is disproportionately affected by hypertension, something that has eluded scientists for many years. Lead author Michael Brown ...
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BLACK PRO-LIFERS OUTRAGED
August 29, 2011
A new report issued by the Black pro-life group Life Dynamics claims that Planned Parenthood and the abortion industry in the United States target Black and Hispanic Americans by placing abortion facilities in communities with high minority populations. The report, “Racial Targeting and Population Control,†the group claims validates the claims pro-life advocates have made for years showing that abortion advocates have purposefully placed abortion centers in urban areas with high percentages of black and Hispanic residents. Mark Crutcher and Carole Novielli ...
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Minorities And Poor Unlikely To Complete Cancer Vax Regimen
August 30, 2011
A new Yale School of Public Health study concludes barriers that hinder young Black, Hispanic and poor women from completing a series of three vaccinations to prevent human papillomavirus infection (HPV) also leave them at higher risk for cervical cancer and death. According to the Health Behavior News Service ...
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Latinos More Likely To Delay HIV Treatment
August 25, 2011
According to University of North Carolina data Latinos are more likely to start HIV care later in the course of illness than Blacks or whites, These findings, published in the September 1 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases, indicate that strategies to improve earlier HIV testing among Latinos—particularly in new settlement areas like North Carolina—are needed. Latinos have become the largest immigrant group ...
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Study To Look At Hereditary Prostate Cancer In Blacks
August 23, 2011
Creighton University’s Hereditary Cancer Center, has received a three-year, $731,278 grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to study the role heredity plays in prostate cancer among Blacks. “Prostate cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among men in the United States,. African American men have two times the occurrence of prostate cancer as do Caucasian men and suffer a significantly higher ...
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Health Equity Summit Coincides With MLK Memorial Opening
August 23, 2011
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Health Equity Summit, convened by the Institute for the Advancement of Multicultural and Minority Medicine (IAMMM), continues today as the long-awaited Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial is unveiled and opens to the public on the National Mall. Both events sharpen public attention on human rights: the Summit focusing tightly on the health status of minorities and populations in low-resource countries and achieving health equity at the lowest cost. ...
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ICE Docs Show Govt Deception
August 18, 2011
In the wake of protests and civil disobedience in Chicago yesterday and across the country criticizing the Obama administration’s Secure Communities program, immigrant advocates called on the government to turn over remaining documents about the program sought in a Freedom of Information lawsuit and to halt the controversial program. A batch of unredacted documents released by court order this week, ...
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Black Anti-Abortion Billboards Unveiled In Atlanta
August 16, 2011
A group of African-American anti-abortion groups today gathered to unveil their latest ad, which is titled “Betrayed†and displays a link to a site that shows photos of African-American leaders (like Rev. Jesse Jackson) alongside the word “Betrayed!†in red. Catherine Davis, founder of the Restoration Project and other prolife leaders launched a new, bold billboard today in downtown Atlanta. ...
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Death Rate Higher For Black Diabetics
August 10, 2011
Even though overall black patients have a lower risk of death while receiving dialysis than white patients, this applies primarily to older adults, as black patients younger than 50 years of age have a significantly higher risk of death, according to a study in the August 10 issue of JAMA. "Of more than 500,000 individuals with ...
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MAJOR NYC MINORITY HELP
August 04, 2011
Two well-known billionaires are helping to launch a new program designed to lift black and Latino men out of poverty. The Young Men’s Initiative is a bold new program that overhauls how government interacts with young black and Latino men by, among other things, establishing job recruitment centers and fatherhood classes in public housing. “This can be a game-changer,†said Mayor Michael Bloomberg. “We can take ourselves to a new level ...
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Major Companies Woo Latino Consumers
August 04, 2011
Some major companies are developing marketing strategies that target Hispanic consumers, a fast-growing and lucrative market in the U.S. According to the U.S. Census, one in about every six U.S. residents is now Hispanic. Hispanics also accounted for more than half of the nation’s population increase over the last decade. ...
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Policy Change Aims To Lessen Health Care Disparities
August 04, 2011
To help address serious racial and economic disparities in cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment in the United States, the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) today released a policy statement that outlines specific provisions of 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that have the potential to reduce these disparities. ASCO’s statement makes recommendations to ensure that such provisions ...
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Stigma Prevents HIV Testing By Black MDs
August 01, 2011
Social stigma is the largest barrier to routine HIV testing by African-American frontline care physicians, according to a new National Medical Association survey. Despite the belief by most physicians surveyed (93 percent) that HIV is either very serious or a crisis in the African-American community, findings suggested that ...
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Obama Talks Higher Taxes In Address To Latino Group
July 22, 2011
Black Radio Network will be carrying the webcast of the National Council of La Raza's annual convention live from Washington as President Barack Obama will join national leaders from the business, government, and nonprofit sectors. The conference will be held July 23–26 at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel ...
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THE NAACP HEADS TO LOS ANGELES
July 21, 2011
With the theme of "Affirming America's Promise," the NAACP-- the nation's oldest and largest civil rights organization--- opens it 102nd annual convention in Los Angeles tomorrow. The four-day gathering is expected to generate an economic impact of $11.4 million citywide, with a total of nearly 13,000 hotel rooms expected to be booked for the occasion. ...
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Obama To Address Latino Convention
July 21, 2011
Black Radio Network will be carrying the webcast of the National Council of La Raza's annual convention live from Washington as President Barack Obama will join national leaders from the business, government, and nonprofit sectors. The conference will be held July 23–26 at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel and will feature issues vital to the Latino community and all Americans: education, the economy, health care, immigration reform, and more. ...
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Group Launches Campaign Against "#1 Black Killer"
July 19, 2011
The National Black Prolife Coalition, a network of black pro-life and pro-family organizations, today announced its latest social media video campaign, called "NUMBERS DON'T LIE" to expose what it claims is the number one killer of African-Americans: Planned Parenthood and urban abortion clinics. ...
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Doctors Make Discovery In Blacks With Glaucoma
July 12, 2011
Measuring oxygen during eye surgery, investigators at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have discovered a reason that may explain why African-Americans have a higher risk of glaucoma than Caucasians. They found that oxygen levels are significantly higher in the eyes of African-Americans ...
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Study: Stereotypes Can Affect Doctor Care Of Parkinson's Patients
July 06, 2011
Cultural, ethnic and gender stereotypes can significantly distort clinical judgments about "facially masked" patients with Parkinson's disease, according to a newly published study from researchers at Tufts University, Brandeis University and the National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan. ...
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Groups Allege Ulterior Motive Of Immigration Program
July 06, 2011
Immigration rights groups allege documents obtained through Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) litigation show that the controversial Secure Communities deportation program (S-Comm), designed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to target people for deportation, is also a key component of a little-known FBI project to accumulate a massive store of personal biometric information ...
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Unique Program Helps Black Women Mange Diabetes
June 27, 2011
The University of Virginia Health System has received a $300,000 grant to study the “Call to Health†model, which uses text messages, stress reduction and other techniques to help African-American women manage type 2 diabetes. UVA was one of five organizations to receive two-year grants from the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation ...
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Minorities Not Being Properly Screen For Diabetes Despite Risks
June 24, 2011
Although people from certain ethnic groups are at high risk for getting diabetes and should be screened, a new study suggests that such screenings are not being done as often as they should. Dr. Ann Sheehy, a hospitalist and clinical assistant professor of internal medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, was lead author of the findings, which appear in this month's edition of Diabetes Care. ...
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Black Heart Attack Victims Wait Longer For Specialized Care
June 21, 2011
Black patients having a heart attack wait longer at hospitals than white patients to get advanced procedures that will restore blood flow to their hearts, according to a University of Michigan Health System study. The differences in care may be explained by hospital quality, rather than the race of individual patients. ...
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ICE Immigration Program Under Fire
June 20, 2011
ICE director John Morton has announced changes to the embattled immigration-enforcement program Secure Communities, which allows local law enforcement agencies to check the fingerprints of people they arrest with FBI and Department of Homeland Security databases to make sure they are not undocumented criminals. ...
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Report Looks At Health Disparities In The Age Of Personalized Medicine
June 22, 2011
Science Progress, a project of the online magazine Center for American Progress, released “Addressing Race and Genetics: Health Disparities in the Age of Personalized Medicine,†a report that studies how personalized medicine can potentially alleviate racial and ethnic health disparities. Personalized medicine, which is the development of medicines and therapies tailored to patients’ unique genetic traits and risks ...
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Bottled Water Use High Among Minorities
June 08, 2011
Although higher rates of bottled water use among minorities have been reported previously, the reasons have remained largely unexplored. ...
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Women Soldiers Show Resilience Similar To Men
June 07, 2011
“Contrary to popular belief, women who go to war respond to combat trauma much like their male counterparts,†said lead author Dawne Vogt. ...
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Cholera Surges Again In Part Of Haitian Capital
June 06, 2011
The group is reporting that the number of new cases is more than three times what it saw back when the disease first surged in the fall. ...
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