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April 23, 2024
Northeast Delta HSA collaborates with AKA chapter for Earth Day, plants tree to symbolize RISE Center
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AudioEye Reports Record First Quarter 2024 Results
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An adventure every day after school: Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Arizona
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Experience Senior Living Celebrates the Opening of the new Independent Living community at The Gallery at Cape Coral
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Rocket Lab Successfully Deploys Satellites ~500km Apart to Separate Orbits For KAIST and NASA
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Loop Media Discloses Communication from NYSE American
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Brookdale Announces Date of First Quarter 2024 Earnings Release and Conference Call
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Empire State Realty Trust Publishes 2023 Sustainability Report with Major Achievements, Key Goals, and Transparent Metrics
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Dr. Anthony Fletcher Installed as President of the Association of Black Cardiologists
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Avangrid First Quarter 2024 Financial Results Available on Company’s Website
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New Study in Colorado Reveals Alarming Rates of Colorado Teens Missing School
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Curio Digital Therapeutics Inc. Announces the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Clearance of MamaLift Plus™, the Fir
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Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Reports First Quarter 2024 Financial Results
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Minister Sudds highlights budget investments in support of Indigenous Reconciliation
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Carter’s, Inc. to Report First Quarter Fiscal 2024 Results on Friday, April 26, 2024
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Voto Latino Announces Honorees for 16th Annual Our Voices Celebration
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Coeur Publishes 2023 ESG Report
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iHeartMedia and Deep Blue Sports + Entertainment Launch Women’s Sports Audio Network – The First-Ever Audio Platform
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LG Energy Solution to Take Firm Stance Against Patent Infringers
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Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages highlights budget investments in support of Indigenous reco
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IN SOLIDARITY WITH ORLANDO
June 18, 2016
Hundreds of people gathered inside New York’s Grand Central Station to rally in solidarity with the Orlando shooting victims. ...
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Sharpton Aide To Black Journalists: Get On Board
September 06, 2011
Tamika Mallory, executive director of Al Sharpton’s National Action Network, has some words of warning for Black reporters. In a column for NewsOne.com titled, “Time For Black Journalists To Stop Criticizing Rev. Sharpton,†Mallory addresses her open letter style column “to all the Black journalists out there.†"Whenever I hear people question Reverend Sharpton’s new show, ‘Politics Nation’ on MSNBC, I find myself thinking ...
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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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Study Reveals Pathway Of Kidney Failure In Blacks‎
August 26, 2011
An Emory University study released today found that Blacks are four times more likely to develop kidney failure than whites. The study found that a condition that occurs when the kidneys are damaged and spill protein into the urine contributes to this increased risk. Investigators analyzed information from 27,911 ...
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Black Is Beautiful, But Is It Unhealthy?
August 18, 2011
Melanin protects darker skin from premature aging and UV rays, but its protection increases the risk of other diseases, according to research presented this month. The body naturally produces vitamin D - a nutrient known for keeping bones strong - when skin is directly exposed to UV rays from the sun. However, since melanin blocks those UV rays, it also inhibits vitamin D production in the body, says Dr. Valerie D. Callender, Associate Professor of Dermatology, Howard University. ...
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Young Blacks Twice As Likely To Die On Dialysis
August 12, 2011
A new study may change the way doctors treat their dialysis patients. Past research suggested that black patients on dialysis survive longer than whites, but a new study finds that this does not hold true for young black patients. In fact, young blacks are twice as likely to die while on dialysis. ...
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Dermatologists Stress Early Skin Care For People Of Color
August 04, 2011
The U.S. Census Bureau predicts that by the year 2050, more than half the U.S. population will have skin of color. Recognizing this trend, dermatologists are educating the public about the different ways that common skin conditions appear in various skin tones. For people of color particularly, dermatologists are stressing the ...
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Scientists Discover Gene Behind Asthma Risks In Blacks
August 01, 2011
A new national collaboration of asthma genetics researchers has revealed a novel gene associated with the disease in African-Americans, according to a new scientific report. By pooling data from nine independent research groups looking for genes associated with asthma, the newly-created EVE Consortium identified a novel gene association specific to populations of African descent. In addition, the new study confirmed the significance of four gene associations recently reported by a European asthma genetics study. The findings, published in Nature Genetics, ...
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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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Black Conservatives Blast Democratic Official
July 21, 2011
The black conservative group, Project 21, today is criticizing white Florida congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who is head of the Democratic National Committee. The group says Wasserman Schultz unaccountably targeted a black colleague, Republican congressman Allen West ...
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Study: Tomatoes May Prevent Prostate Cancer In Blacks
July 14, 2011
According to new research at the University of Illinois at Chicago, lycopene, a red pigment that gives tomatoes and certain other fruits and vegetables their color, could help prevent prostate cancer, especially in black men. Lycopene is a potent antioxidant, and some studies have shown that diets rich in tomatoes ...
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Neurologists Address Disparities In Stroke Care
July 14, 2011
Significant disparities in stroke treatment and prevention exist for racial and ethnic minorities, writes Dr. Salvador Cruz-Flores for Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association. Dr. Cruz-Flores adds, "Awareness, education and prevention are the keys to closing this health care gap." Cruz-Flores, ...
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Blacks Laud New Pollution Rules
July 12, 2011
Ahead of the August release its Climate Justice Department's national report which will rank the nation’s 431 coal-fired power plants on how they affect low-income communities and communities of color, the NAACP is applauding The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) finalized rules that will cap toxic ...
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Obese Latinos Lack Sound Dr Advice
July 01, 2011
A new study that appears in the July/August issue of the American Journal of Health Promotion shows that only half of obese Mexican-American adults receive diet and exercise advice from their physicians although obesity is on the rise for this group. “Among this obese population, not seeing ...
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Study Finds Answers To Increased Black Heart Attack Risks
June 28, 2011
Researchers may have discovered one reason that African Americans are at increased risk for heart attacks and other cardiovascular events. According to a new study published online in the journal Radiology, African Americans have increased levels of non-calcified plaque, which consists of buildups of soft deposits ...
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Mystery Still Surrounds '64 KKK Killings
June 27, 2011
A cloud of mystery still surrounds the events of the Deep South’s most notorious nights: the murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner, three civil rights workers who were chased down a rural lane by a gang of Klansmen, beaten, shot and buried in a dam. The case riveted America, prompting Lyndon Johnson, the President ...
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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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Report: Black Dieters Watch Their Weight For General Wellness
June 08, 2011
According to the latest research from Mintel, more Black adults who are watching their diet are doing so for health reasons, not to lose weight ...
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Women's Risk Of Heart Disease After Gestational Diabetes Differs By Race
June 07, 2011
When they analyzed the study participants by racial-ethnic group, black race and Hispanic ethnicity predicted heart disease even after adjusting for other risk factors. ...
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West Point Cadet Sues R&B Diva Over Alleged Beating
June 06, 2011
The lawsuit alleges the cadet, Richard King, was waiting at Bush Intercontinental Airport, when LaBelle allegedly ordered her bodyguards to attack him. ...
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Maternal Mortality Rates Increasing For Black Women
June 06, 2011
Nationally, blacks have a four-times greater risk of pregnancy-related death than whites - a rate of 36.1 per 100,000 live births. ...
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Study: Mass Amputations Kept To Minimum After Haiti Earthquake
June 02, 2011
A team of plastic and orthopedic surgeons achieved a high success rate in limb salvage among patients injured in last year's devastating earthquake in Haiti. ...
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Racial And Ethnic Disparities In Stroke Care
May 27, 2011
The panel said there also are disparities between whites and minorities in the knowledge of risk factors, awareness of stroke signs and symptoms. ...
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1st Lady's 'Let's Move!' Launched In Indian Country
May 26, 2011
“This is a special day for the Tribes and for USDA. Let’s Move in Indian Country, will help promote healthy eating and physical activity among Native Americans. ...
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Mexican-Americans, Other Latinos See Race Differently
May 23, 2011
Demographers say the vast majority are Mexican-Americans and other Latinos who do not see themselves in the four, recognized racial groups. ...
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Vitamin D Levels Low In Blacks With MS
May 23, 2011
African-Americans who have multiple sclerosis (MS) have lower vitamin D levels than African-Americans who don’t have the disease. ...
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Study Links Anti-Flame Chemicals To Mental Harm In Latino Farm Children
May 11, 2011
We wanted to focus on environmental exposure in children’s development, and the best approach to do that is to look at early exposures, starting with pregnancy. ...
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Study Finds Sickle Cell Treatment Safe For Young Children
May 10, 2011
“Families who enrolled their children in this important study are heroes for helping us find better treatments that will benefit children now and in the future." ...
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Study: Most Blacks Call Friend When They Suspect Stroke
May 06, 2011
"Previous studies have shown that fewer blacks receive tPA than whites, and one reason is that they're not getting to a hospital in time." ...
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Immigrant Hispanics Less Stressed, Healthier Harvard Study Finds
May 06, 2011
“In the difficult economic times in which we live, this study underscores the importance of safety net programs." ...
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