Friday, October 31, 2008

Researchers Advance Health Communication for At-Risk Populations

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Glen Cameron Professor Strategic Communication Maxine Wilson Gregory Chair in Journalism Research. 140-E Walter Williams Hall, Missouri Scho...
Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Teacher recruitment program will put more African-American men in Florida elementary schools

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Call Me MISTER is a program to increase the pool of teachers from a broader, more diverse background, particularly among the lowest-performi...
Monday, October 27, 2008

Hypertension Disparity Linked to Environment

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Social environment may play a greater role in the disparity between the numbers of African Americans living with hypertension compared to no...
Saturday, October 25, 2008

Making a difference in minority health

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The underground railroad / Chas. T. Webber Making a difference in minority health SAN DIEGO, Oct. 27 – Experts from the Center for Minority ...
Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Race and insurance status associated with death from trauma

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African American and Hispanic patients are more likely to die following trauma than white patients, and uninsured patients have a higher dea...
Monday, October 20, 2008

Racial disparities in cardiovascular health linked to birth weight, slavery

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Evanston, Ill. - October 16, 2008 – Two new articles examine the theory of "fetal programming" and their effect on racial health d...
Saturday, October 18, 2008

Landmark study links sleep, memory problems in elderly African-Americans

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Alyssa Gamaldo, North Carolina State University. Department of Psychology. Campus Box 7650. Raleigh, NC 27695, Phone: 919-515-6141, FAX: 919...
Thursday, October 16, 2008

Black patients with chronic pain less likely to be tested for obesity

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Carmen R. Green, MD, Director, Pain Research Division. Associate Professor of Anesthesiology. Phone: 734-936-4240, Fax: 734-936-9091, Email:...
Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Seeing race and seeming racist? Whites go out of their way to avoid talking about race

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Evan P. Apfelbaum was born in Boston, Massachusetts and attended Newton North High School. He received a B.S. in Psychology and Music from ...
Sunday, October 12, 2008

African-Americans may be at higher risk of stroke-causing brain lesions

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Specialties: Neurology, Title: Associate Professor, Department of Neurology; Medical Director of Georgetown Stroke Center. Medical Degree: U...
Friday, October 10, 2008

Newly found gene variants account for kidney diseases among African-Americans

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Director, Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D. in front of NIH headquarters, Bethesda, MD For the first time, researchers have identified variations in a...
Wednesday, October 8, 2008

African-American blogs offer key health communications tool

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Blogs allow African Americans to discuss HIV and AIDS in an unfiltered way that is both public and private, according to a Penn State resear...
Monday, October 6, 2008

Television viewing and aggression: Some alternative perspectives

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Image Credit: SAMHSA is an Agency of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services The effect of media violence on behavior is not only...
Friday, October 3, 2008

Study shows how African-American Ph.D. chemists overcame discrimination to build careers

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Willie Pearson, Jr. Photographer: Gary Meek. A national study of career experiences among African-American Ph.D. chemists shows how these sc...
Thursday, October 2, 2008

Project to Save the Lives of Malnourished Children Voted Top 5 in American Express Members Project

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International Medical Corps (IMC) has been voted into the Top 5 as part of the American Express Members Project. After more than 87,000 vot...
Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Most ethnic minority teens don't hang out with ethnic school crowds

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Dr. Bradford Brown, is Professor of Human Development and former Chair of the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Wisc...
Monday, September 29, 2008

Racial disparities decline for cancer in Missouri

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Sept. 23, 2008 -- Cancer death rates in the United States are highest among African Americans, but a new report shows that in Missouri the d...