Sunday, November 30, 2008

Racism's cognitive toll: Subtle discrimination is more taxing on the brain

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While certain expressions of racism are absent from our world today, you do not have to look very hard to know that more subtle forms of rac...
Friday, November 28, 2008

Race guides neighborhood evaluation, study says

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Detroit, Michigan. Back view of a Negro dressed in a zoot suit, walking in the business district, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs...
Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Research demonstrates differing genetic makeup of lung cancer in African-American patients

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Cartoon diagram of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) (rainbow colored, N-terminus = blue, C-terminus = red) complexed with its lig...
Monday, November 24, 2008

Hypertension develops early, silently, in African-American men

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Kevin Heffernan, Ph.D. ostdoctoral Fellow Molecular Cardiology Research Center Tufts Medical Center 800 Washington Street, Box 080 Boston, ...
Saturday, November 22, 2008

African-Americans with depression and heart attack have greater risk of death

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Susmita Parashar, Dr. Mallik graduated from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India in 1996. She attended State Unive...
Thursday, November 20, 2008

Black entrepreneurs 4 times more likely to be refused credit than white businesses

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Stuart Fraser, Associate Professor of Enterprise Centre for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises , Enterprise Group. Room D1.18 (Socia...
Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Fear, misconceptions about screenings keep many African-Americans from getting mammograms

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Monica Peek, MD, MPH. Assistant Professor of Medicine Department of Medicine, General Internal Medicine. Practice Location: University of Ch...
Sunday, November 16, 2008

Efforts for whites to appear colorblind may backfire

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Tufts University researchers find that efforts to avoid the topic of race may have unintended results MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. -- New resea...
Friday, November 14, 2008

Gifts, affirmations boost medication adherence in African-Americans

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PDF of Image A patient education program that included self-affirmation and positive affect in the form of occasional gifts significantly in...
Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Blood Pressure Control Inequality Linked to Deaths Among Blacks

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Kevin Fiscella, M.D., M.P.H. Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Community & Preventive Medicine with tenure, University of Roche...
Monday, November 10, 2008

ERSD, heart disease and African-Americans with hypertensive nephrosclerosis

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For most patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), the risk of experiencing a cardiovascular related death is greater than the risk of pro...
Saturday, November 8, 2008

Family problems affect African-American children more than other races

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Mother and Father with their eight children in Chicago's south side, ARC Identifier: 556173 Local Identifier: 412-DA-13721, Creator: Env...
Thursday, November 6, 2008

Minority patients discouraged from cancer screening by negative messages

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Robert A. Nicholson, PhD, Secondary Faculty, Department of Community Health, Division of Behavioral Science and Health Education. Donco Buil...
Tuesday, November 4, 2008

African-Americans have unique lung cancer risks from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

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Carol J. Etzel, Ph.D. The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Department of Epidemiology. PHILADELPHIA – Scientists at the M.D....
Sunday, November 2, 2008

MYH9 gene variations help explain high rate of kidney disease in African-Americans

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Gene expression pattern of the MYH9 gene. Possible new approaches to screening and prevention in African-American families Several recent st...
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...