Saturday, January 3, 2009

Gay and bisexual African-American men have the lowest use of prostate testing

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Charles Drew University study examines screening exams for California males Los Angeles, CA—Gay and bisexual black men are less likely to be...
Thursday, January 1, 2009

Strong association found between prevalence of low white blood count and women of African descent

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Dr. Grann is Clinical Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology and Health Policy & Management, College of Physicians & Surgeons and Ma...
Tuesday, December 30, 2008

UM archaeologists find unique, early US relic of African worship

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Caption: Prepping the bundle for x-ray. Credit: Matt Palus, University of Maryland. Usage Restrictions: None. European magic mingled with Af...
Sunday, December 28, 2008

Dear Michelle Obama ...

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BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The voices of women whose stories are rarely told have been gathered by two scholars at the University at Buffalo to offer ...
Friday, December 26, 2008

New report says racial gap growing in colorectal cancer

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Elizabeth T. H. (Terry) Fontham, Dean of the LSU School of Public Health, became the first non-physician elected national President of the A...
Wednesday, December 24, 2008

"merry Christmas" With The Negroes

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Christmas: Its Origin and Associations: Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries: Depicting, b...
Monday, December 22, 2008

Ancient African exodus mostly involved men, geneticists find

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Alon Keinan, HMS, Department of Genetics, New Research Building, office #336 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur. Boston, MA 02115 Tel: (617) 432-5992,...
Saturday, December 20, 2008

Study: Prejudice could cost a black worker thousands

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Kerwin Kofi Charles, is the Steans Family Professor in the Harris School and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Resear...
Thursday, December 18, 2008

Church effort sharply increases first-time African-American blood donors

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Michael R. DeBaun, M.D. Professor of Pediatrics, Biostatistics and Neurology Attending Physician, Division of Hematology-Oncology Unit Leade...
Tuesday, December 16, 2008

People living in highly black concentrated neighborhoods more likely to report their health as poor

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Luisa N. Borrell, D.D.S., PH.D. Co-Associate Director, Health & Society Scholars Program Assistant Professor, Epidemiology and Dentistry...
Sunday, December 14, 2008

Race a factor in receiving transplant treatment for bone marrow cancer but does not affect outcomes

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Parameswaran Hari, MD, MRCP, MS. Assistant Professor of Medicine Dr. Hari is Clinical Director of the Adult Bone Marrow Transplant Program a...
Friday, December 12, 2008

Black and white is not always a clear distinction

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Caption: This is University of Oregon sociologist Aliya Saperstein. Credit: Photo by Jack Liu. Usage Restrictions: Photo credit required. So...
Wednesday, December 10, 2008

The Fresh Air Fund Helping inner city children

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The Fresh Air Fund is an independent, not-for-profit agency that provides free summer vacations to New York City children from low-income co...
Monday, December 8, 2008

Genetic ancestry of African-Americans reveals new insights about gene expression

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Alkes Price, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology Department of Epidemiology Department of Biostatistics 665 Huntington Avenue Building 2, Ro...
Saturday, December 6, 2008

Genetic variation increases HIV risk in Africans

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Professor Weiss and the study of HIV/AIDS, Professor Weiss is a leading international authority on HIV and AIDS, having been responsible for...
Thursday, December 4, 2008

More young black men have done prison time than served in the military or earned a college degree

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Being jailed in federal or state prisons has become so common for African Americans today that more young black men in the United States hav...
Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Archaeologists find evidence of earliest African slaves brought to new world

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A study by James Burton and T. Douglas Price of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Vera Tiesler of the Autonomous University of the Yuc...