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Saturday, October 31, 2009

Study finds delay in follow-up among African-American women receiving abnormal breast finding

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A new analysis has identified a significant delay in follow-up times among African-American women after the finding of a suspicious breast a...
Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Partners in weight loss success may help African-Americans shed more pounds

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Enrolling in a weight loss program with a family member or friend appears to enhance weight loss among African Americans, but only if the in...
Monday, October 26, 2009

Higher risk of GI diseases may mean more vigilance, earlier screenings for minorities

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San Diego, CA (October 26, 2009) – Three studies presented this week at the American College of Gastroenterology's 74th Annual Scientifi...
Saturday, October 24, 2009

Study finds racial segregation a strong factor in learning disparities

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Racial segregation in the schools is fueling the learning disparity between young black and white children, while out-of-school factors are ...
Thursday, October 22, 2009

African-American lung cancer patients may have different response to new cancer-fighting drugs

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UH Case Medical Center study in JCO reinforces focus on personalized treatment for patients based on ethnicity Clinical research out of Univ...
Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Inequalities in Education

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News briefs from the American Sociological Review: Inequalities in education October issue of flagship journal reports on the black-white ac...
Sunday, October 18, 2009

Study: Managers' hiring practices vary by race, ethnicity

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White, Asian and Hispanic managers tend to hire more whites and fewer blacks than black managers do, according to a new study out of the Uni...
Friday, October 16, 2009

Continuing racial differences in HIV prevalence in US

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HIV prevalence among African Americans is ten times greater than the prevalence among whites. This racial disparity in HIV prevalence has pe...
Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Insured African-Americans more likely to use emergency room than other insured groups

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Health insurance, and the access it provides to a primary care physician, should reduce the use of a major driver of health care costs: the ...
Saturday, October 10, 2009

News briefs from the American Sociological Review: Inequalities in education

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October issue of flagship journal reports on the black-white achievement gap, socioeconomic desegregation in schools and class inequality in...
Thursday, October 8, 2009

Boston University School of Medicine's black women's health study receives $9.1 million award

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(Boston) – The Black Women's Health Study (BWHS) of the Sloan Epidemiology Center at Boston University School of Medicine's (BUSM) h...
Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Lung cancer risk increases with expression of specific genes

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Possible correlation to increased risk for African-Americans AURORA, COLO – A recent study published in the October 2009 issue of the Journa...
Sunday, October 4, 2009

Ensign Jesse LeRoy Brown, USN, (1926-1950)

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Jesse LeRoy Brown was born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on 13 October 1926. He enlisted in the Naval Reserve in 1946 and was appointed a Mid...
Thursday, October 1, 2009

Demonstrators Protest at Republic of Guinea UN mission VIDEO

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Guinea has had a history of authoritarian rule since gaining its independence from France in 1958. Lansana CONTE came to power in 1984 when ...
Monday, September 28, 2009

Researchers Identify Gene Variant Linked to Glaucoma

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An international team, led by researchers from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and the National Eye Institute, ha...
Saturday, September 26, 2009

Vice Admiral Samuel Lee Gravely, Jr.

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Vice Admiral Samuel Lee Gravely, Jr. had a distinguished naval career as a surface warfare officer and manager. All leaders, civilian and m...
Thursday, September 24, 2009

Heart Healthy Home Cooking African American Style

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Heart Healthy Home Cooking African American Style With Every Heartbeat Is Life Good food is one of life’s great joys. And good meals are a s...
Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Racial disparities in diabetes prevalence linked to living conditions

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The higher incidence of diabetes among African Americans when compared to whites may have more to do with living conditions than genetics, a...
Sunday, September 20, 2009

Young Black Women Prone to Gain More Unhealthy Abdominal Fat than Hispanics, Study Shows

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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Black women ages 20 to 29 have increased amounts of unhealthy abdominal and visceral fat than Hispanic women the same...
Saturday, September 19, 2009

New Obesity Data Shows Blacks Have the Highest Rates of Obesity

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Blacks had 51 percent higher prevalence of obesity, and Hispanics had 21 percent higher obesity prevalence compared with whites, according t...
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