http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Hospitals that treat more black cancer patients have worse survival rates on average for patients with breast and colon cancer, regardless of race, according to a new study from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center. http://www.physorg.com/news169996124.html Medicine & Health Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:30:03 EST news169996124 Elderly patients who undergo surgery at teaching-intensive hospitals have better survival rates than at nonteaching hospitals, but these better survival rates apparently occur in white patients, not black patients. http://www.physorg.com/news154025462.html Medicine & Health Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:51:17 EST news154025462 Disparities in survival among black patients diagnosed with early-stage lung cancer are not seen when patients are recommended appropriate treatment, according to a report in the January issue of Archives of Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. http://www.physorg.com/news151609530.html Medicine & Health Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:47:50 EST news151609530 The most effective treatment for hepatitis C fails in two-thirds of Hispanic patients but works for half of white patients, researchers reported Wednesday in a study that confirms ethnic disparities in the liver disease. http://www.physorg.com/news151249654.html Medicine & Health Thu, 15 Jan 2009 13:47:34 EST news151249654 The initial evaluation and management of injured patients from minority ethnic groups nationwide appears to be similar to that of non-Hispanic white patients, according to a report in the November issue of Archives of Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. http://www.physorg.com/news146164099.html Medicine & Health Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:08:19 EST news146164099 African American and Hispanic patients are more likely to die following trauma than white patients, and uninsured patients have a higher death risk when compared with those who have health insurance, according to a report in the October issue of Archives of Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. http://www.physorg.com/news143740898.html Medicine & Health Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:01:38 EST news143740898 Compared with white patients, black patients undergoing screening colonoscopy have a higher prevalence of colon polyps, according to a study in the September 24 issue of JAMA. http://www.physorg.com/news141403522.html Medicine & Health Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:45:22 EST news141403522