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Study finds African Americans at greater risk after PCI
May 08, 2009 |
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A study from one of the largest public health systems in the country has found that African American patients experienced significantly worse outcomes after angioplasty and stenting than patients of other races, though researchers ...
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African-Americans have worse prognosis at colorectal cancer diagnosis
Jan 16, 2009 |
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African-American patients with colorectal were more likely to present with worse pathological features at diagnosis and to have a worse five-year survival rate compared to Caucasian patients, according to a study conducted ...
Race and insurance status associated with death from trauma
Oct 20, 2008 |
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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 death risk when compared with those who have health insurance, according to a report ...
African-American women still have poorer breast cancer outcomes
May 04, 2009 |
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New research published in the May issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons shows that dramatic disparities in breast cancer outcomes continue to exist for African-American women, regardless of the age at whi ...
High blood pressure linked to earlier death among African-American breast cancer patients
Mar 04, 2009 |
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A study by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco has shown that hypertension, or high blood pressure, is a predictor of mortality among breast cancer patients, especially those who are African-American, ...
Breast cancer is more aggressive in African-American women
Oct 29, 2007 |
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African American women are diagnosed with breast cancer at a younger age and have larger tumors and more lymph node involvement than Caucasian women, a Yale School of Medicine researcher reported today.
Eligibility criteria contribute to racial disparities in hospice use
Dec 22, 2008 |
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A new study finds that hospice services—care that is provided by physicians, visiting nurses, chaplains, home health aides, social workers and counselors—have restrictions that reduce usage by many patients who are most in-need, ...
African-American Canadians who receive kidney transplants fare better than those in US
Oct 29, 2008 |
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African American kidney disease patients in both Canada and the United States are less likely than Caucasian Americans to have access to kidney transplants, but only African-Americans in the United States have worse health ...
Does race, income predict prostate cancer outcome?
Nov 04, 2009 |
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A patient's socioeconomic status (income, martial status and race) has absolutely no impact on his outcome following curative radiation therapy for the treatment of prostate cancer, according to a new study from Henry Ford ...
Triple threat to health: Lifelong abuse creates serious consequences for older African-American women
Feb 24, 2009 |
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Older African American women who have experienced high levels of family violence throughout their lives are more likely to suffer worse physical and mental health than their counterparts, found a Temple researcher in the ...
African-Americans with colorectal cancer have poorer outcomes, lower survival rates
Nov 12, 2009 |
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New research published in the November issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons shows that African-American patients with colorectal cancer are more likely to be diagnosed with advanced disease and are le ...
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