News tagged with disparities
Racial disparity in colon cancer survival not easily explained, researchers say (w/ Video)
Nov 23, 2009 |
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A new study by University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) researchers shows that body-mass index (BMI) and co-existing medical conditions (co-morbidity) do not explain the decreased survival observed among African-Americans ...
Europe and America couldn't be more different, right? Not so fast, says historian
Nov 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Marshalling data on everything from colon cancer to the accuracy of public clocks, Peter Baldwin illustrates how differences between the U.S. and Western Europe are much smaller than commonly supposed.
AMA votes to seek repeal of 'don't ask,don't tell'
Nov 10, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The American Medical Association on Tuesday voted to oppose the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, and declared that gay marriage bans contribute to health disparities.
Public expresses need for government intervention to reduce socio-economic disparities in health
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 15, 2009 |
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As Congress debates the public health care option, a recent study reveals greater public support for reducing health care disparities among socio-economic groups (i.e. by income or education) than among racial groups. The ...
Study finds no relationship between PCR rate and race in women with breast cancer
Oct 09, 2009 |
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Locally advanced breast cancer patients who received the same class of neoadjuvant chemotherapy were found to have no evidence of disease at the time of their surgery, or achieved pathological complete response, at the same ...
Continuing racial differences in HIV prevalence in US
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Oct 06, 2009 |
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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 persisted in the face of both governmental and private actions, involving many billions ...
Closing race, poverty and gender gaps in advanced high school course-taking
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 05, 2009 |
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The latest research from the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management explores the wide disparities in advanced high school course-taking (such as Advanced Placement courses) among race, poverty, and gender groups in Flo ...
A need for leadership in primary care
Sep 30, 2009 |
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Community health centers have become the centerpiece of the nation's efforts to provide access to primary care for all and therefore experience a greater need for primary care providers, who already are in short supply. According ...
The 'Jewels in Our Genes' Study: Investigating Why Black Women are at Increased Risk of Early Breast Cancer
Sep 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A nation-wide cancer information program targeting African-Americans, called the Witness Project, is partnering with a University at Buffalo genetic epidemiologist to conduct the first national study of genes ...
Use of statins favors the wealthy, creating new social disparities in cholesterol
Sep 24, 2009 |
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Since the introduction of statins to treat high cholesterol, the decline in lipid levels experienced by the wealthy has been double that experienced by the poor. While statins are highly effective in reducing cholesterol ...
Racial disparities in diabetes prevalence linked to living conditions
Sep 21, 2009 |
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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, according to a study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public ...
Medicine wheel model for nutrition shows promise for control of type 2 diabetes
Sep 09, 2009 |
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American Indian populations experience significant nutrition-related health disparities compared to other racial and ethnic groups within the US. American Indian adults have the highest age-adjusted rates ...
Prostate cancer: Racial disparity gap narrows, men diagnosed at younger age
Aug 27, 2009 |
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The racial disparity in prostate cancer stage at diagnosis has decreased statistically significantly over time, according to a brief communication published online August 27 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Minorities have poorer results, higher rates of inappropriate surgery to prevent stroke
Aug 25, 2009 |
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Minorities have poorer results and higher rates of unnecessary surgery from a common procedure used to remove plaque from inside the carotid artery, according to a UT Southwestern Medical Center doctor who is lead author ...
Study finds survival rates from gastrointestinal tumors improving among African-Americans
Jul 14, 2009 |
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New research published in the July issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons reveals that African Americans with gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST), a rare cancer that begins in the wall of the gastrointestinal tract, ...
