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Women's access to donated kidneys declines with age, particularly compared with men

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Younger women have equivalent access to kidney transplants compared with their male counterparts, but older women receive transplants much less frequently than older men, according to a study appearing in the March 2009 issue ...





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Closing race, poverty and gender gaps in advanced high school course-taking

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...


Public expresses need for government intervention to reduce socio-economic disparities in health

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...


Women, blacks, Medicare recipients less likely to be evaluated for liver transplantation

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created Aug 31, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Patient race, gender and insurance status influence decisions about who will go on to receive liver transplants, according to a University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine study. Available online and published in the September ...


Confronting health disparities among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Research indicates that the social stigma that surrounds lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) teens leads to a variety of health risks such as substance use, risky sexual behaviors, eating disorders, suicidal ideation, ...


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

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Three studies presented this week at the American College of Gastroenterology's 74th Annual Scientific meeting in San Diego underscore the growing disparities in gastrointestinal disease, particularly colon cancer and Barrett's ...


Use of statins favors the wealthy, creating new social disparities in cholesterol

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created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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 ...


Pancreatic cancer affects blacks at higher rates

Pancreatic cancer affects blacks at higher rates

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Regardless of risk factors linked to pancreatic cancer, such as smoking and body mass index (BMI), blacks experienced higher rates of pancreatic cancer death than whites.


Caucasians are at higher risk of developing Ewing's sarcoma than other races

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The largest analysis of its kind has found that Caucasians are much more likely than people in other racial/ethnic groups to develop a rare bone and soft tissue cancer called Ewing's sarcoma. In addition, among Caucasians ...


Racial disparities in diabetes prevalence linked to living conditions

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...


Disparities in head and neck cancer patients

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 06, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

A new analysis finds considerable disparities in survival related to race and socio-economic status among patients with head and neck cancer. Published in the November 15, 2008 issue of Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the ...



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