http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (HealthDay)—Both sickle cell disease and the condition known as sickle cell trait are genetic blood diseases: You're born with one or the other because of the genes inherited from your parents. Beyond that, the two conditions vary considerably. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-sickle-cell-disease-trait.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 28 Dec 2012 14:29:42 EST news275927376 Six weeks of weight training can significantly improve blood markers of cardiovascular health in young African-American men, researchers report in the Journal of Human Hypertension. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-strength-vascular-function-young-black.html Cardiology Fri, 21 Dec 2012 12:55:11 EST news275316901 Mental health experts from Meharry Medical College School of Medicine have released the first comprehensive report on the correlation between the incarceration of African American males and substance abuse and other health problems in the United States. Published in Frontiers in Psychology on the 12th of November, the report looks at decades of data concerning the African American population rates of incarceration and subsequent health issues. The authors conclude that the moral and economic costs of current racial disparities in the judicial system are fundamentally avoidable, especially if more resources are spent on education and treatment. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-systematic-incarceration-african-american-males.html Psychology & Psychiatry Sun, 11 Nov 2012 18:00:01 EST news271871305