http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Pain is an undeniable focal point for patients with sickle cell disease but it's not the best focus for drug development, says one of the dying breed of physicians specializing in the condition. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-anti-sickling-therapies-focus-sickle-cell.html Medical research Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:29:43 EST news285427777 A new study reveals that black Americans display lower levels of vitamin D and greater pain sensitivity compared to white Americans. Findings published in Arthritis & Rheumatism, a journal of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR), indicate that vitamin D deficiency may be one of many factors that account for increased pain in older black Americans with knee osteoarthritis (OA). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-lack-vitamin-d-contributes-pain.html Arthritis & Rheumatism Wed, 07 Nov 2012 00:00:01 EST news271440745 Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have been part of a multicenter observational study called TRACS (Transthyretin Amyloidosis Cardiac Study) to help determine the health significance of a particular gene mutation which is commonly found in Black Americans. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-busm-multi-center-cardiac-amyloidosis.html Cardiology Mon, 13 Aug 2012 14:38:12 EST news264087482 (HealthDay) -- Black teenagers in the United States have become much less sexually active over the past two decades, and those who do have sex appear to be more likely to use condoms, a new survey has found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-survey-big-sexual-black-teens.html Health Tue, 24 Jul 2012 10:20:01 EST news262342421 A Wayne State University School of Medicine study has found that an overwhelming majority of African-American patients with hypertension also suffered hidden heart disease caused by high blood pressure even though they displayed no symptoms. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-blacks-high-blood-pressure-early.html Cardiology Thu, 07 Jun 2012 17:00:32 EST news258305801 For black American adults, perceived racism may cause mental health symptoms similar to trauma and could lead to some physical health disparities between blacks and other populations in the United States, according to a new study published by the American Psychological Association. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-racism-impact-black-americans-mental.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:42:26 EST news240662538 The percentage of Americans who are overweight or obese fell slightly in the third quarter of this year, but they still make up a majority of the population, a Gallup poll showed Friday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-obesity-america.html Health Fri, 07 Oct 2011 16:26:32 EST news237223584 Health disparities between black Americans and the rest of the nation have been well-documented in medical journals. But one study shows that blacks who identify as members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church actually report a better quality of life than the average American. Researchers point to certain lifestyle behaviors as a possible explanation for the difference. The research was conducted at Loma Linda University as part of the Adventist Religion and Health Study (ARHS), a study of nearly 11,000 Adventists, including more than 3,400 black Adventists. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-black-members-adventist-church-defy.html Health Mon, 27 Jun 2011 16:57:22 EST news228412629 Whites believe that they are replacing blacks as the primary victims of racial discrimination in contemporary America, according to a new study from researchers at Tufts University's School of Arts and Sciences and Harvard Business School. The findings, say the authors, show that America has not achieved the "post-racial" society that some predicted in the wake of Barack Obama's election. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-whites-victims-racism-blacks.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 23 May 2011 11:40:03 EST news225368696