http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Black patients are more likely to have surgery performed at low-quality hospitals even though they frequently live closer to better facilities than white patients. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-closer-hospitals-black-patients-lower-quality.html Health Mon, 03 Jun 2013 18:00:56 EST news289501250 Race and geographic area play important roles in determining whether a patient with chronic kidney disease (CKD) receives optimal care before developing kidney failure, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (CJASN). The findings suggest that policies aimed at eliminating disparities in kidney care must take these factors into account. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-geographic-affect-patients-kidney-disease.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 14 Mar 2013 17:00:03 EST news282498177 A research study of more than 600 black patients with uncontrolled hypertension found that less than half were prescribed a diuretic drug with proven benefit that costs just pennies a day, report researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College and the Visiting Nurse Service of New York's (VNSNY) Center for Home Care Policy and Research. The researchers say these new findings should be taken as a serious wake-up call for physicians who treat black patients with hypertension. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-black-patients-hypertension-diuretics.html Cardiology Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:59:27 EST news278096353 Among patients with the most common form of kidney cancer, whites consistently have a survival advantage over blacks, regardless of patient and tumor characteristics or surgical treatment. That is the conclusion of a new study published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society. The study's results suggest that additional efforts are needed to prolong the survival of all patients with kidney cancer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-black-patients-kidney-cancer-poorer.html Cancer Mon, 12 Nov 2012 00:00:01 EST news271871582 A study comparing how physicians discuss clinical trials during clinical interactions with black patients versus white patients further confirms racial disparities in the quality of communication between physicians and patients. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-black-patients-clinical-trial-white.html Cancer Mon, 29 Oct 2012 02:50:01 EST news270697349 Older black patients are three times more likely than older white patients to suffer poorer outcomes after surgery, including death, when cared for by nurses with higher workloads, reports research from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. The large-scale study showed higher nurse workloads negatively affected older surgical patients generally and that the rate was more significant in older black individuals. When the patient-to-nurse ratio increased above 5:1, the odds of patient death increased by 3 percent per additional patient among whites and by 10 percent per additional patient among blacks. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-nursing-workloads-likelihood-death-black.html Health Tue, 16 Oct 2012 13:51:51 EST news269614256 Black cardiac arrest victims who are stricken outside hospitals are less likely to receive bystander CPR and defibrillation on the scene than white patients, according to research that will be presented by a research team from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania today at the annual meeting of Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. The researchers also found that black patients' hearts were much less likely to have been restarted by the time they arrived at the hospital – a key indicator for whether cardiac arrest victims ultimately survive. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-black-cardiac-victims-apt-cpr.html Cardiology Sat, 12 May 2012 05:33:15 EST news256019590 A new analysis has found that Hispanic lung cancer patients seem to live longer than white or black patients. Published early online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study suggests that, as with several other types of cancer, certain yet-to-be-defined genetic and/or environmental factors put Hispanic patients at a survival advantage. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-hispanic-lung-cancer-patients-tend.html Cancer Mon, 23 Apr 2012 04:04:14 EST news254372647 (HealthDay) -- Black patients with hypertension face a significantly increased risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD) compared with nonblack patients, even after adjusting for multiple confounding variables, according to a study published in the April issue of Heart Rhythm. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-sudden-cardiac-death-black-patients.html Cardiology Fri, 13 Apr 2012 04:40:52 EST news253510843 Black senior citizens who need surgery for the intestinal disorder diverticulitis are significantly more likely to die in the hospital than their equally ill white counterparts, even when each racial group carries the same health insurance, new Johns Hopkins research suggests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-black-elderly-whites-die-intestinal.html Other Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:00:03 EST news241101965 Even though overall black patients have a lower risk of death while receiving dialysis than white patients, this applies primarily to older adults, as black patients younger than 50 years of age have a significantly higher risk of death, according to a study in the August 10 issue of JAMA. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-younger-black-patients-dialysis-higher.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 09 Aug 2011 16:00:06 EST news232118346 Black patients having a heart attack wait longer at hospitals than white patients to get advanced procedures that will restore blood flow to their hearts, according to a University of Michigan Health System study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-black-heart-patients-longer-advanced.html Cardiology Mon, 20 Jun 2011 10:33:51 EST news227784801 (Medical Xpress) -- Despite studies that show that whites are more likely than blacks to misuse prescription pain medications, a new study reveals that blacks are significantly more likely than whites to be checked for potential drug abuse. The study appears in Annals of Family Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-black-patients-prescription-drug-abuse.html Health Tue, 10 May 2011 08:11:41 EST news224233747