http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (Medical Xpress)—Some racial groups are more likely to bear the brunt of extreme heat waves because of where they live, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-racial-minorities-front-lines.html Health Tue, 14 May 2013 08:10:01 EST news287736937 Complex socioeconomic and residential factors may account for differences in survival between Black and White kidney failure patients, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN). The findings could help researchers design interventions to prolong patients' lives. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-factors-linked-survival-differences-black.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 17 Jan 2013 17:00:03 EST news277661396 Lung cancer mortality appears to be higher in black persons and highest in blacks living in the most segregated counties in the United States, regardless of socioeconomic status, according to a report published in the January issue of JAMA Surgery, a JAMA Network publication. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-lung-cancer-mortality-highest-black.html Cancer Wed, 16 Jan 2013 16:00:06 EST news277573345 Moving from a high-poverty to lower-poverty neighborhood spurs long-term gains in the physical and mental health of low-income adults, as well as a substantial increase in their happiness, despite not improving economic self-sufficiency, according to a new study published in the Sept. 20 issue of Science by researchers at the University of Chicago and partners at other institutions. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-impoverished-neighborhoods-boosts-physical-mental.html Health Thu, 20 Sep 2012 14:00:01 EST news267367033