Health
Despite socioeconomic gains, black-white 'health gap' remains
Boston pediatrician Dr. April Inniss has read the studies. She has reviewed the reports. She's spoken with colleagues. She has even done her own research.
Feb 13, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Study reports survival benefit for black men on new prostate cancer drugs
It used to be a statistical fact that African-American men fared worse than whites when battling prostate cancer.
Feb 12, 2019
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Improving pregnancy outcomes for black women
In June of 2018, tennis champion Serena Williams stunned the world by revealing the terrifying aftermath of giving birth to her daughter Olympia. With a history of blood clots, Williams was acutely aware of the post-delivery ...
Feb 7, 2019
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Health
Expert discusses why middle-class black women dread the doctor's office
The anxiety of being black, female and at the mercy of the U.S. healthcare system first hit Tina Sacks when her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. Bette Parks Sacks, then in her 50s, intuitively knew something was wrong ...
Jan 21, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
In breast-cancer prevention, race matters
African-American women at high risk of breast cancer are less likely than white women to pursue potentially life-saving preventive care, and racial disparities in health care and elsewhere are to blame, new research suggests.
Jan 14, 2019
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Health
African American men's health disparities: Research, practice, and policy implications
The burden of risk factors for chronic disease is substantially higher in black men compared with their white counterparts, including a higher prevalence of obesity and hypertension. The Center for Healthy African American ...
Oct 17, 2018
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Health
Black individuals at highest risk of legal intervention injury
(HealthDay)—Black males were at the highest risk of legal intervention injury per capita from 2005 to 2015, according to a study published online Sept. 14 in JAMA Network Open.
Sep 21, 2018
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Immunology
Lupus discovery could help manage disease in African patients
Two variants of an autoimmune disease that affects thousands but is hard to diagnose are relatively common among black Africans, research shows.
Sep 17, 2018
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Inflammatory disorders
New study provides insight into blood signatures of inflammation
A new study from Boston University Schools of Medicine (BUSM) and Public Health (BUSPH) identifies a pattern of inflammation associated with cardio-metabolic risks among participants in the Black Women's Health Study, as ...
May 8, 2018
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HIV & AIDS
Black Americans still undertreated for HIV
(HealthDay)—Although progress has been made, blacks in America are still being hit harder by HIV/AIDS, a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.
Feb 3, 2017
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