A University at Buffalo study has found that over the past two decades, more Black men have been dying from obstructive sleep apnea than have white people or Black females. Their death from sleep apnea has continued to rise, ...
May 3, 2022
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday released proposed rules—first announced a year ago—to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars.
Apr 28, 2022
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The rate of multiple sclerosis (MS) cases varies greatly by race and ethnicity. A new study suggests that the prevalence of MS in Black and white people is similarly high, while much lower in Hispanic and Asian people. The ...
Apr 27, 2022
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Structured aerobic exercise training over 12 weeks improves blood vessel function in people with stage 3 and 4 chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to a new study by physiologists at Emory University School of Medicine ...
Apr 21, 2022
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Men are more likely than women to be offered surgery to ease carpal tunnel syndrome, but a small new study from one hospital suggests that gender may have nothing to do with the disparity.
Mar 24, 2022
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(HealthDay)—The overall Black-White disparities are narrowing in cancer incidence but persist in cancer mortality, according to a report published online Feb. 10 in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians.
Feb 10, 2022
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Prostate cancer is the second deadliest cancer in men in the United States. The incidence of prostate cancer in Black men is nearly 60% greater than the incidence in white men. The mortality rate for prostate cancer in Black ...
Jan 13, 2022
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UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers leading a meta-analysis of seven randomized trials found an "unexpected result": Although Black men appeared to have more aggressive disease when they enrolled in clinical ...
Dec 29, 2021
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Use of antiretroviral treatments to prevent HIV infection—called pre-exposure prophylaxis or PrEP—is very low among high-risk populations with poor access to HIV care, especially Black men in the South who have sex with ...
Dec 3, 2021
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Black, Hispanic, and Asian men whose results on a common prostate cancer screening test indicated a need for additional testing were less likely than their white counterparts to receive an increasingly used follow-up test ...
Nov 8, 2021
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