New research provides insights on the potential causes of racial disparities in deaths following prostate cancer surgery. The findings are published early online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society ...
Sep 8, 2020
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More than two years into the pandemic, multiple analyses of federal, state and local data show that people of color were, and continue to be, disproportionately impacted by COVID-19.
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Demographics and clinical factors appear to be associated with survival in patients with Parkinson disease (PD), and the presence of dementia is associated with a significant increase in mortality, according to a report in ...
Jan 2, 2012
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A new study by researchers at the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at UConn has found that although people of all races and genders are stigmatized for being overweight, there are differences in how particular groups ...
Jun 9, 2017
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Colorectal cancer incidence and mortality rates in California have decreased markedly for men and women in all major racial-ethnic groups since 1990, except for Hispanic men.
Aug 12, 2016
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(HealthDay)—Even though Hispanics in the United States become infected with HIV at rates triple those of whites, less than half of Hispanics with the virus are receiving adequate treatment, a new report finds.
Oct 9, 2014
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(HealthDay)—Some progress has been made in the U.S. fight against HIV, with new infections falling among white gay and bisexual men over the past decade. But their Black and Hispanic counterparts did not see that advance, ...
Dec 1, 2021
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Older Black and Hispanic patients with advanced cancer are less likely than white patients to receive opioid medications for pain relief in the last weeks of life, according to a study led by investigators at Harvard-affiliated ...
Jan 18, 2023
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Baltimore's health department is taking a unique approach to fighting HIV.
Jan 17, 2015
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For Medicare beneficiaries with advanced prostate cancer (PCa), receipt of novel hormonal therapy (NHT) agents varies with race, according to a study published online Dec. 1 in JAMA Network Open.
Dec 31, 2023
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