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Life anticipation differences identified

...ounting for differences in life expectancy between blacks and whites. It's well known that black people live, on average, six years less than white people. And those who did not complete //high school are at a similar disadvantage compared to high school graduates. Now, for the first time, a study has ident...

Life expectancy lessened due to obesity

...evere obesity did indicate increased YLL. However, blacks at younger ages with severe levels of obesity had a maximum YLL of 20 for men and five for women. The researchers added that among blacks, the pattern of findings suggests that overweight and obesity may not decrease life expectancy until a BMI of a...

Obesity risk can be reduced by eating breakfast regularly

...icipants, 47 per cent of whites and 22 per cent of blacks reported that they had breakfast daily. Lead researcher Mark Pereira said that eating breakfast may have a beneficial effect on appetite, insulin resistance and energy metabolism as filling the stomach in the morning might help people control their h...

AIDS vaccine falls short but shows some promise

... will examine more closely why it worked better in blacks and Asians than whites and Hispanics, according to The Associated Press.Researchers have started comparing the blood serum of those who were protected by the vaccine with those who weren't to try to find out what happened in the body to protect them....

Teens' vitamin D deficiency an epidemic

...e especially prone to vitamin D deficiency, as are blacks and other dark-skinned ethnic groups whose pigmented skin doesn't absorb sunlight as easily as whites. Ironically, so are kids who follow the advice of moms and doctors to slather on sunscreen to avoid skin cancer, because it can block the absorptio...

The Cause Of Visual Problems Different From Race To Race

...searchers say , the leading cause of blindness for blacks and whites is not the same.Their study shows macular degeneration // is the leading cause of blindness for whites, while cataracts and glaucoma are the leading causes of blindness for blacks. More than 50 percent of the white patients studied lost t...

The Size Of The Heart Does Matter

...considered a good thing, however a new study finds blacks with high blood pressure are significantly more li...troke. Results from a study involving about 1,000 blacks and 580 whites showed that all had high blood pressure. Compared to whites, blacks were nearly twice...

Understanding The Risks Of Hormone Therapy

...sk for VT increases with age and is higher in men, blacks and obese individuals. Postmenopausal hormone therapy is associated with a two- to three-fold increased risk of VT. Researchers studied 16,608 postmenopausal women between ages 50 and 79 years. Participants were randomly assigned to an estrogen dru...

FDA gives “black box warning” against three asthma drus

...results should not give misleading conception that blacks should not take the drug. These studies give a clear warning to the consumers about the drug. The pharmaceutical companies should give clear indications about the test results in a clearly understandable way by tabulating and by graphs. Asthma patie...

New Vaccine Found To Be Effective In Reducing Childhood Pneumonia

... (pneumonia or meningitis) decreased among both // blacks and whites. In 2002, 14,730 fewer cases occurred among whites and 8,780 fewer cases occurred among blacks compared with the average number in two prevaccine years, 1998 and 1999. Before the introduction of ...

A Drop a day Can Keep Glaucoma At Bay

... blindness in the black community, and as a group, blacks are three-times more likely than whites to develop...eveloped glaucoma. Thus investigators stress that blacks over age 40 should get a comprehensive dilated eye exam at least once every two years to determine g...

Women and Black Patients have less chances to survive a Heart Attack

...vival between male and female patients, whites and blacks in the // USA. In one of the largest national studies on this topic in the US, the researchers have shown that the ‘use of clinically recommended treatments’ - such as aspirin, beta-blockers and reperfusion therapy , were lower in women and ...

Children Of Smokers Start Smoking Early

...re likely to have begun regular smoking by 21 than blacks (35 percent) and Asian Americans (24 percent). However, Indians (54 percent) were the group most likely to have begun daily smoking by age 21. Smoking rates predictably increased, as the individuals got older. Just a little more than 2 percent had s...

Blacks decline Lung cancer surgery

...than the white colored//. The study found that the blacks were misinformed about the effects of lung cancer ...g blacks. Researchers compared the rates at which blacks and whites were offered and accepted surgery for stages I and II non-small cell lung cancer. Of the ...

Selenium linked to osteoarthritis

... his colleagues in 4,400 volunteers involving both blacks and whites and the study results were reported in the Annual meeting of the American College of Rheumatology. The researchers found that addition of additional tenth of a ppm (parts per million) of selenium in study volunteers the risk of knee osteoa...

Study Says Vitamin D Is Good For Lungs

...with age. Vitamin D also was lower in non-Hispanic blacks and Mexican-Americans, compared with non-Hispanic whites, and it was lower in participants smoking more than 20 cigarettes a day compared with non-smokers. "Chronic lung conditions compromise quality of life for millions of people in the United Sta...

Fewer Blacks Undergo Lung Cancer Surgery

... number of cancer deaths. The healthcare gap where blacks are concerned needs to be addressed. Both whites and blacks have equal access to lifesaving surgeries in the country, according to researcher Christopher Lathan...

HIV/AIDS Awareness Info through Barber Shops, Salons

... community outreach for AIDS, Delaware, to provide blacks with HIV/AIDS information—aims to increase awareness of HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases, encourage safer sexual behavior such as condom use to prevent HIV transmission, encourage HIV testing, and promote discussion of the epidemic. Hawkin...

Aspirin, Not Used By African Americans And Diabetics To Prevent Heat Problems

...year high-risk profile. However, the percentage of blacks (13%) using aspirin was very less when compared to those of the whites (20%). The use of aspirin from 1997 and 1998 and 2002 and 2003 doubled (from 17 percent to 32 percent). This is in case of people who are not suffering from coronary heart disea...

Gene alteration observed in children turning into adults

...f factors negatively influencing blood pressure in blacks can be identified, it could contribute to solving health disparities such as blacks tending to have higher rates of hypertension that start at a younger age. This research could signif...

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