Low prevalence of HPV infection may be tied to poor prognosis for blacks with head and neck cancer

Researchers at the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer have found that head and neck cancer patients who test positive for the human papillomavirus (HPV) have much better survival rates than patients who don't have the virus, according to a new study in the journal Cancer...

Cancer Gap Between Whites, Blacks May Be Biological in Part

Disparity remains when treatment, socioeconomic factors are the same, study finds TUESDAY, July 7 (HealthDay News) -- Even when they get identical medical treatment, black Americans with breast, ovarian and prostate cancer tend to die earlier than patients of other races, a finding tha...

Doctor-Patient Talks Key to Blacks Getting Cancer Screens

Poor communication a major problem in low screening rates but one that can be fixed, study suggests MONDAY, April 20 (HealthDay News) -- Poor doctor-patient communication and not having a regular primary-care doctor may be major reasons for low colorectal cancer screening rates among b...

Networking May Aid Blacks Who Need Kidney Transplant

Survey finds that active role by patients doubled their odds of success FRIDAY, March 27 (HealthDay News) -- Social and medical networking can improve the chances that blacks who have kidney failure will acquire a new kidney, a survey has found. "Research overwhelmingly indicates ...

Study quantifies racial disparities in cancer mortality rates between blacks and whites

African Americans have a shorter life expectancy than whites, and cancer plays a major role in this disparity. African Americans are more prone to get cancer; they tend to present at a later, deadlier stage; and they have poorer survival rates after diagnosis. But to what extent are each of ...

High Rate of Early Heart Failure Seen in Blacks

Biggest risk factors were hypertension, obesity, study found WEDNESDAY, March 18 (HealthDay News) -- Blacks tend to develop heart failure 20 years earlier than whites, a long-running study shows. "What we found is that [early] heart failure occurs almost exclusively among blacks, an...

Church-Based Weight Plan Peels Off Pounds for Blacks

Members dropped 5% of body weight and sustained it for 6 months, study finds TUESDAY, March 10 (HealthDay News) -- A 12-week church-based weight loss program helped many overweight/obese blacks lose 5 percent or more of their body weight, and most of them maintained their weight loss f...

New study finds blacks still lag in obtaining total knee replacements for arthritis

ATLANTA, Feb. 19, 2009 A new study released today found blacks remain less likely than whites to undergo total knee replacement, an important intervention for reducing pain and improving physical function among those with disabling knee osteoarthritis. The study also found total knee replacements...

White patients benefit more than blacks in surviving surgical complications at teaching hospitals

Elderly patients who undergo surgery at teaching-intensive hospitals have better survival rates than at nonteaching hospitals, but these better survival rates apparently occur in white patients, not black patients. "We found an advantage in surgical outcomes for patients in teaching-intensive ...

White Patients Benefit More Than Blacks in Surviving Surgical Complications at Teaching Hospitals

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Elderly patients who undergo surgery at teaching-intensive hospitals have better survival rates than at nonteaching hospitals, but these better survival rates apparently occur in white patients, not black patients. "We found an advantag...

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Blacks in Medical Technology

New Data Shows AZOR(R) (amlodipine and olmesartan medoxomil) Significantly Improves 24-Hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure

... also showed large mean 24-hour ambulatory BP reductions in patients with hypertension from two groups with elevated risk for developing hypertension, blacks (20.7/11 mm Hg) and patients with type 2 diabetes (21.5/12.6 mm Hg). AZTEC was the first time researchers have analyzed the effect of AZOR on 24-...

Uncontrolled Blood Pressure Highest Among Hispanics, Prompting New Hypertension Project in Miami

...on, only about half (49.8%) are aware of their condition and are less likely to have their hypertension under control (17.3%) compared to non-Hispanic blacks (29.8%) and non-Hispanic whites (29.8%) with high blood pressure. While hypertension rates are lower among Mexican Americans, research from the Insti...

Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association Rapid Access Reports: Hispanics' Hypertension Better Controlled With Equal Access to Care

...cent of Hispanic whites and 69 percent of Hispanic blacks compared to 67 percent of non-Hispanic whites and ...king and existing cardiovascular disease. Hispanic blacks had similar odds of achieving blood pressure control; however, non-Hispanic blacks had 27 percent lower odds of achieving blood press...

Blacks in Medical Dictionary

Systemic sclerosis

...uvenile systemic sclerosis (JSSc) is a rare connective tissue disease ... In the United States, adult systemic sclerosis is more common in blacks than in ... Systemic sclerosis . Authoritative facts about the skin from the New Zealand Dermatological Society. ... is usually the first s...

Melanin

...ed, While Not Realizing Their True Beauty. It Why are most dark-skinned blacks protected from harmful UV rays? Because compared to whites, blacks possess more melanin , the pigment that gives skin its color. While ...

Blacks in Biological News

Known genetic risk for Alzheimer's in whites also places blacks at risk

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- A commonly recognized gene that places one at risk for Alzheimer's disease does not discriminate between blacks and whites, according to new research led by Florida State University. FSU Psychology Professor Natalie Sachs-Ericsson and graduate student Kathryn Sawyer have fo...

System that regulates blood pressure is amiss in some healthy, young blacks

AUGUSTA, Ga. When stress increases blood pressure, a natural mechanism designed to bring it down by excreting more salt in the urine doesn't work well in about one-third of healthy, black adolescents, researchers report. They hope the finding, which is being presented May 8 at the American Soc...

Risk of common vaginal infection linked to preterm birth appears higher for blacks

BOSTON, Aug. 11 Risk of a common vaginal infection linked to preterm birth appears to escalate when even one partner is African-American, according to a University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine study presented today at the 34th annual meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society for Obstetrics a...

Research shows rates of severe childhood obesity have tripled

...04. Based on the data, there are 2.7 million children in the U.S. who are considered severely obese. Increases in severe obesity were highest among blacks and Mexican-Americans and among those below the poverty level. For example, the percentage of Mexican-American children in the severely obese category...

Pre-pregnancy depressed mood may heighten risk for premature birth

...ncy depressive mood appears to be a risk factor in preterm birth among both blacks and whites. Black women, however, have nearly two times the odds of havin...tudies health disparities. She believes the higher preterm birth rate among blacks may be the result of declining health over time among black women. For th...

Agent Orange exposure increases veterans' risk of aggressive recurrence of prostate cancer

...nts as well as longer follow up on many of the original study patients. As with the previous study, prostate cancer seemed to have a similar course in blacks and whites, but Agent Orange exposure was more common in blacks, who were more likely to be ground troops in Vietnam. Plenty of questions remain, ...

American Association for Cancer Research hosts Science of Health Care Disparities Meeting

...ss campaigns Methods to increase enrollment in clinical trials among minority patients Why the Barbershop technique may increase awareness among blacks How many minorities are foregoing health care because of the cost? Are rural patients less likely to be screened for cancer? Genetic polymorp...

Sweetened beverage consumption increases in the US

...g race/ethnicity groups, the percentage of sugar-sweetened beverage drinkers and per capita consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages was highest among blacks followed by Mexican Americans. Overweight/obese adults who were trying to lose weight were less likely to drink sugar-sweetened beverages compared to ...

Blood pressure response to daily stress provides clues for better hypertension treatment

...llion Americans 1 in 3 are hypertensive, according to the NHLBI. Studies will explore fundamentals such as why about 30 percent of young healthy blacks and 15 percent of whites can't effectively excrete sodium, a problem that raises blood pressure by increasing the body's fluid volume. "We think there...

Statistical tool could explain gene study variations

... For instance, a study looking at a population of blacks from Augusta and blacks from Chicago wouldn't necessarily take into accoun...nce in subpopulations, he says. "Some groups of blacks could have different degrees of ancestry from diff...

Blacks in Biological Technology

Winslow Sargeant: Stepping onto the train called Wisconsin - Part 2

...rthur Garrity, Jr. ordered massive busing throughout the city of Boston as a supposed solution to the fact of racial segregation. Fierce riots between blacks and whites ensued, and Winslow and his siblings were caught in the crossfire. It was a tough time, he said. Youre riding a bus and you have pol...

Blacks in Biological Dictionary

True-breeding

... a true breeding strain crosses of two individuals from the same strain (or of ... Calling them true - breeding bays or even homozygous blacks can be confusing ... " True Breeding Bays" aka Non-Chestnut Carriers. Linamix, Wekiva Springs ... ... also result in true - breeding strains o...