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New Risk Score Could Lead to Earlier Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes in African AmericansResearchers have developed a risk assessment scoring system that they believe may better identify certain adults – especially African Americans – at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes, heart disease and stroke than does the current system of diagnosing the metabolic syndrome. |
Embargo expired: 6/18/2013 12:15 PM EDT
Released: 6/15/2013 5:30 PM EDT
Endocrine Society |
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Age-Related Smelling Loss Significantly Worse in African-Americans
The ability to distinguish odors declines with age. A study shows that African-Americans have a greater decrease than Caucasians. This has serious consequences. Olfactory loss often leads to impaired nutrition. It can be an early warning sign of neurodegenerative diseases, and can predict death. |
Released: 6/12/2013 5:25 PM EDT
University of Chicago Medical Center |
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Predominately Black Hospitals Provide Poorer Trauma CareVictims of trauma are at higher risk of either dying or suffering a major complication if they are treated at a hospital that serves a large population of black patients, finds a new study in Health Services Research. |
Released: 6/12/2013 9:00 AM EDT
Health Behavior News Service |
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Breast Cancer Treatments Delayed for Black and Rural WomenBlack women with breast cancer are more likely than Hispanic or white women to experience delays in the initiation of chemotherapy or radiation after surgery, finds a new study in Health Services Research. |
Released: 6/12/2013 9:00 AM EDT
Health Behavior News Service |
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Conservatives More Likely than Liberals to Identify Mixed-Race Individuals as BlackConservatives are more likely than liberals to identify mixed-race individuals as Black, according to a series of new studies by researchers at NYU. Their findings, which appear in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, suggest that there is a link between political ideology and racial categorization. |
Released: 6/6/2013 12:15 PM EDT
New York University |
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New Study Looks at Discrimination African-American Adolescents Face in Schools
Nearly 60 years after the Supreme Court outlawed racial segregation in public schools, African-American adolescents of all socioeconomic backgrounds continue to face instances of racial discrimination in the classroom. A new study sheds light on that and points to the need for students of color to rely on personal and cultural assets to succeed academically. |
Released: 6/6/2013 11:50 AM EDT
Washington University in St. Louis |
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Genetic Marker Enables Better Prediction of Warfarin Dose in Patients of African AncestryA newfound genetic marker promises to better predict warfarin dose in African-Americans, according to a study published online today in The Lancet. |
Embargo expired: 6/4/2013 6:30 PM EDT
Released: 6/3/2013 10:00 AM EDT
University of Alabama at Birmingham |
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Research Teams Find Genetic Variant That Could Improve Warfarin Dosing in African-AmericansIn the first GWAS to focus on warfarin dose requirement in African-Americans, researchers have identified a common genetic variation that can help physicians estimate the correct dose of the widely used blood-thinning drug warfarin. |
Embargo expired: 6/4/2013 6:30 PM EDT
Released: 6/3/2013 12:40 PM EDT
University of Chicago Medical Center |
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Despite Living Closer to Better Hospitals, Black Patients Still Go to Lower-Quality Hospitals for Surgery
New study from University of Michigan Health System shows black patients in most segregated areas more likely to receive surgery at low-quality hospitals |
Released: 6/3/2013 4:15 PM EDT
University of Michigan Health System |
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Minority Children Drink More Sugary Fruit Juice Than Their White Peers
While there has been a steep decline in kids’ consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages in California, African-American and Latino children may be replacing soda with 100 percent fruit juice while their white peers are not, according to a new study from UC San Francisco. |
Released: 5/30/2013 3:00 PM EDT
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) |