The surgical management of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in U.S. hospitals varies widely depending on the race of the patient, according to a new study.
Study shows potential impact of neighborhood environment on residents’ body fat.
Strokes rates are high among African Americans, but concerns about medical cost, ambulance response time and unfamiliarity with the need for prompt hospital care impacted whether they called 9-1-1 immediately.
While the percentage of kidney transplants involving live donors has remained stable for other minority populations, African Americans have seen a decline in live donors even as more of them receive kidney transplants, according to a study by Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.
Research by a former college and pro athlete found that black student athletes have a complex relationship with sport culture and academics, which may lead to lowered academic performance and degree completion.
When the eye cancer retinoblastoma is diagnosed in racial and ethnic minority children whose families don’t have private health insurance, it often takes a more invasive course than in other children, probably because of delays in diagnosis, according to researchers at Dana-Farber/Children’s Hospital Cancer Center in Boston.
Even within the same school, lower-achieving students often are taught by less-experienced teachers, as well as by teachers who received their degrees from less-competitive colleges, according to a new study.
Health disparities between white and black adults in the South are not connected to a lack of exercise but more likely related to other factors such as access to health care, socioeconomic status and perhaps genetics, according to a Vanderbilt study published in the journal PLoS ONE.
Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center and colleagues analyzed national data to investigate the differences in cancer prevention beliefs by race and ethnicity. They found that minorities, including blacks, Asians and Hispanics, have differing beliefs about cancer prevention and feel they are less likely to get cancer than did whites. The researchers concluded that more culturally relevant information about cancer prevention and risk needs to reach minority populations.
A study analyzing the impact of the Delaware Cancer Consortium, the state's cancer control program, reports a 41 percent reduction in colorectal mortality rates for African Americans. The study, published April 15 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, provides analysis on a novel design and approach used to eliminate colorectal cancer disparities for the first time by a state cancer control program.
Researchers at Mayo Clinic in Florida participated in a nationwide study that found minor differences between genes that contribute to late-onset Alzheimer’s disease in African-Americans and in Caucasians.
• There is substantial regional variation in the magnitude of racial differences in end-of-life care among US adults with kidney failure. • Black-white differences in dialysis discontinuation and hospice referral are most pronounced in regions with the highest levels of end-of-life spending.
Speaking at a disparities symposium at the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting, Christine Ambrosone, PhD, noted that breastfeeding, vitamin D may help to reduce cancer risk among African-American women.
Beyond good test scores and high school grades, a new study finds one key factor that helps predict if a young black man will succeed at a predominantly white university.
Homicide is, far and away, the leading cause of death in young black men (ages 15 to 24), surpassing unintentional injuries, suicide, cancer, HIV and other diseases combined. In contrast, the leading cause of death among young non-black men and women of all races and ethnicities is automobile accidents.
University of Alabama at Birmingham professors pens a book that examines black conservatism.
The need for professional care of African-American children with autism can go unmet. Some of the disparity could stem from cultural differences in parental perceptions of behavior, says autism expert Margaret C. Souders, PhD, RN, assistant professor of human genetics at Penn Nursing.
• Among dialysis patients, Hispanics tend to live the longer than Blacks, who in turn live longer than whites. • Determining the reasons for these racial and ethnic disparities may be important for improving care. As of 2010, there were approximately 410,000 dialysis patients in the United States.
• A study of kidney failure patients found that fewer patients in large-metro and rural counties received kidney specialist care before developing kidney failure than patients in medium/small-metro counties. • In all geographic areas, black patients received less care before developing kidney failure than their white counterparts. More than 590,000 Americans in 2010 were treated for kidney failure; more than 20 million Americans had some level of chronic kidney disease.
A pair of studies tells the tale of how a neuroscientist at Mayo Clinic in Florida helped to discover the first African-American family to have inherited the rare movement disorder dystonia, which causes repetitive muscle contractions and twisting, resulting in abnormal posture.
New research shows the dramatic gap in household wealth that now exists along racial lines in the United States cannot solely be attributed to personal ambition and behavioral choices, but rather reflects policies and institutional practices that create different opportunities for whites and African-Americans.
In a study using mathematical axioms, a group of researchers led by Ge Wang, adjunct professor of biomedical engineering at Virginia Tech, has refuted a study that reports on possible racial bias in NIH review process of funding proposals.
• African Americans and individuals without private health insurance are less likely to receive a kidney transplant before needing dialysis. • Geographic region is not a major factor in determining whether a patient receives a kidney transplant before starting dialysis.
African-American and Hispanic students may be less likely than non-Hispanic white students to hold a job during the school year, but when they do, they tend to work somewhat longer hours and seem less likely to see their grades suffer than non-Hispanic white students with jobs, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association.
• Residence in areas with higher average household income was linked with improved survival in kidney failure patients. • In White patients, income inequality was associated with mortality. • In Black patients exclusively, residence in highly segregated areas was associated with increased mortality. More than 590,000 Americans in 2010 were treated for kidney failure.
Gettysburg College Africana Studies and History Prof. considers African Americans' struggles and progress over the past 150 years, including the promises and hopes of Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr.
Significant health disparity could be fatal for thousands of people.
The study, recently published online in Health Education Research, is the first to look at the role of Hmong patriarchal and family influences on women’s breast and cervical cancer screening. It is also one of the only studies conducted with Oregon’s Hmong population.
Northern patients paid more, adhered more to key Part D drugs in first two years of the option says School of Pharmacy.
Roughly half of all black and Hispanic patients who enter publicly funded alcohol treatment programs do not complete treatment, compared to 62 percent of white patients, according to a new study from a team of researchers including the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Comparable disparities were also identified for drug treatment program completion rates.
While minority populations are rising throughout the country, enrollment by minority students in the nation's medical schools has stagnated. Further, some data show that non-white students face a greater likelihood of academic withdrawal or dismissal, or graduate without passing key exams on their first try. Why is this happening? That question is at the crux of a new study that analyzes the successes of the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine’s program to address the lack of diversity among health care professionals nationwide, particularly as minorities make up an increasing share of the U.S. population.
The ongoing REGARDS study finds that a 10-millimeter difference in blood pressure can make blacks three times more likely than whites to have a stroke.
Hair care and maintenance issues are primary factors that deter African-American women from exercising, a major health concern for a group that has the highest rates of overweight or obesity in the country.
African American women with early stage, invasive breast cancer were 12 percent less likely than Caucasian women with the same diagnosis to receive a minimally invasive technique, axillary sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy, years after the procedure had become the standard of surgical practice, according to research from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
• Data from 2002 to 2007 show a consistent disparity. • Black women were 12 percent less likely to receive newer surgical practice. • More efforts are needed to widely implement improved techniques.
Genetic changes that protected their ancestors against fly-borne parasites may partly explain why African-Americans with lupus are up to five times more likely to develop end-stage kidney disease than those of European descent.
According to research presented this week at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. differences by income and geographic region may prevent Medicare recipients with rheumatoid arthritis from receiving the latest RA treatments.
Race and ethnicity, along with gender, are important factors in determining both short-term and lifetime risk of developing symptomatic knee osteoarthritis, according to new research findings presented this week at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.
Black men and women have twice the risk of fatal coronary heart disease as whites, but the disparity could be eliminated with better risk factor control.
Hispanics and Latinos living in the U.S. are highly likely to have several major cardiovascular disease risk factors, such as high cholesterol, high blood pressure, obesity, diabetes, and smoking, according to a new, large-scale study.
• Breast cancer survival is known to differ across racial/ethnic groups. • More education, better neighborhood socioeconomic status improved survival rates.
• ER- and PR-negative tumors were more common among black and Hispanic patients. • Non-Hispanic black and Hispanic patients lived in more disadvantaged areas. • Socioeconomic disadvantage accounted for half of the racial/ethnic disparity.
• Discussions of cancer clinical trials with black patients were shorter in length. • These data may explain under-enrollment of black patients in cancer clinical trials.
• Disadvantaged neighborhoods of Chicago less likely to have nearby mammography clinic. • Findings may partially explain socioeconomic disparities in cancer severity.
• Associations found for BMI and waist-to-hip ratio. • Weight affected overall and breast cancer-specific mortality.
• Breast tumor aggressiveness increased receipt of chemotherapy, decreased adjuvant radiation utilization. • Adjuvant radiation still under-recommended. • Receiving chemotherapy decreased likelihood of radiation.
• Caregivers may delay seeking care if they are illegal immigrants. • Language was a barrier to caregivers fully understanding treatment risks. • Clinical trial consent process may not be adequate for Spanish-speaking caregivers.
• Risk was 48 percent greater relative to white women during first three years. • Increased risk varies by tumor subtype.
• In adjusted analyses, findings persisted for Asian survivors only. • Poor communication may contribute to poor ratings for follow-up care.
• Certain genetic variations exist only in African-Americans. • Some of these variations led to higher colorectal cancer risk. • One variant was linked to decreased risk for cancer of the left side of the colon.
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