MyBlack^® Health

• International Association Of Black Professional Fire Fighters Preparing To Launch “No Child Left Alone” Fire Safety And Awareness Campaign
• African Ancestry, Breast Cancer Linked
• ESRD More Likely Than Early Death for Black Kidney Patients
• African Americans at risk of skin cancer from sun exposure
• CDC Report: AIDS Is A Black – And Poor – Disease
• Blacks Face Bone Marrow Donor Shortage
• Lawmakers: Extend Medicaid Subsidies To Help African-American Seniors
• Surgeon general addresses black health
• Barriers leave blacks vulnerable to cancer
• Melanoma increasing among Hispanic men, black women in Florida
• Recession Intensifies Health Disparities for Black Arizona Seniors
• HIV/AIDS activist uses social media to educate‎
• Grant to help mitigate disparities in dental care‎
• What is the Reason for HIV Among African American Women?‎
• Will Obama's AIDS Plan Reach Out to Black Women?‎
• New HIV Strategy Focuses In on Black Community
• Depression in the Black Community: Why We Don't Get Help
• Bryant Terry redefines soul food
• Using Social Media for Make Social Change
• Pulmonary Embolism Higher Among Blacks In US
• Racism a factor in infant deaths among Kane Co. blacks
• The Black community is in the midst of a mental health crisis
• Breast cancer kills more uninsured blacks
• Derek Spencer...Ten Minutes to End AIDS in Black Community
• Black Americans: Stop Using N-Word in Your Speech
• Black Smokers Undercounted, More Money Needed For Prevention
• 1st Black Woman Recognized by Arthritis Foundation as '2010 Adult Honoree'
• President Obama: Don't Turn Your Back on Africa and the Fight Against AIDS and Tuberculosis
• The Black Barbershop Health Outreach Program Launches 50 City Tour in State of California
• UC Davis study finds new predictor of heart disease in African-Americans
• Author Promotes Black Health By Any ‘Greens’ Necessary
• Healthcare reform: What will it mean for people of color?
• Study Finds Racial, Ethnic Disparities in Family-Centered Care for Kids with Special Health Needs
• Black Health Care Coalition Founder To Retire From Midwest Metro Physicians Group
• Black babies more often screened for drug exposure
• Disparities in Hypertension: Let's Get Genes Out of the Way and Talk Social Determinants
• Getting with the guidelines reduces racial disparities in MI care
• Taking Action to Diversify Clinical Cancer Research
• Women’s eNews Awarded $200,000 Kellogg Grant To Cover Black Maternal Health
• Minorities split over history, goal of abortion
• New AIDS grant reaches out to women of color
• Heart Attack Guidelines Close Racial Gaps in Hospital Care
• African Americans Experience Radically Lower Incidence of Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation Despite Having High Risk Factors
• Health Reform Makes Healthcare A Civil Right In America
• “Twoness” and the American Dream
• Why Healthcare Is Civil Right In America
• Grant helps county study black infant mortality
• New University of Maryland Initiative Aims to Eliminate Maryland Health Disparities; Pennsylvania Research Team Recruited to Open Center for Health Equity
• Impact of 2010 Election and a hung parliament on black mental health
• Screening For Kidney Disease Is Especially Important For African Americans
• Pharmaceuticals failed to warn African Americans of drug's dangers
• Inner city violence and public health issues
• U.S. To Give Caribbean Nations $100 Million To Fight AIDS
• The Black community's birth control blind spot
• Adults with sickle cell disease suffer mental impairment, study finds
• African-American women often lack access to breast cancer screenings
• Do African-Americans sunburn, and if so, how might it be possible to tell?
• Take 2 to Save 2 Aimed at Saving Lives
• The Hidden Link to Black-White Disparities in Bad Birth Outcomes
• African-American women to learn about stroke risks
• HIV Mobile Testing Unit Stops In Milwaukee
• Taking Local Action to Help African Americans with AIDS
• Ethnic Health
• Elderly blacks had higher rates of detection for adenomas, colorectal cancer
• At Front Lines, AIDS War Is Falling Apart
• African Americans, Whites, Differ in Decision-making Regarding Preferences for Cancer Pain Treatment
• Diabetes test may fail black children
• AIDS epidemic has subsided but experts say rates among African-American heterosexual women is disturbing
• Diabetes Test Results May Be Deceptive in Black Children
• African American Health Studies
• 10 Reasons Why Black People Should Not Take The HIV Tests!
• Are Mammograms Worth It for Young Black Women?
• African-American babies at risk from smoke
• How Schizophrenia Became a Black Disease
• African-American Infants At Increased Risk From Tobacco Smoke Exposure
• Racial disparities in traumatic stress in prostate cancer patients
• Study: Homicide leading cause of death among young black males
• Study focuses on lifestyle choices of Black women & girls‎
• Pay-for-Performance Could Hurt Docs Who Serve Poor, Blacks and Hispanics
• Healthy Babies cuts risks of black-infant deaths
• Definitive diabetes indicator deceptively high in African-American children
• Is Racism Behind High Infant Mortality Rates Among African-Americans?
• Professor Crafts HIV-Prevention Program for Latinas
• Racial Disparities Evident in Taking Sexual Histories in Emergency Departments
• The Psychiatric Rehabilitation of African Americans With Severe Mental Illness
• African-American infants at increased risk from tobacco smoke exposure
• Health care reform or a war on minorities?
• National and Local Leaders Honored for Bringing Stroke Awareness to African Americans at the 2010 Power Awards Concert
• Anemia tough to tackle in black children with kidney disease
• Jackson Heart Study charts health of blacks
• Faith hinders organ donations among blacks
• Blacks must wait longer to get organ transplants
• NIH awards $10 million to Rush University Medical Center to address health disparities
• Minority Children Feel Psychological Stress of Racism
• Is HIV a high priority?
• African American Children with Autism are more likely to be Misdiagnosed
• Genetics experts educate Utah's ethnic groups about health
• Be the Match encourages local black residents to unite in saving lives
• Black Kidney Transplant Patients on Rapamycin Live Longer Than White Patients
• SGIM: Surgery Among Minorities Increases as Insurance Expands
• Blacks, Hispanics urged to donate blood
• Racial disparity observed in varus and valgus thrust study of knee OA
• Program takes up fight against AIDS among young black men
• Advocacy Conference Set for African-American and Women of Color and Health and Human Services Professionals
• AIDS Programs In Africa Face Setbacks
• Why Are More Black Women Dying In Childbirth?
• Hb A1C Test Overestimates Glycaemic Burden in African Americans: Presented at AACE
• AMHN, Inc. Announces Installation Update for America's Minority Health Network
• Anemia Tougher to Tackle in Black Children With Kidney Disease
• Breast Cancer Study Shows Race Discrimination
• Maimah Karmo Receives Prestigious Congressional Black Caucus Leadership in Advocacy Award
• Diabetes in African Americans?
• Breast cancer health for African Americans topic of May 3 program
• African-Americans are twice as likely as whites to get Alzheimer's disease
• HbA1c level a poor predictor of glycemic burden in black patients
• Web Site Causes Stir Over Black Women's Herpes Rates
• Black Americans Look To Health Plan For New Hope
• UNICEF: Measles hits tens of thousands in Africa
• Black Women Wait Longer for Breast Cancer Diagnosis, Treatment
• Black Nurses Association plans scholarship brunch
• Let’s put an end to any toleration of racial/ethnic health disparities
• Health Needs to Be Priority Among African Americans
• Kidney Health Fest For African American Families Helps Educate The Community On How To Prevent And Treat Kidney Disease
• African-Americans are twice as likely as whites to develop Alzheimer's disease
• Will health care reform close the black health care gap?
• Minority health fair to offer screenings
• Report That Half Of All Black Women Have Herpes Was Inaccurate
• African-American babies and boys least likely to be adopted, study shows
• Immune-Suppressing Drug Helps Black Kidney Transplant Patients More Than Whites
• African Maternal Mortality Defies Global Trend
• Joint Center Study Finds Federal AIDS Funding Has Not Kept Pace With Spread of the Disease Among Women and African Americans
• Black Hollywood Heads to Ohio in Fight Against AIDS
• Novel Web-Based Resource Could Help Close Gap of Minority Enrollment in Clinical Trials
• Lung Cancer Rates Higher Among Blacks
• 17th annual African American community health fair
• Black Pro-Life Leaders Launch Historic Freedom Rides to Stop Abortions
• Can Black Churches Help With Cancer Awareness?
• H. Pylori increased risk for polyps, polyp size in blacks
• African American Child Terrorism
• Black Dead Baby Boys, Wake Up African Americans
• NYC's Rising Black Maternal Mortality Unexplained
• Black Health Care Coalition Hosts Health Summit
• Black men suffer more chronic pain than whites: study
• Experts Say Treatment for Sickle Cell Anemia in Africa Still Lacking
• Report finds lung cancer rates higher among blacks
• Test 1 Million Campaign visits Cincinnati
• More Black Babies Being Born With Syphilis
• African American Health & Fitness Fair
• Blacks Hit Hardest by Lung Cancer
• NAACP Trying To Raise AIDS Awareness
• Blacks, Hispanics Report More Pain and Disability with Arthritis Than Whites
• Women’s eNews Presents 2010 Black Maternal Health Media Conference
• Black Men with Chronic Pain at Higher Risk for Depression, Disability
• African Americans Disproportionately Affected by Lung Cancer
• Man Up for Health Care
• Arthritis Impacts African-Americans and Hispanics More than Whites
• CVS/pharmacy to Provide Free Health Screenings in Urban Communities With 'To Your Health' Program
• Autism in African American children is under-identified and under-treated in Metro St. Louis
• ESA Resistance Linked to Variant Hemoglobin in African Americans
• AHRQ Has New Reports on Health Care Quality, Disparities
• Black Transplant Recipients on Rapamycin Less Likely to Die
• Vitamin D intake is associated with insulin sensitivity in African American, but not European American, women
• Sebelius to focus on health of minorities
• April 18th – 24th is Natl. Minority Cancer Awareness Week
• Disproportional Impact of Lung Cancer on African Americans
• Cardiac Arrest Deaths Down, but Gap Persists
• N.C.A.A. Council Approves Testing for Sickle-Cell Trait
• Blacks Less Likely to Report Parkinson's Disease Symptoms
• AACR Presents Minority Scholar in Cancer Research Awards
• Native American, African American children more likely to be taken into Oregon foster care
• Health disparity gap widening for minority children
• Fundraising Begins for World Class Sickle Cell Center
• Why lupus is more common in people of Asian and African descent
• Blacks Hit Hardest by Lung Cancer
• Historic first national African American walk for breast cancer at Emancipation Park
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Effective in Helping African Americans Quit Smoking
• Black men over 40 at highest risk for oral cancer
• Minority Health Month
• American Lung Association Releases Report on Lung Cancer in African Americans: Calls for Eliminating Health Disparities
• Tuskegee Study has Little Effect on Blacks' Willingness to be Study Volunteers, Survey Shows
• Blacks fare worse in study
• FAMU Health brings “PUSH” to inspire students
• Feds Finally Examine Health Risks of Menthol Cigarettes to Blacks
• Yoga Benefits African-American Heart Failure Patients
• Volunteer Uses Hip-Hop To Promote Health
• Access to healthcare affecting colon cancer risk for African Americans
• Black breast cancer gap not due to therapy
• Follow-up lack may cause black cancer gap
• Blood drive focuses on blacks
• We Must Do Much More Than the Current Health Bill to Fix Race-Based Health Disparities
• Obesity Epidemic is Affecting African American Children
• Black Women Need to Breastfeed for Babies’ Health
• Solutions sought for Allen County's rising black infant mortality rate
• Mental Health in the African-American Community
• 'Get Fit' program to fight obesity in minority groups
• Groups contribute to Commission on Minority Health
• Blacks Less Likely to Get Follow-Up Colon Screening
• The Black church can learn from the Catholic Church’s abuse scandal
• Organ donation advocates reach out to African Americans
• Hispanics, blacks get poorer tumour treatment in U.S.: study
• Heart Disease Killing African American Women
• Bowie/Mitchellville (MD) Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Hosts "Power to End Stroke" Walk-a-thon in Glenn Dale, Maryland
• Blacks, others to be tested for sickle cell disease
• Black Women & Eating Disorders: A Wake Up Call
• Stopping HIV/AIDS in the Black Community
• About 20 people protest alleged discrimination against black doctors
• State Recognizes Minority Health Month In April
• Health care law at top of the agenda for NAACP
• New medicines to fight diseases of particular concern to African Americans
• Where can I find health information for minority populations?
• Fighting Back With Knowledge; Campaign Aims to Inform Black Youth
• Right wing doctor refuses to treat Obama supporters
• 20th Annual Afrikan American Festival Returns to Downtown Hampton, Virginia June 25-27, 2010
• The Protest Psychosis: How Schizophrenia Became a Black Disease
• African-American heart patients benefit from yoga
• New Medicines, New Hope for African Americans
• C-Section Births Among Black Women On The Rise
• Young African American Women Enlighten Girls About HIV/AIDS
• Improved Immunosuppression in African Americans
• Black, Civil Rights Groups Applaud Health Care Signing
• Black women & breast cancer: Lower risk, greater danger
• Omega Psi Phi Fraternity joins Relay For Life
• 'Empowering patients' theme of Aurora African-American health fair
• Stroke Death Rate Higher for Blacks
• Racial Disparities Observed in Stroke Quality of Care
• Mfume named executive leader of black medical group
• Passage of health care bill recalls impact of Civil Rights Act
• Summit targets health, education disparities
• Want a Black Doctor? There's a Site for That
• What 'Obama-care' means for blacks
• Treatment in NCI-designated Center Improves Survival of African Americans with Cancer
• Kweisi Mfume to head national black health association
• Young, African American Women Talk about HIV/AIDS
• Hepatitis C Treatment Less Effective in Urban Minority Patients
• Breast-feeding Gains, but Racial, Ethnic Differences Remain
• African-American youths account for half of new HIV infections
• South Side clinic seeks to make black men feel welcome
• Study details the health risks for African-American children with sickle-cell disease
• CDC documents sickle cell disease risks
• Blacks Should Start Screenings at 45, Not 50
• Rev. Jackson: Health reform a boon for blacks
• BlackDoctor.org Launches 'Symptom Checker' Health Tool
• Racism simmers below surface on health care
• Obesity Report Cites Increase African American Youth
• Health bill will iron out disparities
• How long is the wait for an organ donation for blacks?
• What health care overhaul means to African Americans
• Racial disparity in cancer mortality rates may be linked to treatment location
• Screenings may reduce black cancer gap
• America's Minority Health Network, Inc. Names Network President
• African Americans Living with Mental Illness Have Higher Risk for Other Illnesses
• Reversing prediabetes
• Tennessee Democrat: Health Care Reform Opt-Outs Are Motivated by Racism
• Racial Disparity in CA Deaths Linked to Clinic Type
• Blacks, Hispanics had worse access to neuro-oncologic care at high-volume hospitals
• Obama Health Care Reform Makes History
• New Study: African Americans More Likely Than Any Other Race To Develop Alzheimer's Disease
• Cuba gets H1N1 vaccines, Africa to follow -- WHO
• Health-insurance reform and African Americans
• Racial Disparities in Neuro-Oncologic Care Worsen
• LifeWay's Reconsider Explores the HIV/AIDS Epidemic Confronting the Black Church
• Underpriveleged patients not as likely to be referred to speciality hospitals for brain tumours
• National Medical Association - Will Status Quo Persist in Health Care?
• Ad Blitz Targets African-Americans On Healthcare
• Vitamin D Insufficiency Linked To Asthma In African-American Kids
• Eating disorders a growing concern among blacks
• 'Hearts and Minds' Promotes Wellness; African Americans Living with Mental Illness Have Higher Risk for Other Illnesses.
• Race disparity is troubling
• California: Black Churches Mounting AIDS Campaign
• New Website Helps Blacks Battle The Bulge
• Study identifies racial and ethnic disparities in surgical care
• Revolutionizing medical care in Africa, one test at a time
• Plastic Surgery Gaining Acceptance In The African-American Community
• Uterine fibroid risk increased by diet for African American women
• Black Leaders Support HIV/AIDS Bill As DC Releases Latest Numbers
• Grant targets breast cancer in black women
• NPR Examines CDC Report On Genital Herpes, Black Community
• Insurance Company Targeted HIV Patients To Revoke Coverage
• Last minute health care ad blitz targets blacks
• UB study finds African-Americans feel less at risk for cancer
• Vitamin D deficiency poses added risks for African-Americans
• Rick Kittles empowers African-Americans with genetic discoveries and cancer research
• Community-Driven Approaches for Reducing Health Disparities in Cancer
• African Americans get fewer heart-protecting drugs
• African Americans with breast cancer: higher mortality rate
• Minorities at Greater Risk for Kidney Disease
• Quality of Brain Cancer Treatment Varies by Race
• Racial Discrimination and Economic Obstacles Contribute to Dramatically Elevated Maternal Death Rates for Women of Color in the United States
• Johns Hopkins wins $9.7 million federal grant to study cardiovascular racial disparities in Baltimore
• Study documents increasing racial disparities in access to high quality care for brain tumors
• HIV-AIDS in the African American Community
• Study: Blacks should be cautious about Vitamin D supplements
• Blacks highest cancer risk, don't know it
• Blacks Get Special Nudge to Support Healthcare Reform
• Genital Herpes Hits Black Women Hardest
• White House: One In Five African Americans Without Health Care Insurance
• African-American Women Have a Higher Risk for Developing Peripartum Cardiomyopathy
• African-Americans, Hispanics Have Increased Risk of Alzheimer’s
• Local African American Churches Rally Against AIDS
• Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Improves Pregnancy Outcomes
• Council of Black Nurses prepares for annual health fair
• Hopkins School of Medicine wins $9.7M to study health among blacks
• Nearly Half of Black Women Have Herpes
• THE 3RD ANNUAL AFRICA BREAST CANCER CONFERENCE
• Obama announces effort to crack down on Medicare and Medicaid fraud
• Survey: Blacks' sleep patterns significantly different from other ethnic groups
• Jamie Foxx, Ludacris team with CDC on black targeted effort against HIV
• Lifeblood Seeking Black Blood Donors
• National Urban League Supports Affordable Health Care as Today’s Civil Rights Issue
• Extreme Sleep Duration Linked to Increased Abdominal Fat in Minority Young Adults
• Blacks, Hispanics With Heart Failure Less Likely to Use Hospice
• Obama Wields Analysis of Insurers in Health Battle
• Drinking Alcohol Raises Prostate Cancer Risk in African Americans
• Healthcare gap persists for minority women
• 90 Percent of African American Children Deficient in Vitamin D
• Young, black and HIV+
• Burden of AIDS hits Zimbabwe's women hardest
• D.C. Is First City To Distribute Female Condoms
• Polio shot campaign planned in Africa
• Minority Doctors Needed to Help Bridge Health Care Gap Between US Minorities and Non-Hispanic Whites
• Public Health aims to help blacks have healthy babies
• African-American Greek Tradition of ‘Stepping’ to Raise Awareness for Organ and Tissue Donation
• Vitamin D, Adiposity, and Calcified Atherosclerotic Plaque in African-Americans
• Africa united in fight against polio outbreak
• Cord Blood Stem Cells Help Meet Minority Transplant Needs
• In Final Push, Obama Urges ‘Up-or-Down’ Vote on Health
• Row as anti-abortionists target African Americans with US racist history
• U.S. Has Racial Gap in Stroke Rate
• ASGE and Actor Hill Harper Raise Awareness About Colon Cancer Screening Among African-Americans
• Poll Reveals Sleep Differences among Ethnic Groups
• UAB’s Girkin to Brief Congress on African-Americans and Glaucoma
• HIV/AIDS: How sub-Saharan Africa can win the battle
• Abortion is Devastating the African American Community, Is Anyone Noticing?
• President's doc: 'excellent' health, cut the cholesterol
• Aids Fight in Africa
• Obesity odds greater for minority kids
• Eating Disorders on the Rise Among Black Women
• Puerto Rico declares dengue fever epidemic
• UAB Study Shows African-Americans Have Highest Stroke Rate, Southerners More Likely to Die
• Race Gap in Treatment of Heart Condition
• HIV Prevention Class for African American Men
• Blacks disproportionately affected by heart disease
• Study: Blacks Drink Less, But More Likely to Use Illicit Drugs
• 'Black Children an Endangered Species'? Provocative Pro-Life Billboard
• Obama exhorts lawmakers to fix health care system
• 'Black People Don't Have Eating Disorders'
• Tobacco Company Marketing To African Americans
• Michelle Obama: Let’s Move On Childhood Obesity
• Black Men Diagnosed with Prostate Cancer More
• Health of Blacks is on the line
• Shortage of Black Doctors Rooted in Social, Economic Ills
• Nebraska uninsured rates highest among minorities
• When Depression Strikes the (Black) Superwoman
• There’s help for African Americans who want to quit tobacco
• Americans Ignoring Serious Hypertension Problem, Experts Warn
• African Americans' Attitudes About Lung Cancer Interfere With Prevention and Treatment
• African Americans at greater risk for heart disease
• Black women at increased risk for weakened heart muscle at childbirth
• Genetic Mutation Linked to Prostate Cancer in Blacks
• Information Gap Could Delay Lung Cancer Therapy in Blacks
• Obama Unveils His Own Health Care Reform Plan
• HIV Poses a Community Risk for Blacks
• Health Executive to Lead N.A.A.C.P.
• Sororities effort spotlights need for more HIV testing in the black community
• Circumcision ring cuts AIDS risk in Africa
• Surgeon General Launches Mental Health Campaign for African-American Community at Howard University
• Seminar to discuss diabetes crisis among African-Americans
• Ethnic Seniors Grapple with Depression--Alone
• Scientists Decode Genomes of Five Africans, Including Archbishop Tutu
• Gillibrand Backs African American HIV/AIDS Bill
• Community helps improve African-American health
• Health-Care Injustice
• Suicide third leading cause of death among black male youth
• Racial Disparities Seen in New York Surgical Patients
• African-American cancer deaths decrease, but remain highest in U.S.
• More bad news about racial disparities in healthcare
• New cases of HIV strike African-Americans more often
• Racial gaps exist in women’s heart-health awareness
• Breast Cancer Stats Differ Racially Despite Similar Mammogram Rates
• African-Americans at Greater Risk for H1N1
• Obama Administration Announces $1 Billion In Funding For Modernization Of Health Sector With IT Jobs
• Blacks in Nursing Homes Vaccinated Less Than Whites
• MS progresses more rapidly in blacks
• Perinatal HIV Infection Highest Among Blacks
• Why blacks are at higher risk of hypertension
• Black Babies, Boys Less Likely to Be Adopted
• African-American Organ and Tissue Donors Changing History
• Racial Differences Found in RA Radiographic Features
• Black Liver Cancer Patients Face Worst Odds
• Study: Black-white health gap widens in Chicago
• African-American women leaders urge Obama to target Black women in National AIDS Strategy
• Health Reform: Race And Representation.
• Cancer Survival Disparities for Most Minority Populations Increase as Cancers Become More Treatable
• STD/HIV-Preventive Behavioral Interventions Effective for African American Teen Girls
• Black clergy to sound AIDS alarm at meeting
• For Black Women, Breast Cancer Strikes Younger
• Fewer African-Americans Getting H1N1 Vaccine
• African-Americans and Abortion: Navigating the Mine-Field of the Black Woman's Womb
• Civil rights groups push to cut African-American HIV rates
• USC report: African-Americans more likely to get cervical cancer
• H1N1 virus more often fatal to African Americans and Hispanics
• Surgeon General says the nation needs more minority doctors
• Racial Disparities in Colon Cancer Mortality Unexplained
• Breast Cancer in African American women
• UA nursing professor to spend $100,000 studying AIDS stigma among black rural men
• Stillbirth Risk Higher for Black Women
• American Diabetes Association Convenes 3rd Annual Disparities Conference
• African-American women lose weight, gain hope in nutrition class
• Ethnic Pride May Boost African-American Teens' Mental Health
• African-Americans with colorectal cancer have poorer outcomes, lower survival rates
• Predictors of new screening for African American men participating in a prostate cancer educational program
• African-American men at higher risk of false positives in prostate testing
• More black women are breast-feeding, but less than other moms
• African-Americans at Greater Risk of Lung Cancer
• Star Jones Hosts New BET Special On Obesity Amongst African-Americans
• L.A. County's free H1N1 vaccine clinics have vaccinated few blacks, public health officials say
• NBA great Abdul-Jabbar diagnosed with cancer
• Physician Bias Might Keep Life-saving Transplants From Black And Hispanic Patients
• Florida Alliance to address concerns of cancer in black men
• Health Reform Passes a Big Test, With Obama’s Aid
• Marijuana Arrests Are Up, Especially Among Blacks
• In Indiana, blacks continue to be at higher risk for HIV
• Diabetes: a serious, mostly preventable epidemic in the black community
• Bipartisan Support Grows for Addressing Nation’s Hepatitis Scourge
• Health officials urge blacks to be tested for AIDS
• African American women prone to stress
• NAACP Supports Federal Funding for Syringe Exchange Programs to Help Combat Spread Of HIV / AIDS
• Does race, income predict prostate cancer outcome?
• Blacks not lining up for recommended H1N1 shots
• NAACP leaders urge health care reform approval
• Nearly 40 Percent of African-Americans With Diabetes Delay Foot Care Due to Lack of Coverage
• Celebrities Join Dr. Bill Releford’s Black Barbershop Health Outreach Program in Los Angeles
• Older Blacks More Wary Of Flu Shots
• Race is Strong Predictor for Restless Legs Syndrome
• African Americans Fare Worse After Undergoing Liver Transplantation Due to Hepatitis C
• CABVI Reaches Out To African-Americans With Vision Loss
• Meharry Nabs Largest NIH Grant in School History
• Wis. Black farmer promotes ‘good-food revolution’
• Phosphate Levels Higher in African-American CKD Patients
• Low vitamin D linked to most African American kidney disease
• America's Minority Health Network Completes 100th Installation
• Health Services Determinants of the Duration of Untreated Psychosis Among African-American First-Episode Patients
• Black AIDS Institute Receives Long-Term Funding from CDC for African American HIV University (AAHU)
• Maternal Ethnicity and Weight Can Affect Pain and Labor
• Regina Benjamin Confirmed as Surgeon General
• Obama Lifts Ban on US Entry for Those with HIV
• Honoring Black Health Collaborators
• Myth: HIV/AIDS Rate Among Black Women Traced To 'Down Low' Black Men
• Alzheimer's in the Black Community
• Stimulus Boosts Research on Minority Elders
• The Advertising Council, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and AdoptUsKids Launch Campaign to Encourage the Adoption of African American Children in Foster Care
• African-American women fight cancer
• Partners In Weight Loss Success May Help African-Americans Shed More Pounds
• African Americans face higher risk of colorectal cancer
• Obama declares swine flu national emergency
• Abortion Kills More Black Americans Than the Seven Leading Causes of Death Combined, Says CDC Data
• Obesity among black children targeted by Wayne State University
• Menthol Cigarettes Put Blacks at Higher Risk for Disease
• The National Black Caucus of State Legislators Supports the Veterans` Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act
• St. Louis sickle cell researcher Dr. DeBaun joins elite national policy group
• Black women must recognize breast cancer risk
• Research shows more breast cancer deaths in African American women
• BLACK BARBERSHOP HEALTH OUTREACH PROGRAM Launches Los Angeles Initiative To Address Declining Health of African American Men
• Why Skin Color May Affect Nicotine Dependence
• Study Says Minorities Suffer More From Psoriasis
• Cigna to study African Americans' high blood pressure treatment options
• Survey: Many think racial disparities genetic
• Blind association targets local blacks
• The Association of Black Cardiologists
• Income and Race Linked to Breast Cancer Survival
• Farrakhan tells personal story of prostate cancer
• Black Women’s Health Study reveals ‘prudent’ diet linked to lower breast cancer risk for normal-sized women
• SC Urban League educating about health, exercise
• Race, Insurance May Affect Testing of Kids in ER
• UAB Leads National Study of Rheumatoid Arthritis in African-Americans
• Despite Risk, Older African Americans More Likely Than Others To Avoid Flu Vaccine
• Congressional Letter Highlights Increased Racial Health Disparities and Barriers to Cancer Care in Proposed CMS Policy
• Michelle Obama Knows Healthy Eating Isn't Just About Healthy Eating
• Black men need to wake up to the facts on our women's health
• African-American and Hispanic retirees and baby boomers about to retire hit hard by recession
• Real Health Care Reform Could Have Saved 880,000 Lives
• Healthy baby campaign starts Wednesday, targets blacks
• Black women put obesity on notice
• Blacks more critical of health care on LI
• Health Care Bill Passes. No Public Option. Yet?
• Black Community May Face More Serious Cases of H1N1
• Study Examines Black Breast Cancer Survivors
• African-Americans may not respond to new lung cancer drugs
• For black women, early cancer detection is even more crucial
• HMO Structures May Drive Blacks to Emergency Rooms
• Conquering obesity is crucial for black survival
• Eating disorders and African Americans
• NHRA: Peggy Llewellyn Talks Breast Cancer Awareness Among Blacks And Latinas
• Early Mammograms Can Help Improve Breast Cancer Survival Rate For Black Women
• A Fatal Cultural Gap: Depression Among Minorities
• Swine flu's bigger impact on blacks and Hispanics is not being addressed
• Report shows less access to treatment in drug court for blacks
• Report indicates some Black men don't know their status
• More black women getting back to hair care basics
• The Color of Health Care Reform
• Insured African-Americans more likely to use emergency room than other insured groups
• Prince Hall Shriners on mission to find a cure for diabetes
• Health ills: Shall we overcome?
• HIV Rates Among Black Americans Remain Disproportionately High
• Blacks, Hispanics Join Forces to Demand Health Reform
• Prostate cancer screenings save Black men's lives
• Diagnostic Patterns in Latino, African American, and European American Psychiatric Patients
• Diet Rich in Vegetables Reduces Breast Cancer Risk in African American Women
• Black People More Affected by Pancreatic Cancer than Whites
• Racial Segregation A Strong Factor In Learning Disparities, Study Finds
• Cesarean Deliveries for First Time Moms Highest Among African Americans
• A Doctor’s Word -- Black Americans Can Escape the Smoking Trap
• US Breast Cancer Deaths Falling But Not For African Americans
• New Hope For AIDS Vaccine
• Why Do African Americans Have More Type 2 Diabetes?
• Outside spotlight, minorities struggle with obesity
• Returning black vets face mental health obstacles
• Blacks, Native Americans more likely to go to foster care
• Researchers struggle to understand breast cancer's racial gap
• Alzheimer's has disproportionate impact on African Americans
• Racial Disparities In Diabetes Prevalence Linked To Living Conditions
• Religion Impacts Decision On Prostate Cancer Screening In African-American Men
• The "Jewels in Our Genes" Study: Investigating Why Black Women are at Increased Risk of Early Breast Cancer
• Doctors often register unconscious bias against blacks, study finds
• Racism abundant in health care debate
• New Drug Will Fight Sleeping Sickness In Africa
• Antiabortion black ministers to endorse Obama's healthcare plan
• Black Leaders Launch Grassroots Campaign for Health Care
• Black Infant Health group carrying on
• Vaccine Shows Promise in HIV Prevention
• Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. and ASGE Host Issue Forum on African-Americans and Colorectal Cancer
• Abortion: The African-American experience
• Minorities Less Likely to Have Blood Pressure Under Control
• Minorities have steeper end-of-life costs
• Gene Linked To Glaucoma In Blacks
• Indianapolis to Host 16th Annual African American Mental Health Conference
• Blacks face higher risk of kidney disease
• Hitting Talk Shows, Obama Defends Health Care Agenda
• Sending Up Prayers to Our Black Boys as They Go Back to School
• Health Seminar Held for African American and Latina Women
• U.K. Minorities More Likely to Fault Health Care Quality
• Hospitalized Black Patients Have Low Survival Rate Following Cardiac Arrest
• Blacks get poorer cardiac care
• New Orleans Blacks Don't Live As Long As North Koreans
• Black Infant Mortality Points to Moms' Crying Need
• Estrogen May Explain the Higher PCa Risk in Blacks
• Prostate Cancer Guide for African-American Men and Their Families Now Available
• Sickle cell fight well worth the walk
• The CT Department of Public Health marks September with Sickle Cell education campaign
• Study Finds Racial Inequalities Cost U.S. Health System Over $50 Billion a Year
• New Stimulus Funds will make Black & Latino Communities Healthier
• African Americans at Significantly Higher Risk of DVT or Blood Clots
• Blacks Fare Worse After Cardiac Arrest
• African Americans at Higher Risk for Heart Disease
• Lower Cardiac Arrest Survival Rate for African Americans
• The pressure is on for African Americans with high blood pressure
• Increase in the African American population appears to be associated with a decrease in the number of colorectal cancer specialists
• The role of racism in health care debate
• 10 Reasons African Americans Should March on Washington About Health Care
• Patient care varies between races
• Ethnic Leaders Find Hope in Health Care Plan
• African-Americans Continue to Struggle with Health Issues
• African Americans Could Use Affordable Health Care Options
• Exercise is good for heart health, but race and gender factor in
• Joint Center to Unveil Health Reform Study Providing Answers: What Is the Cost of Not Addressing Racial Health Disparities?
• Race Affects Severity Of Lupus Disease
• A Look At Our Indifference to Black Women’s Mental Health
• African American Children at Risk for Undetected Vision Problems
• Doctor-Patient Talk May Help Blacks With Hypertension
• Blacks Die at Highest Rates in U.S.
• For Maia Campbell and others, mental health is no laughing matter
• Group of black leaders call for health reform
• Socio-cultural, Genetic Data Work Together To Reveal Health Disparities
• Hepatits C Increasing among Blacks
• Civil Rights and Health Reform
• Admixture Mapping of Obesity-related Traits in African Americans: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study
• Race Shown to Affect Severity of Lupus Disease
• Hip-hop doc has rhymes with healthy messages to kids
• Strokes in Young Blacks Drain South Carolina's Pocket
• Panel should probe black health concerns
• Cutting health risks for African Americans
• HIV-AIDS rate is increasing across Florida
• For racial care divide, building trust may be key
• CDC, local health officials educating Black community on swine flu
• For too many blacks, end-of-life care is taboo
• African Americans, Latinos encouraged to donate blood
• High Blood Pressure Troubles Especially Target African-Americans
• Minorities and Health Care: What's the Real Story?
• Prohibiting home smoking is less common among African-Americans
• Organ Donors Scarce in the African American Community
• Race Disparity in Deadly Cancer Remains a Mystery
• Pancreatic Cancer Affects Blacks At Higher Rates
• Blacks living longer and narrowing life expectancy gap with whites
• Black hypertension patients experience poor communication with doctors than white patients
• Race not a factor in liver transplantation
• Africa—Yes, Africa—Has an Obesity Problem
• Cuts threaten to increase health gaps
• Racial Differences in Liver Transplant Linked to Underlying Disease
• Black infant mortality draws more scrutiny
• Swine flu sends more blacks, Hispanics to hospital
• Minorities get more unnecessary procedures
• Hub one of six sites in black male HIV study
• AIDS in the U.S.A.
• Minorities have poorer results, higher rates of inappropriate surgery to prevent stroke
• Hospital Factors Affect Cancer Outcome in African-Americans
• New Drug Shows Promise in Black Diabetics
• White anger fueling health care debate
• Why Racial Profiling Persists in Medical Research
• African-Americans and the Health Reform Bill
• Chicago breast-cancer groups reach out to African-American women
• Facts On African-Americans and Prostate Cancer
• African-American Mental Health Training And Forum
• Need commission to address Black health care needs
• Race plays proxy role in health care debate
• Urban farming may save the hip-hop generation
• The Color of Health Care
• What Would MLK Say About Health Care?
• Low-Income Women and Minorities Are Being Left In Pain
• Disparities in cancer care reflect hospital resources, U-M study finds
• Addressing Mental Health Disparities Among African-Americans
• Cases of swine flu higher among city blacks, Hispanics
• Mortality Rates Higher in African-American Cancer Patients Infected with HPV
• Experts: Health reform anger stems from racism, partisanship
• Signs Of Racism Occur In The Midst Of Health Care Reform Debate
• Sebelius on swine flu: 'We're preparing for the worst'
• Abortion is targeted at blacks
• Jackson community protests removal of Black Doctors
• Leading African American Groups Call On Health Insurers to Dismiss Restrictive Practices
• Mo'Nique takes the lead on obesity as a health issue
• BET Conference aims to help African-American women improve their health
• Eliminating health disparities: What works?
• Black race as a predictor of poor health outcomes among a national cohort of HIV/AIDS patients admitted to US hospitals: a cohort study
• David Scott on a racial undertone in the debate over health care reform
• Stroke fundraiser and concert by Kirk Franklin
• Pessimism, Cynicism Can Hurt Your Heart
• Fighting mental illness taboo among Blacks
• Palin: Obama’s health plan is ‘downright evil’
• Pilot project to help blacks, Latinos manage diabetes
• Black Folk Must Advocate For Health Care Reform
• Blacks' mistrust of medical system limits organ donations
• Black women can take steps against lupus
• Health Care Reform: A Minority Report
• Disbelief Diminishes African American Adult Vaccination Rates
• Findings May Explain Gap in Cancer Survival
• Prince George’s focuses on preterm birth rates
• Prince George’s focuses on preterm birth rates
• NEW CDC STUDY RESULTS ARE IN: African Americans Are the Nation’s Most Obese
• Health Care Disparity In WV
• Keying in on black risk factors
• Oropharyngeal Cancer Survival Linked to Virus Infection
• Healthcare reform important to blacks