The low-down on high blood pressure more focus on prevention and treatment goals
...ically for men and women, as well as for white and black Americans in the last 30 years. But, despite these successes, We need to renew our efforts together to make sure that more people have their blood pressure measured, and their hypertension recognized and treated, says Daniel W. Jones, M.D., co-author...First ethnicity-specific erectile dysfunction study shows prevalence among Hispanic American men
...ere conducted with 676 Hispanic, 901 white and 596 black men, as defined by US Census criteria. Similar pr... Hispanics, 22 percent of whites and 24 percent of black men reported they were only "sometimes" or "never" able to get and keep an erection for satisfactory...First study of Viagra(R) in black men demonstrates treatment as effective, well tolerated
...icacy and safety of Viagra (sildenafil citrate) in black men with erectile dysfunction (ED), approximately ...ican Urological Association. In this study of 246 black men, patients were randomly assigned to receive Viagra or placebo for six weeks, at which point they...Prostate cancer is costly for Californians, according to UCSF researchers
...ther risk factors include positive family history, black racial identity, animal fat consumption, and specific genetic variations. This study estimated both direct and indirect costs of prostate cancer in California for 1998. Researchers analyzed California specific hospitalization and mortality data. Dire...NHLBI study shows weight concerns increase girls' risk of becoming smokers
...LBI). Weight concerns increased the risk for both black and white girls. The study found that other facto...h factor affected the risk to differing degrees in black and white girls. The study, which appears in the June issue of Preventive Medicine, was based on da...New test identifies aggressive and less aggressive prostate cancers
...h cancer have prostate cancer. The disease strikes black men more often than white; Asian and American Indian men are affected less often. The Gleason grading system assigns tumors a score between two and 10, with 10 being the most advanced cancer. Patients with a Gleason score from seven to 10 have a high...Futuristic system brings vision to blind
...ee white flashes of light that resemble stars on a black background, and learn to interpret the patterns so they can gain mobility. "By putting an array of electrodes in the brain, patients see a pattern of white spots that they could learn to interpret well enough to get some useful vision," Smith said....Generation x-tra large: Americans getting fatter younger, study finds
... development the study found include: Among women, black women had the highest BMI and white women the lowe... sampled. Average BMI reached overweight status in black women by 26, in Hispanic women by 28 and in white women by 35. Black women developed obesity 2.1 ti...UNC study: Americans getting obese earlier, ethnic groups put on weight at different rates
...roups, races and sexes. For still-unknown reasons, black women become obese more than twice as fast as whit...ference in the rate of obesity development between black and non-Hispanic white men until after age 28 when black men in this country became obese 2.2 times ...Study finds no association between oral contraceptive use and breast cancer for women 35 and over
... researchers interviewed more than 9,200 white and black women between the ages of 35 and 64 living in Atlanta, Detroit, Philadelphia, Los Angeles and Seattle. Roughly half of the study participants had recently been diagnosed with breast cancer, while the other half did not have a diagnosis of breast can...Hypertension is study focus of $10 million NIH grant to MCG
...ent of all adults and an even higher percentage of black adults. The Medical College of Georgia researchers... system. "If you look at blood pressure curves for black and whites, there is about a 10-year shift," he said. Blacks tend to develop the condition 10 years ...Study on suicide reveals faith, social ties as 'protective' for older African Americans
...f 33.1 per 100,000, compared to a rate of 11.7 for black men in the same age group. The rate for older white women was 4.85. So few black women died by suicidefewer than 20 in 1998that a reliable rate cannot be figured. Cook's study was ...Prostate cancer incidence trends reveal extent of screening-related overdiagnosis
...that 29% of cases in white men and 44% of cases in black men that are detected by prostate-specific antigen...ng was approximately 29% for white men and 44% for black men. These rates were consistent with the observed prostate cancer incidence for this age group from...Jefferson Lab/Hampton University partnership results in new medical instrumentation center
...a, and the first in the country at an historically black college. Any devices resulting from the collaboration will be evaluated both nationally and in clinical programs conducted at Tidewater-area hospitals. Keppel is in the process of writing proposals that would fund Center personnel in medical physics...Socioeconomic factors affect blood pressure
...lowest in three of the four indicators compared to black people with all four indicators in the highest category. There were not enough black subjects with four indicators in the lowest category to calculate a risk ratio for that group. Whit...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for July (second issue)
...tors measured lung function in approximately 4,000 black and white men and women who were initially ages 18 to 30 during 1985 to 1986. Follow-up exams were given to participants 2, 5, and 10 years later. In addition, participants were questioned about their respiratory health, cigarette smoking, physical...Alcohol use, thrill-seeking prove bad mix for HIV-positive men
...itive men in Atlanta. The majority of the men were black and 66 percent said they were gay. Statements such as "I would like to try bungee jumping" and "I get bored seeing the same old faces" were used to assess sensation-seeking tendencies. Statements like "sex is better after I have been drinking" and "...Transplantation Society reiterates position against selling organs
...0 members from 65 countries, including those where black markets for organs from living donors appear to be...gans and before a recent spate of news accounts of black markets in Third World countries, which make it appear such practices are becoming more common. "Si...Study finds dramatic decline in physical activity among African-American and white girls
...adolescence with the greatest decline occurring in black girls, according to a study supported by the Natio...leagues found that by ages 16 or 17, 56 percent of black girls and 31 percent of white girls report they have no regular leisure-time physical activity. The...Patient race is a determinant in receiving coronary angiography referral
...n receiving the procedure when comparing white and black patients. Coronary angiography is a very common invasive diagnostic procedure and precursor to life-saving open heart surgery. A small tube, called a catheter, is passed through a vein in a patient's leg and into the blood vessels around the heart. ...