Few disabled kids with psychosocial problems receive mental healthcare
...ces Research, also found that younger and disabled black children were even less likely to receive mental health services. However, all children were more likely to use care if a health professional was involved in coordinating care, in contrast to no one or family only. Children with disabilities were ...Study in children challenges primary theory for 'stroke belt'
...es, this research documented more fatal strokes in black children than white children, mirroring racial differences in adults. "However, the stroke belt isn't simply due to racial disparities in stroke risk. We found that within each racial group the same geographic disparity exists," Fullerton said. A ...Rectal cancer treatment gaps, especially for African Americans, seen in new study
...for 52,864 rectal cancer patients -- 3,851 of them black -- who were treated between 1988 and 1999. The SEER database includes 11 cancer registries and represents 14 percent of the U.S. population. The study focused on rectal cancer patients, whose tumors occur in the last 8 to 10 inches of the large inte...Race may be a factor in treatment of rectal cancer patients
...ectal cancer and deaths caused by the disease, but black patients have not experienced the same declines. ...ales was 2.1 percent compared with 0.9 percent for black males; and the annual decrease in death rates for white females was 1.9 percent compared with 0.6 pe...Rare disease endemic in South America is model for studying autoimmunity
...ownspeople and even family members concerned about black magic and contagion. Victims congregated on the outskirts of town, untreated and dying. Dr. Abreu-Velez helped local medical doctors called shaman and townspeople understand that the disease was not contagious and establish programs and laws to make ...Scientists find HIV-blocking protein in monkeys
...d conversion of the viral RNA into DNA have been a black box." A key preparatory step is the removal, or un... discovery of this host protein helps pry open the black box of uncoating. Called TRIM5-alpha, it is the first found to specifically target HIV's capsid. Wit...Whites, blacks respond similarly to common blood pressure drugs
...pertensive drugs to 9,307 white subjects and 2,902 black subjects. For each drug, whites and blacks responded similarly about 90 percent of the time. These findings raise doubts about the value of using different drugs to treat whites and blacks. According to the study's author, Ashwini Sehgal, M.D., of ...Blacks at greater risk for developing cataracts
...taracts developed 1.8 times more frequently in the black than in the white participants. Further, the incid... "The three-fold risk of cortical cataracts in the black population, documented after careful follow-up, is a new finding. The increased risk could be relate...Racial, economic gaps in kids' eye care seen in four new studies
... issue of Optometry and Vision Sciences, uninsured black and Hispanic children had far lower odds of having...ther children, regardless of insurance status and black children without insurance were least likely of all to receive vision correction. A major source of...Northwestern Memorial researchers study role of botanicals in management of menopausal symptoms
...to test the effectiveness of two herbal products - black cohosh and red clover - in relieving symptoms asso... Participants will randomly be assigned to either black cohosh (128 mg), red clover (120 mg), Placebo, or Standard Hormone Therapy (Prempro 0.625 mg CEE / 2...Painkiller linked to rise in overdose deaths
...increase in methadone prescriptions is feeding the black market and encouraging abuse. In 2001, the Food a...each tablet can be worth $10 to $20 if sold on the black market. Reports from Oklahoma back this up. Ronald Distefano, from the state's Office of the Chief...Studies highlight impact of Sept. 11, Iraq war on adolescents
...rorist attacks in the United States, 10 percent of black adolescents attending an inner-city Southern high school were reporting clinically significant symptoms of post-traumatic stress, such as hypervigilance and recurring, disturbing memories, according to researchers at the Medical College of Georgia. A...College education protects Caucasian women against obesity more than African American women
...ucation is not as protective against obesity among black women. Lewis controlled for other confounding factors such as age, menopausal status, smoking, chronic health conditions, physical activity, total caloric intake, percent fat intake and stressful life events. "Given that increases did not differ by ...Folic acid fortification may have lowered stroke deaths
...whites and blacks," Botto said. For example, among black men ages 40-59, death rates due to stroke declined...pared with 7.4 percent per year after 1997. Among black women 40-59 years, stroke-related mortality declined about 0.7 percent per year before 1997, compare...Obesity leads to high blood pressure in the young
...index (BMI, an index of height-adjusted weight) on black and white children. The researchers categorized the children based on definition from the National Task Force on High Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents. Children with blood pressure in the 90th percentile or above were classified as having ...Emory researchers find race and gender gaps in treatment of heart attack
...searchers studied the records of 672,817 white and black patients younger than 75 years of age from the Nat...(CABG) surgery than for other MI treatments -- and black women were found to have the lowest use of these interventions. Treatment differences between white ...Two better than one where lowering blood pressure is concerned
...ceptor blocker) or a Beta blocker in addition. For black patients they recommend using the same protocol as...rugs are more effective on older people and in the black population than 'A and B' drugs. This is because older people and black people have less natural ren...Tuberculosis strains stay close to home, say Stanford researchers
... pink in one branch and blue in another branch and black in another branch," said Hirsh. "It fell out so neatly, based on where a person was born, even though half those people had gotten their tuberculosis after they arrived in the city." The lack of bacterial exchange between people of varying national o...Black men less likely to be treated for aggressive prostate cancer, UMHS study finds
...cial difference in treatment may be one reason why black men are more likely to die from the disease, the s...ase is something that should be achievable." While black men are often diagnosed with prostate cancer at a younger age and with a higher grade of disease, pr...Exposure to famine associated with increased breast cancer risk
...ter on in life. "Although the 19441945 famine is a black page in Dutch history, it provides a unique situation in which to study the long-term consequences of a short but severe famine in humans," the authors write....