Cardiovascular Costs, Deaths Projected To Rise In 1998
...or greater. In the United States in 1988-94 among ethnic groups ages 20-74, these were thepercentages of me...spanic whites, 23 percent. Among the same ethnic groups, these were the percentages of womenclassified as obese: non-Hispanic blacks, 37.4 percent; M...Study Shows Child Health Plus Eases Access, But Some Barriers Remain
...he study. "However, there are stillsome racial and ethnic disparities with regard to the reportedease of use...espite significant increases within all racial and ethnic groupsafter Child Health Plus, differences persisted for 24-hour phonecoverage and in the participan...Educational Intervention Can Reduce Sexual Behaviors Known To Transmit HIV
...smission of HIV is risingrapidly, especially among ethnic minority women. In addition to Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, the sitesincluded: Columbia University, New York City; Rutgers University, New Brunswick,New Jersey; Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia; The Medical College ofWisconsin, Mi...Intervention can help reduce risky sexual behavior, according to results published in Science
... of infection and AIDS are highest amongracial and ethnic minorities living in low-income, urban settings. So the NIMHMultisite HIV Prevention Trial recruited 3,700 such participants from 37 healthclinics at seven sites: the Bronx and Harlem; Manhattan, Brooklyn, and northernNew Jersey; Baltimore; Atlanta; ...Landmark Study Shows Behavioral Interventions Reduce HIV-Related Sexual Risk Behavior
... HIV infection and AIDS are higheramong racial and ethnic minority populations, especially African Americans...al transmission is rising rapidly,especially among ethnic minority women. The Clinton Administration has madeelimination of racial disparities in health stat...Mini-Pill Increases Risk Of Chronic Diabetes In Women With History Of Diabetes During Pregnancy
...tive with the disease andbeing a member of certain ethnic groups (including African-American, Latino andNative American) are known risk factors. Without treatment, type-2 diabetes canlead to serious complications including heart disease, stroke, nerve disease,vision problems and kidney failure. Lifestyle ch......hmarketplace to be sure that all income levels and ethnic demographics arerepresented in the survey. The goal is to provide household healthcaredecision-makers with information they can understand and use, rather than toproduce a clinical report card, which often is difficult for those not directlyinvolved ...Management Academy To Boost Training For Local, State Public Health Departments
...artments face managed health care, demographic and ethnic shifts incommunities, emerging infectious diseases and environmental health threatsincluding bioterrorism, and pressure to be more accountable and efficient.Roper pointed to the following hypothetical examples to show how trainingprovided by the acad...New Book Says Cross-Train Your Brain To Increase Mental Function
... At the market . Go to new markets such as an ethnic market or a bakeryto experience new sights and aromas. At mealtimes . Share a meal in silence and see how it affects yoursensory experience of the food. At leisure . Go camping or visit a place you've never been. The aim of neurob...Strokes Are More Common In The Black Population
...as social class, age or sex and they conclude that ethnic differences ingenetic, physiological and behavioural risk factors for stroke should beinvestigated further. They say that this information could then provide thebasis for effective strategies for stoke prevention in multi-ethnic communities....Teen Line Panel Of Six High School Students To Address The Issue Of Teens And Tolerance
...es on encouraging teens to cross socio-economicand ethnic boundaries as a means of enhancing understanding and reducing teenviolence. Sponsored by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, Teen Line is ateen-to-teen hotline that is an integral part of the Juvenile Procedures Schoolat the Police Academy in......rong association between these two factors in this ethnic group was asurprise, but it does present a clear recommendation. To insure the optimumhealth of the baby, Latina women should wait 18 months or longer between thebirth of one child and conception of another baby," she said. The study was based on 19...Mitral valve prolapse less common, less harmful than previously thought
...antly white and the results may not apply to other ethnic and racialgroups. Another NHLBI-funded study on MVP appearing in the same issue of The NewEngland Journal of Medicine found that the condition was no more common amongyoung people (45 years old or younger) with stroke or transient ischemic str...Well-adjusted moms have healthy births
...eeling ofcontrol over one's destiny. There were no ethnic differences in gestational age at birth (39 weeks), nor didthe groups differ in stress levels, which included both general andpregnancy-related anxiety. Pregnancy-related anxiety includes a woman's fearsabout her own health, her baby's health, and l...Study analyzes home births as a religious experience
...amela Klassen studied 45 American women of various ethnic origins and religious denominations. She said these women felt it easier to experience childbirth from a religious and cultural viewpoint when giving birth in their homes. "I was surprised at these results," says Klassen, "because you would stereoty...Treatment for ADHD appears to reduce risk of substance abuse
...cluding more girls and a broader ranges of agesand ethnic backgrounds. Along with Biederman and Wilens, the paper's coauthors are Thomas Spencer, MD,and Stephen Faraone, PhD, of the MGH Pediatric Psychopharmacology Unit, and EricMick of the Harvard School of Public Health. The study was supported by grants...Women in ethnic minorities may be missing benefits of HRT
...y the authors. The differences in HRT use between ethnic groups were not explained by differences in other ...ortunities for health promotion amongst women from ethnic minorities may be being missed and that further work to explore the reasons for the differences is n...Research finds U.S. adolescents inactive; blacks, Hispanics, Asians at biggest risk
...done onnationally representative samples, and such ethnic groups are burgeoning here.They also broke down minority populations to look at subgroups such as Cubans,Puerto Ricans, Chinese and Filipinos. A report on the findings appears in the September issue of the Journalof Pediatrics. Besides Gordon...Gene responsible for cerebral venous abnormalities found
...ppears to showa higher incidence of CCM than other ethnic groups. "With DNA testing, we can now pick up the mutation in kids who are notshowing symptoms and follow them closely," said Douglas A. Marchuk, leadgeneticist of the Duke group. AThis is the significance of the discovery. Wecan now help a...Racial disparity in lung cancer treatment must be overcome, UCSF specialists assert
...maintaining adequate representation of racial and ethnic minoritygroups in clinical studies and to increasing the number of minorities whoconduct research and serve on advisory panels. In summary, the UCSF co-authors write, "If the poor statistics on survival forthe leading cause of cancer deaths in the U...