Case study: cross-cultural bioethics training program helps fight African 'brain drain'
... We initially sought to incre...African-American men understimate risk of prostate cancer
... ... "A group that underestimates the risk of having cancer is likely t...Fewer, less severe coronary obstructions appear in African American than white men
NEW YORK--A study in the May 16 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology shows that while African American men are more likely to die from cardiovascular disease, they have fewer cases of coronary obstruction than clinically similar white men. This new research suggests the need for greater understanding of factors influencing coronary events in diverse populations....... "One m...African American men paradoxically have fewer, less severe coronary obstructions than white males
While African American men are more likely to die from cardiovascular disease, they paradoxically have fewer cases of coronary obstruction than clinically similar white men, according to a new national study led by a Medical College of Wisconsin researcher. The study results, to appear in the May 16 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, will be presented on April 27 at the A...New AIDS Tech Transfers reinforce Roche commitment to strengthen African manufacturing
Basel, Tuesday 29 May 2007. Roche today announced the agreement of two new technology transfers with local manufacturing companies in Africa -- Addis Pharmaceutical Factory in Ethiopia and Varichem Pharmaceuticals in Zimbabwe. As part of Roche's Technology Transfer Initiative, these companies will be provided free of charge with the technical expertise and guidance to manufacture generic HIV med...Limiting eligibility for medical studies can omit women and African-Americans
STANFORD, Calif. - A new analysis has found that many alcohol ...treatment studies are designed in ways that inadvertently omit women ...and African-Americans from participation. The Stanford University ...School of Medicine researcher who led the effort said the findings ...should remind all scientists that strict study eligibility criteria ...can have unintended, negative consequences. ... In...Certain combination therapy found more effective for treating malaria in African children
... Malaria is one of the leading causes of death in children in Africa. One of the reasons the control of malaria has been difficult is because of increasing resistance to some drugs, leading to changes in antimalarial treatment recommendations, according to background information in the article. Combination therapies have replaced monother...Number of insecticide-treated nets available to African households needs to be increased
John M. Miller, M.P.H., of the Malaria Control and Evaluation Partnership in Africa (MACEPA) at PATH, Lusaka, Zambia, and colleagues conducted a study to estimate how many insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) are available in African households that are at risk of malaria and how many ITNs are needed to reach targets for use by children younger than 5 years and pregnant women. They found that, in dat...African-Americans perceive people with extreme health problems as less productive and valuable
... For this study, one of the first studies to examine the determinants of health preferences, 4,048 individuals were selected for participation and interviewed in their homes by trained field interviewers. During the interview, respondents were asked to...Hair straightening chemicals not linked to breast cancer risk in African-Americans
... In the May issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, researchers from Boston University and Howard University Cancer Center found no increase in breast cancer risk due to the type of hair relaxer used or the frequency and duration of use. Women who used relaxers seven or more times a year over a 20 year span or longer had the same risk...Survey reveals misperceptions about Alzheimer's among African-American and Hispanic caregivers
New York, NY (March 14, 2007) ...African-American and Hispanic caregivers (1) of people with Alzheimer's disease are significantly more likely than caregivers of other races to consider the disease a normal part of the aging process and dismiss its symptoms as part of getting older, according to the Alzheimer's Foundation of America's (AFA) second ICAN: Investigating Caregivers' Attitudes and N...Undergrad: Mothers in African study undereducated on diarrhea
... ... ... "Man...African scientists will train at Emory University in latest drug discovery techniques
... "As part of this collaboration, the scientists will work with academic researchers in departments and schools throughout th...New report reveals African-Americans may lack key nutrients for optimal health
Rosemont, Ill. February 1, 2007 A new report released today in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association reveals that African Americans in all age groups have lower average intakes of calcium, magnesium and phosphorus and consume fewer servings of dairy foods than non African Americans. African Americans in all age groups do not meet the 2005 Dietary Guidelines recommendation for three...Spirituality plays role in breast cancer information processing for African-American women
... "Spirituality has been found to be an important cultural factor for African-American women thinking about their health...NOVA to air two-hour documentary on pioneering African American chemist
... Entitled "Forgotten Genius," the film, in the words of Jim Shoffner, Ph.D., a former member of the Board of Directors of the American Chemical Society, honors a man who "was an inspirational and motivational figure for many young men and women. Although this was...Race impacts professional lives of physicians of African descent
... Published in the January 2 Annals of Internal Medicine, the study explored the role of race in the professional lives of 25 practicing physicians of African, African American and African Caribbean descent. The participants, who varied in age, academic and nonacademic work settings and clinical specialties, and represented all of the six New En...Younger African American women at significantly higher risk for breast cancer
BOSTON, Nov. 7 -- Despite an overall decline in invasive breast cancer in the United States in recent years, African-American women, particularly younger ones, have not seen a significant decline in their rates, according to researchers at the University of Pittsburgh. These findings, which are being presented at the American Public Health Association (AHPA) Annual Meeting in Boston, Nov. 4 8,...National Academies advisory: Native African vegetables
Sub-Saharan Africa is home to hundreds of indigenous vegetables -- most of them resilient enough to thrive in poor soil -- that have fed Africans for tens of thousands of years. These plants, however, receive little or no attention from the research community. LOST CROPS OF AFRICA, VOLUME II: VEGETABLES, new from the National Research Council, discusses how greater efforts to explore the potenti...Study finds race affects African American survival of breast cancer
... The analysis published on line Oct. 23 by Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, indicates that race is associated with unfavorable tumor biology, which, along with other factors, likely contributes to the...'Living While Black' index measures variety of stress factors for African Americans
Penn State researchers have developed a Living While Black index, which combines the impact of economic, social and health factors affecting African Americans. ... Dr. Shaun Gabbidon, associate professor of criminal justice, and Dr. Steven Peterson, professor of politics and public policy, both at Penn State's Harrisburg campus, recently published their findings in the September issue of the Jo...Insufficient sleep associated with poorer blood glucose control in African Americans with diabetes
... Many individuals in modern society experience a chronic lack of adequate sleep, either because they voluntarily stay up late or because they have difficulty sleeping, according to background information in the article. Accumulating evidence suggests that restricting sleep may affect the ability of the body to process sugar (glucose)...Progression of diabetic retinopathy among African-Americans with diabetes
... Type 1 diabetes occurs when the body is unable to produce enough insulin to process sugar (glucose) into energy. Over time, the resulting high levels of glucose in the blood can cause damage to nerves and blood vessels, including those of the eye. Diabetic retinopathy, a type of diabetes-r...Allocating HIV drugs to South African cities would prevent the greatest number of infections
... ... Using data from the KwaZ...Depression, risky sex behavior linked in African-American youth
Providence, RI A new study from the Bradley Hasbro Children's Research Center and Brown Medical School reveals that African American teens with symptoms of depression are more than four times likely to engage in risky sexual behavior (i.e. not wear condoms). ... This is one of the first studies that looks at African American teens of both genders and from more than one geographic location. It c...NOVA documentary honors pioneering African American chemist Percy Julian
... One of the sessions at the symposium -- "Dr. Percy L. Julian Scientist, Humanist, Educator, Entrepreneur, and Inspirational Trailblazer" -- will offer a sneak preview of the documentary, which is entitled, "Forgotten...African Americans have lower response rate to standard therapy for hepatitis C
... Researchers from the Study of Viral Resistance to Antiviral Therapy for Chroni...Actor Richard Gere presents altarpiece highlighting South African response to AIDS
... ... ... Richard Gere, actor... Dr. Carol Hof...Africans much better than North Americans at taking anti-HIV meds
... "This review contradicts a historical anticipation of poor adherence by Africans to antiretroviral regimens that was offered as a rationale to delay providing these therapies. If one had considered adherence simply on the basis of evidence, Sub-Saharan Africans would have had access to these life-saving therapies earlier," said study lead author Edward Mills, PhD, MSc, director of the Centr...Sub-Saharan Africans with HIV may achieve favorable levels of antiretroviral therapy adherence
... Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has improved the health of many human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive individuals who otherwise would have died. However, treatment effectiveness relies on sustained adherence, which is a serious challenge to those receiving ART, according to background information in th...Puerto Rican and African-American children show different patterns of asthma care
... Cohen, who does research...AIDS depleting health workforce more than brain drain in some African countries
... From the annual death rate, Frank Feeley (Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA) and colleagues estimated that over a decade, death would claim more nurses (37%) and clinical officers (68%) in two districts in Zambia than resignation (23%) or normal retirement (9%). They found that the average age of death for these health professionals was 38, suggest...Hispanic and African American adults are uninsured at rates 1 1/2 to three times higher than whites
... Sixty-two percent of Hispanic adults ages 19 to 64--an estimated 15 million adults--were uninsured at some point during the year, a rate more than three times as high as that for white working-age adults (20%). Uninsured rates for working-age African-American adults are also high, with o...Giving African surgeons online health information; cancer in minority groups
... ... Derbew and colleagues discuss an initiative called the Ptolemy Project, an electroni...African American women need to receive HPV vaccine
Providence, RI African-American women need to be the first to receive the newly approved human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine according to infectious disease experts. This is the view expressed in a commentary published in the July 2006 issue of The Lancet Infectious Disease by researchers at The Miriam Hospital and Brown Medical School. ...... The commentary is in response to an article in the Ja...Pre-menopausal African American women more likely to have certain type of breast cancer
Pre-menopausal African American women have a higher prevalence of basal-like breast tumors than post-menopausal African American and non-African American women, which could contribute to their poorer prognosis, according to a study in the June 7 issue of JAMA. ...... Breast cancer is composed of an increasing number of recognized biological subtypes. The prognostic importance of this is complicat...Enhanced brain response to smoking cues found in African American compared with caucasian smokers
African American smokers show greater brain activations in response to smoking cues, such as images of individuals smoking, than Caucasian smokers, according to researchers at the University of Minnesota. The study, published in the June issue of the journal Addiction Biology, measured increased brain activity in regions associated with emotion and reward, which may explain why African American s...U of MN study finds health education helps African American light smokers kick the habit
The first clinical trial to focus on light smokers shows that African Americans are motivated to quit more by completing health education than by using nicotine gum. ...... Jasjit S. Ahluwalia, M.D., M.P.H., professor and researcher with the University of Minnesota Medical School and Cancer Center, and executive director of the University's Office of Clinical Research, led the research team on th...African-Americans report less trust in health care providers than whites
A national survey suggests that African-Americans may have lower levels of trust in physicians, nurses and other health care providers than whites, especially if they regularly receive care in a facility other than a physician's office, according to an article in the April 24 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.... ...Physicians and researchers are increasing...Penn School of Medicine awarded nearly $1 million for African AIDS program
Philadelphia, PA Physicians from the University of Pennsylvania's School of Medicine have been awarded a one-year, $933,551 grant from the President's Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), to support clinical and educational activities in Botswana, Africa. The money will be used to support Penn faculty, residents and students as they treat, study and research the AIDS epidemic that has grippe...