Hispanics and blacks with melanoma more likely to be diagnosed at a later stage
Hispanic and black patients in Florida's Miami-Dade County are more likely than white patients to have a more advanced stage of melanoma at the time of diagnosis of the disease, according to a report in the June issue of Archives of Dermatology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals....... The skin cancer melanoma has become increasingly more common, with incidence rates increasing 2.4 percent annual...UCI researchers examine political participation and health issues facing Hispanics in coming decades
Irvine, Calif. -- A sweeping report on the future of Hispanics in America, ranging from education and economics to health care and political influence, will be issued Wednesday in Washington, D.C., by the National Academies' National Research Council....... That report includes a frank analysis and projection of the health status and political influence of Hispanics in America over the next 20 ye...Hypertension data may mask racial disparities among Hispanics
Black Hispanics in America are suffering higher rates of hypertension than their Hispanic counterparts who are white, a new study finds....... Researcher Luisa N. Borrell, assistant professor of epidemiology with Columbia University's school of public health, said her research is the first to examine hypertension along racial lines within the Hispanic ethnic group....... On the whole, U.S. Hispan...Study on hypertension indicates racial disparity among Hispanics
Hispanics in America who self-identify as Black are suffering higher rates of hypertension than their Hispanic counterparts who identify as White, according to research conducted at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. However, the study found that on the whole, U.S. Hispanics have lower rates of high blood pressure (16.8 percent) than non-Hispanics (24.7 percent).... ...The st...Invasive skin cancer a growing problem in Hispanics
For the first time, scientists have identified a significant increase in the incidence rate of melanoma--an invasive form of an already deadly skin cancer--among California Hispanics. A new study published in the March 1, 2006 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, finds in contrast to non-Hispanic Caucasians, increases in melanoma in Hispanics have been confined...Family influences breast cancer treatment among older Hispanics
The influence of the family in the treatment decision-making process for breast cancer may account the significant racial differences in breast cancer management, according to a new study. Published in the February 15, 2006 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study reveals that older, Hispanic women more than any other racial group, rely on family to make...Hispanics urged to take charge of their heart health
PHILADELPHIA (November 3, 2005) Heart disease and stroke account for nearly 30 percent of all deaths among Hispanic Americans per year. In addition, high blood pressure affects about one in five Hispanics in the United States. The American College of Physicians (ACP) created "Guide to a Healthy Heart for Latinos," a program geared towards combating these statistics and explaining the role blood...Association between depression severity and poor glycemic control among Hispanics with diabetes
In a study of more than 200 Hispanics with diabetes, researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and College of Physicians and Surgeons found a significant association between depression severity and poor glycemic control (PGC). The findings also confirm that less than one-half of the diabetes patients with moderate or severe depression received mental health treatment i...Mount Sinai study shows Hispanics have worse lung cancer survival rate
In a national population-based study of 16,036 lung cancer patients, Hispanics with curable stage I lung cancer had poorer lung cancer specific survival rates, as well as worse all-cause mortality, than a much larger group of white persons. Study results will appear in the second issue for May 2005 of the American Thoracic Society's peer-reviewed American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care...Barriers prevent many Hispanics from participating in research studies
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- At a time when the Hispanic population in the United States is growing at a rate faster than any other minority group, Hispanics still represent only a small portion of participants in clinical research studies.......Researchers from the University of Michigan Health System and the Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System set out to find the reasons for the lack of partici...