National study shows black immigrants' health erodes the longer they live in US
...th America. According to Emerson and Read, racial minorities are exposed to more stressful life events caused by discrimination. Stress, a key risk factor for many ailments, accumulates over the life course to harm health. The study, published in the September issue of Social Forces, is the first to look at t...Pharmacies in minority, low-income areas less likely to carry sufficient pain medications
...their race or finances. But a new study finds that minorities and people with low incomes have less access than high-income white people to the medications that will help them endure their pain. In a wide-reaching study of 95 pharmacies in ZIP codes with predominantly white populations and 93 pharmacies in ZIP ...Adolescents who watch smoking in movies are more likely to try smoking
...mpact may be larger in minorities. "The finding on minorities is concerning." said co-author of the study, Dr. Linda Titus-Ernstoff, professor of community and family medicine at DMS. "On average, Hispanic and black adolescents are exposed to more movie smoking than whites, so movie smoking may have a greater ...Ethnic minorities and health research
Racial and ethnic minorities are just as willing to participate in health resea... the 20 studies they identified, racial and ethnic minorities were just as willing, and sometimes more willing to participate than non-Hispanic whites. The autho...Access to existing medical treatments could save more lives than spending to improve the treatments
...ervices and that disparities in care are worse for minorities and disenfranchised patients. The study poses a contrast between efficacy, or how well a treatment works, and what they call the "fidelity of health care." Independent of the efficacy, fidelity is the extent to which the health care system provides p...Racial minority participation in clinical trials increase with information and access
Racial minorities participate in health research studies at the same...e, the study debunks the common belief that racial minorities are less willing to participate in research studies, and the authors suggest that minority involveme...Race and gender affect lung cancer clinical trial participation
...ticipation. Not only does lack of participation by minorities and women shut them out of the next generation of potentially life-saving treatment, but it also makes it all the more difficult for clinicians to translate treatment benefits and risks found in a clinical trial to these under-represented patient pop...Blacks' lower rate of lung cancer surgery not just due to access to care issues
...generally poorer health of blacks and other racial minorities is often blamed on social and financial obstacles to obtaining medical care. The new study, however, documents that the lower rate of surgery for black lung cancer patients "is not just about access to care or not being physically able to undergo tre...Risky sex in Miami, racial influence on children's care in latest Journal of Urban Health
...ettings can help reduce the digital divide between minorities and whites, said senior author Tiffany L. Gary, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at Johns Hopkins University's Bloomberg School of Public Health. "The health status of Americans with chronic diseases such as Type 2 diabetes...Hospital volume doesn't explain racial disparity in cardiovascular procedure deaths
...ar procedures. Most likely, this means that racial minorities are receiving lower quality of care. This quality lies not so much in the hospital volume of procedures, but more likely in the skill of the individual operators, the skill of the care teams and in the systems of care at the hospitals."...New study examines scope of online breast cancer support groups
... education did not predict participation, although minorities were not as active as other users.The percentage of women with breast cancer participating in online support groups is significant and has been growing steadily over the past decade. This new research provides insights about the characteristics of w...Doctors fail to recommend colon cancer tests for low-income patients
...est to be reported in the medical literature among minorities and those of lower socioeconomic status. The study, led by Northwestern researcher Michael Wolf, assistant professor of medicine, Institute for Healthcare Studies, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, was published in the February i...Let patients use their own terms to describe ethnicity
...n how health care is provided to racial and ethnic minorities versus whites, according to a study in the March issue of the American Journal of Public Health. David W. Baker, M.D., and co-researchers at Northwestern University showed that "self-describing" data collection results in fewer missed results and un...UCI researchers examine political participation and health issues facing Hispanics in coming decades
...oting rights, has helped encourage the election of minorities to represent minority-majority districts. "If the VRA is not renewed, the nation will see a decline in the number of Latinos in elected office, limiting the group's ability to translate size into political power." Hispanics are projected to compris...Heart devices, procedures evaluated across patient populations
... Session, new studies take a closer look at women, minorities and athletes, as well as recall issues with ICDs. ACC.06 is the premier cardiovascular medical meeting, bringing together over 30,000 cardiologists to further breakthroughs in cardiovascular medicine. "Consistent re-evaluation of commonly used de...Ethnic groups need specialist services to tackle alcohol misuse
Ethnic minorities may have particular problems with alcohol use, yet...e research. In the United Kingdom, several ethnic minorities have higher levels of alcohol use and resulting health problems than the general population, writes ...New handbook addresses lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender health issues
...S. However, the public health landscape for sexual minorities is much larger and significantly more complicated ...al-life Bree Osbournes and members of other sexual minorities the evidence-based help they need. Mr. Shankle served as chair of the LGBT Caucus of Public Health ...New engineering center to transform sensor technology
...ent and training of traditionally underrepresented minorities in science and engineering," Moshary said. At the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, MIRTHE will partner with the Meyerhoff Scholars Program, which is recognized nationally as a model for preparing high-achieving undergraduate students, parti...Study finds middle-aged Americans not as healthy as English counterparts
...h as Canada and the rest of Europe, and looking at minorities would allow experts to compare the effects of publicly funded health care in each country.......ished on bmj.com today. And girls from some ethnic minorities and lower socioeconomic groups are more likely to be overweight or obese, putting them at even more danger of long-term health problems, say the authors. Previous studies have shown that adolescence is a key time, since excess weight during teenage y...