Survival differences by race most apparent in advanced stages of breast cancer
...number of lymph nodes with disease between the two race groups. Analysis of clinical and demographic characteristics from 256,174 women with breast cancer (21,861 African American and 234,313 white) diagnosed from 1988-2003 showed that African American women were more likely than white women to be diagn...RAND finds cases of undiagnosed diabetes drop sharply
...more schooling. If we only target disparities by race and ethnicity, we run the risk of missing other equally important health disparities that affect those least able to deal with them, Smith said. The study also found the rate of growth of diabetes prevalence is not as high or as dramatic as often p...Researchers develop criteria to detect bone mass deficiencies in children with chronic diseases
...zed data on bone mass categorized by sex, age, and race and formatted similar to a growth chart as a scr...t and did not factor in variables for age, sex and race all important reference points in evaluating the bone health of children. Before this data it was...Lilly studies try to shed light on impact of race
...fore, little is known about the possible impact of race on the utility of many medications, said Coleman O...an and Hispanic) patients. Based on this analysis, race did not have a statistically significant impact on efficacy parameters (response rate, survival and ...Making science personal: Lilly Oncology to unveil 76 studies at ASCO 2007
...Publication: 2007 ASCO Meeting Program Effect of race on the safety and efficacy of pemetrexed therapy in locally advanced and metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) Phase II Evaluation of ALIMTA Using Accelerated Vitamin Supplementation in Small Cell Lung Cancer Abstract # 7726: June 3, ...African-Americans perceive people with extreme health problems as less productive and valuable
...nscious, and imminent death. "It was found that race was a significant predictor for the valuation of health states," said Dr. Jeffrey Johnson, researcher at the University of Alberta. "Although this result is significant, it is not immediately apparent why African Americans valued health states more h...Studies show role of age, gender, race and weight on cancer risk and treatment
... cancer surgery among elderly individuals; and how race determines incidence as well as treatment decision... colorectal cancer between 1973 and 2003. Gender, race and sub-site specific, age-adjusted incidence rates were calculated. Overall colon cancer and prox...Healthy body weight throughout adulthood may help delay disability
...count for factors such as smoking, education, age, race and level of physical activity at baseline that could have influenced the results. Houston said the results are significant because the elderly U.S. population is growing and is expected to double by the year 2030 to about 20 percent. "Over the p...Hair straightening chemicals not linked to breast cancer risk in African-Americans
...not fully explained by known risk factors, such as race and family history. At all ages, African-American women are more likely to die of breast cancer than are Caucasian women. To shed light on these findings and to study potential causes of breast cancer and other serious illnesses that affect black wom...Study finds women less likely than men to have their cholesterol controlled
...o looked investigated disparities in care owing to race and income level, and found significant gaps in care. For example, based on the study findings, 55.4 percent of white men with recent cardiac events who were in commercial plans met the recommended lipid control level. For other groups the comparabl...Chemotherapy more effective when given before breast cancer surgery
... is the most common cancer in women, regardless of race or ethnic background. The National Cancer Institute estimates that 192,000 American women are diagnosed with breast cancer each year....An aspirin a day keeps colorectal cancer away
...of aspirin were consistent regardless of age, sex, race or country of origin of patients studied (all of which affect the general rate of colorectal cancer) and that the effect was also seen in individuals with a family history of colorectal cancer in a first degree family relative (which increases lifeti...Stroke risk nearly doubles for siblings of people who have had a stroke
...007. That risk can be even higher depending on the race and gender of the person who had the stroke. The study looked at the risk of stroke for 807 siblings of 181 people who had strokes in Nueces County, Texas. All of the strokes were either an ischemic stroke in which a vessel supplying blood to the b...Hurricane Katrina evacuees had deep distrust of public health authorities
...he hurricane victims the same regardless of class, race and gender; fiduciary issues, in which people trust others to act in their best interests; and issues of honesty and dishonesty, with some evacuees believing that the levees were intentionally broken. The distrust was aimed not only at government le...Racial disparities in treatment of patients with cirrhosis and complications of portal hypertension
...tments and outcomes. To determine the influence of race and health insurance for patients with serious liver disease, including their likelihood of receiving palliative procedures or transplants, researchers, led by Paul J. Thuluvath. MD (and Geoffrey Nguyen, Fellow in Gastroenterology & Hepatology) of Jo...Serious illness among children with sickle cell disease reduced with vaccine
...ons, compared to individuals of comparable age and race without SCD. The new study, by Natasha Halasa, MD, MPH, of Vanderbilt Universitys School of Medicine and colleagues, looked at pneumococcal disease rates among young children with SCD in Tennessees Medicaid program before and after the introductio...RAND study finds school playgrounds can help fight childhood obesity
...erences in BMI and physical activity by the girls' race and socioeconomic status, consistent with the findings of previous studies. Hispanic and African-American girls had 7.2 percent and 7.8 percent higher BMIs respectively than whites, and non-white girls recorded less physical activity than their white...Carnegie Mellon researcher wins prestigious career award for NSF
... Industry analysts report that the race to produce higher-performance integrated circuits ... costly material testing during CMP in the ongoing race to produce smaller and faster integrated circuits," said Higgs. The NSF grant als...Kennedy Krieger Institute launches first national online autism registry
... widely available regardless of income, education, race and ethnicity, to significantly increase family participation. In the long-term, this new research approach may impact not only autism research, but how other disease states are studied as well. To protect participant confidentiality, the data co...Still some way to go in tackling racism in mental health care
...ponse, a systems level approach called "Delivering race equality" has been developed to improve mental health services. This could improve services but leadership is needed to ensure that it is taken up, say the authors. But there is a danger that its impact will be undermined by other government polic...