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1. Race Remains an Imperfect Metric for Glaucoma Patient Assessment: A more effective profile would encompass social and socioeconomic as well as genetic factors to create a fuller picture of the disease's manifestation and burden, experts argue

Subjects
Diagnosis, Research, Demographic aspects, Health aspects, Ophthalmic research, Black people -- Health aspects, Race -- Health aspects -- Research, Glaucoma -- Diagnosis -- Demographic aspects -- Research, Health care disparities -- Research, Blacks -- Health aspects
Abstract

Numerous studies have shown that the prevalence of glaucoma is disproportionately greater in Black adults vs. non-Hispanic white individuals. However, the practice of using race or ethnicity as a decisive [...]

Published
2023

2. Smartwatch Heart Data May Be Less Accurate for Black Users

Subjects
Usage, Mechanical properties, Research, Health aspects, Skin color -- Research, Medical research, Black people -- Health aspects, Smart watches -- Usage -- Health aspects -- Mechanical properties, Activity trackers -- Usage -- Health aspects -- Mechanical properties, Health care disparities -- Research, Medicine, Experimental, Blacks -- Health aspects
Published
2022

3. Descendants of men from horrifying Tuskegee study want to calm virus vaccine fears

Author

Montgomery, David

Subjects
Tuskegee, Alabama -- Social aspects, Care and treatment, Social aspects, Research, Public opinion, Ethical aspects, History, Health aspects, COVID-19 vaccines -- Public opinion, Medical research -- Ethical aspects -- History, Black people -- Health aspects, Syphilis -- Research -- Care and treatment, Medicine, Experimental -- Ethical aspects -- History, Blacks -- Health aspects
Published
2021

4. Does Alzheimer's Unfold Differently in Black Patients?

Subjects
Usage, Analysis, Research, Risk factors, Health aspects, Positron emission tomography -- Usage, Black people -- Health aspects, Risk assessment -- Analysis, Alzheimer's disease -- Risk factors -- Research, Magnetic resonance imaging -- Usage, Blacks -- Health aspects, PET imaging -- Usage
Abstract

MONDAY, Jan. 7, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Alzheimer's disease may be twice as common in black Americans as in whites, and scientists don't really know why. But new research uncovers [...]

Published
2019

6. Ethnicity gap in incidence of bed sores

Subjects
Care and treatment, Research, Risk factors, Health aspects, Decubitus ulcer -- Risk factors -- Care and treatment -- Research, Black people -- Health aspects, Blacks -- Health aspects, Bedsores -- Risk factors -- Care and treatment -- Research
Abstract

Black people living in nursing homes are more likely to have pressure ulcers compared with white residents, according to research conducted in the United States. The study of more than [...]

Published
2011

8. Blacks With Kidney Disease Should Watch for Blood Pressure Shifts: Study; Daily fluctuations in hypertension might warn of early death, researchers say

Subjects
Care and treatment, Physiological aspects, Research, Risk factors, Health aspects, Death -- Risk factors -- Research, Black people -- Health aspects, Kidney diseases -- Research -- Care and treatment, Blood pressure -- Physiological aspects -- Research, Blacks -- Health aspects
Abstract

THURSDAY, March 14 (HealthDay News) -- Large day-to-day blood pressure changes in blacks with kidney disease are associated with an increased risk of premature death, a new study suggests. The [...]

Published
2013

10. Blacks More Prone to Hypertension After Certain Strokes; Researchers not sure why racial gap exists

Subjects
Care and treatment, Prevention, Research, Health aspects, Hypertension -- Research -- Care and treatment, White people -- Health aspects, Black people -- Health aspects, Stroke -- Research -- Prevention, Stroke (Disease) -- Research -- Prevention, Whites -- Health aspects, Blacks -- Health aspects
Abstract

THURSDAY, Aug. 16 (HealthDay News) -- Blacks who survive brain bleed strokes are more likely than their white peers to have high blood pressure a year later, new research reveals. [...]

Published
2012

11. Black Teens in Public Housing Twice As Likely to Smoke: Study; Smoking prevention programs should target young children in these communities, researchers say

Subjects
Prevention, Research, Health aspects, Youth smoking -- Research -- Prevention, Black people -- Health aspects, Smoking cessation -- Health aspects -- Research, Smoking and youth -- Research -- Prevention, Blacks -- Health aspects, Smoking cessation programs -- Health aspects -- Research
Abstract

TUESDAY, July 24 (HealthDay News) -- Black teens living in public housing communities are more than twice as likely to smoke as their peers in other U.S. communities, researchers have [...]

Published
2012

12. Black Patients More Apt to Have Voice Box Removed When Cancer Strikes; Reason for disparity in therapy is unclear but, overall, the trend is to preserve the larynx

Subjects
Care and treatment, Research, Health aspects, White people -- Health aspects, Laryngectomy -- Health aspects, Black people -- Health aspects, Laryngeal cancer -- Care and treatment -- Research, Whites -- Health aspects, Blacks -- Health aspects
Abstract

MONDAY, July 16 (HealthDay News) -- Among people with laryngeal (voice box) cancer, black patients are less likely than white patients to receive treatment that preserves their larynx, a new [...]

Published
2012

13. Study Hints at Why Heart Disease Is More Deadly for Blacks; Culprit may be certain type of arterial plaque more common among blacks than whites

Subjects
Diagnosis, Usage, Research, Risk factors, Health aspects, Heart attack -- Risk factors -- Research -- Diagnosis, Black people -- Health aspects, CAT scans -- Usage, Blacks -- Health aspects, CT imaging -- Usage
Abstract

TUESDAY, June 28 (HealthDay News) -- A new study hints at one reason that black Americans are at a higher risk of death from heart disease than whites: Blacks appear [...]

Published
2011

14. Hearing Loss Seems to Affect Fewer Blacks Than Whites; Skin pigmentation may protect the inner ear, researcher says

Subjects
Research, Risk factors, Health aspects, White people -- Health aspects, Black people -- Health aspects, Hearing loss -- Risk factors -- Research, Whites -- Health aspects, Blacks -- Health aspects
Abstract

WEDNESDAY, March 2 (HealthDay News) -- Hearing loss affects nearly two-thirds of older Americans, but blacks are much less likely than whites to have hearing problems, a new study shows. [...]

Published
2011

15. Gene Mutation May Protect Blacks From Heart Disease; Researcher hails finding as first confirmed hereditary link

Subjects
Diagnosis, Research, Genetic aspects, Risk factors, Health aspects, Heart diseases -- Genetic aspects -- Research -- Risk factors -- Diagnosis, Gene mutation -- Health aspects -- Research, Black people -- Health aspects, Gene mutations -- Health aspects -- Research, Blacks -- Health aspects
Abstract

THURSDAY, Jan. 27 (HealthDay News) -- About one-fourth of all black men and women carry a genetic mutation that dramatically reduces their risk for coronary artery disease, new research reveals. [...]

Published
2011

16. Black Teens May Need Higher Vitamin D Supplementation; Even with sun exposure, levels were deficient in this vulnerable group, researchers say

Subjects
Research, Health aspects, Youth -- Research -- Physiological aspects -- Health aspects, Black people -- Health aspects, Vitamin D -- Research -- Physiological aspects -- Health aspects, Alfacalcidol -- Research -- Physiological aspects -- Health aspects, Blacks -- Health aspects, Calcifediol -- Research -- Physiological aspects -- Health aspects, Teenagers -- Research -- Physiological aspects -- Health aspects
Abstract

THURSDAY, July 29 (HealthDay News) -- Among black teens, vitamin D deficiency is associated with arterial stiffness -- a risk factor for heart disease and stroke -- but adequate supplementation [...]

Published
2010

17. Health, Money Woes May Boost Bowel Cancer Deaths in Blacks; More study needed to explain other factors, researchers say

Subjects
Research, Risk factors, Health aspects, Mortality -- Research -- United States, Colorectal cancer -- Risk factors -- Research, Black people -- Health aspects, Blacks -- Health aspects
Abstract

FRIDAY, July 16 (HealthDay News) -- Being poorer and having co-existing health problems are among the reasons why black colorectal cancer patients have lower survival rates than whites or Asians [...]

Published
2010

18. Matching Heart Donors by Race Unnecessary? Death rates higher among black recipients, but ethnicity of donor made no difference, study shows

Subjects
Research, Health aspects, Mortality -- Research -- United States, Heart transplantation -- Research -- Statistics -- Reports -- Health aspects, Black people -- Health aspects, Blacks -- Health aspects, Heart -- Transplantation
Abstract

TUESDAY, June 1 (HealthDay News) -- A constellation of factors -- including flaws in the health care system, insurance and education levels and biological differences between the races -- may [...]

Published
2010

19. Whites least hospitalized for HBP

Author

Anderson, Jane

Subjects
Research, Risk factors, Health aspects, Hypertension -- Risk factors -- Research, White people -- Health aspects, Black people -- Health aspects, Whites -- Health aspects, Blacks -- Health aspects
Abstract

Blacks were hospitalized for hypertension nearly five times as often as whites in 2006, and Hispanics were as likely as whites to be admitted for the condition, according to the [...]

Published
2010

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