http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Beyond good test scores and high school grades, a new study finds one key factor that helps predict if a young black man will succeed at a predominantly white university. http://phys.org/news284728015.html Other Sciences Tue, 09 Apr 2013 12:07:39 EST news284728015 Black men, especially those living in low-income, urban areas, face many societal stressors, including racial discrimination, incarceration and poverty. In addition, these men have poorer health outcomes. Now, a University of Missouri faculty member has studied these men's efforts to negotiate social environments that are not designed to help them attain good health and success. http://phys.org/news260469484.html Other Sciences Mon, 02 Jul 2012 17:38:13 EST news260469484 (PhysOrg.com) -- A new University of Michigan study finds that black fathers are 50 percent more likely to be depressed than men in the general population. One quarter of black fathers were depressed at some time over the five-year course of the study. http://phys.org/news209748812.html Medicine & Health Tue, 23 Nov 2010 15:33:43 EST news209748812 (PhysOrg.com) -- Young, Black women are significantly more likely to self-harm than people from other ethnic groups, according to new research. http://phys.org/news203265133.html Medicine & Health Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:32:29 EST news203265133 (PhysOrg.com) -- Among disadvantaged people in the United States, the most needy and least helped are probably African American men, according to a new book from the University of Chicago’s School of Social Service Administration. http://phys.org/news202132238.html Other Sciences Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:51:03 EST news202132238 Black men with chronic pain related to an accident, injury, illness, surgery or other causes were more likely to experience depression, affective distress and disability than white men with chronic pain, according to a new study by the University of Michigan Health System. http://phys.org/news190560139.html Medicine & Health Thu, 15 Apr 2010 14:22:36 EST news190560139 Black men are over-diagnosed with schizophrenia at least five times higher than any other group--a trend that dates back to the 1960s, according to new University of Michigan research. http://phys.org/news182003859.html Medicine & Health Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:38:39 EST news182003859 (PhysOrg.com) -- A new study helps untangle how marriage, gender and ethnicity are related to body weight. The study of almost 8,000 men and women will be published in the journal Obesity. http://phys.org/news178914911.html Medicine & Health Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:35:35 EST news178914911 (PhysOrg.com) -- While an elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test can be frightening news for men, new research shows that sometimes the levels are caused by a naturally occurring hormone, and may not indicate a need for a biopsy. http://phys.org/news177671228.html Medicine & Health Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:09:52 EST news177671228 Black gay men have less choice when it comes to sexual partners than other groups and, as a result, their sexual networks are closely knit. These tightly interconnected networks make the rapid spread of HIV more likely. In a study looking at social and sexual mixing between ethnic groups in men who have sex with men, H. Fisher Raymond and Willi McFarland, from the San Francisco Department of Public Health in the US, show that social barriers faced by Black gay men may have a serious impact on their health and well-being. Their findings are published in Springer's journal AIDS and Behavior. http://phys.org/news165494160.html Medicine & Health Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:50:03 EST news165494160 Black Fortune 500 CEOs with a "babyface" appearance are more likely to lead companies with higher revenues and prestige than black CEOs who look more mature, an upcoming study says. http://phys.org/news160983537.html Medicine & Health Fri, 08 May 2009 06:39:41 EST news160983537 Very few people fear dandelions. Or even dangerous things - like Hummers. We may object to outsized automobiles on principle, but the mere sight of them doesn't make us tremble and sweat and run away. On the other hand, even toddlers show an automatic and powerful fear of snakes, including harmless ones. http://phys.org/news152972021.html Medicine & Health Wed, 04 Feb 2009 12:14:34 EST news152972021 Gay and bisexual black men are less likely to be tested for prostate cancer than men of any other racial and ethnic backgrounds regardless of their sexual orientation, according to a recent study by a researcher at Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science. http://phys.org/news149344384.html Medicine & Health Wed, 24 Dec 2008 12:33:04 EST news149344384 (PhysOrg.com) -- Black men living in England are three times more likely to get prostate cancer than White men and tend to be diagnosed five years younger, researchers have found. http://phys.org/news142086935.html Medicine & Health Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:35:35 EST news142086935 Black Americans have a higher occurrence of colon polyps, according to a new study. This is a significant finding considering the incidence of colon cancer among black men has increased and remained unchanged among black women during the last 20 years. http://phys.org/news141472659.html Medicine & Health Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:57:39 EST news141472659 Compared with white patients, black patients undergoing screening colonoscopy have a higher prevalence of colon polyps, according to a study in the September 24 issue of JAMA. http://phys.org/news141403522.html Medicine & Health Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:45:22 EST news141403522 The popular media in the U.S. have focused too much on moral issues surrounding black bisexual men who do not disclose their same-sex behaviors to female lovers, otherwise known as men "on the Down Low," with this focus creating a stigma that interferes with effective public health strategies, says Indiana University sexual health expert Brian Dodge. http://phys.org/news141362289.html Medicine & Health Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:18:09 EST news141362289 In one of the first examinations of PSA screening in younger men, a study published by researchers at Duke Medicine's Prostate Center finds that one-fifth of men under age 50 reported undergoing a prostate specific antigen (PSA) test to detect prostate cancer in the previous year, yet only one in three young black men reported ever having a PSA test in the previous year. http://phys.org/news137650598.html Medicine & Health Mon, 11 Aug 2008 05:16:38 EST news137650598