News tagged with african american patients
Storytelling may help control blood pressure in African-Americans
Controlling blood pressure is not only a medical challenge, but a social one as well. Because patients are required to strictly adhere to a treatment plan that may include medication, dietary restrictions and regular doctor ...
Jan 18, 2011 |
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More intensive methods needed to identify TB in HIV-prone populations
Identifying tuberculosis patients in Africa using passive methods is leaving many cases undiagnosed, according to researchers from the Netherlands, Kenya and the United States, who studied case detection methods in HIV-prone ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 14, 2011 |
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Race may influence uterine cancer recurrence, despite treatment
African Americans are more likely to have a recurrence of uterine cancer despite undergoing a total hysterectomy or a hysterectomy followed by radiation therapy, according to researchers at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.
Nov 01, 2010 |
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No link between genetic ancestry, asthma response in African-Americans
Genetic ancestry has no discernible influence on how African American patients with asthma respond to medication, according to a Henry Ford Hospital study.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 27, 2010 |
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Study finds African Americans at greater risk after PCI
A study from one of the largest public health systems in the country has found that African American patients experienced significantly worse outcomes after angioplasty and stenting than patients of other races, though researchers ...
May 08, 2009 |
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High blood pressure linked to earlier death among African-American breast cancer patients
A study by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco has shown that hypertension, or high blood pressure, is a predictor of mortality among breast cancer patients, especially those who are African-American, ...
Mar 04, 2009 |
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Why bladder cancer is deadlier for some
Bladder cancer is much more likely to be deadly for women and African-Americans, but the reasons long believed to explain the phenomenon account for only part of the differences for such patients compared to their white and ...
Jan 08, 2009 |
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