News tagged with black patients
Why are blacks more likely to die from cancer diagnosis?
Black people with cancer are up to twice as likely as other races to die from their disease. While disparities exist for nearly every common cancer type, the largest differences occur among cancers that benefit most from ...
Jul 01, 2010 |
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Study finds blacks more likely to be readmitted to hospitals after discharge
Elderly black patients were more likely to be readmitted to the hospital after a prior hospital stay for a heart attack, heart failure, or pneumonia, according to a new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers. ...
Feb 15, 2011 |
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Researchers identify stroke predictors in black patients
Predictors of atrial fibrillation (AF or afib) might offer physicians a better way to prevent stroke in blacks, according to a new study done by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 29, 2009 |
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Outcomes of communication about end-of-life care appear to differ between black and white patients
While both black patients and white patients appear to benefit from end of life discussions with their physician, black patients are less likely to experience end-of-life care that accurately reflects their preferences, according ...
Sep 27, 2010 |
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Black patients, women miss out on strongest medications for chronic pain
Black patients are prescribed fewer pain medications than whites and few women receive medications strong enough to manage their chronic pain, according to a study in the August issue of Journal of Pain.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 17, 2010 |
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Disparities in cancer care reflect hospital resources, study finds
Hospitals that treat more black cancer patients have worse survival rates on average for patients with breast and colon cancer, regardless of race, according to a new study from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer ...
Aug 20, 2009 |
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Why African-Americans are at greater risk of hypertension and kidney disease
Physician-scientists from NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center believe that a heightened level a certain growth factor in the blood may explain why blacks have a greater prevalence of hypertension and ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 13, 2009 |
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Trends in melanoma incidence and stage at diagnosis vary by racial and ethnic group
White and Hispanic individuals are being diagnosed with melanoma more frequently in recent years, whereas Hispanic and black patients continue to have advanced skin cancer at diagnosis, according to a report in the December ...
Dec 21, 2009 |
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Why do blacks with advanced kidney disease live longer than whites?
Blacks in the United States are more likely to require dialysis and develop end stage renal disease (ESRD) than whites, but they also live longer than whites once they reach later stages of kidney disease. A study of this ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 15, 2009 |
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White patients benefit more than blacks in surviving surgical complications at teaching hospitals
Elderly patients who undergo surgery at teaching-intensive hospitals have better survival rates than at nonteaching hospitals, but these better survival rates apparently occur in white patients, not black patients.
Feb 16, 2009 |
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Study examines racial disparities in survival among patients diagnosed with lung cancer
Disparities in survival among black patients diagnosed with early-stage lung cancer are not seen when patients are recommended appropriate treatment, according to a report in the January issue of Archives of Surgery, one of ...
Jan 19, 2009 |
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