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Blacks With Hypertension More Likely to Have Thicker Hearts, Study Finds
Blacks With Hypertension More Likely to Have Thicker Hearts, Study FindsDALLASResearchers say they may have found a new clue as to why Blacks are at greater risk of dying from heart disease than Whites. In the largest study of its kind, Blacks with high blood pressure were found to have thicker hearts than Whites with […]
June 2, 2004
HBCUs
N.C. Students, Faculty Address HIV Outbreak
N.C. Students, Faculty Address HIV OutbreakBy Eleanor Lee YatesDURHAM, N.C.More than 450 students and faculty from North Carolina’s 12 historically Black colleges and universities recently gathered to discuss the alarming increase of HIV rates among Black students. “Stomp Out HIV/STDs,” held on the weekend of March 20, was sponsored by North Carolina Central University and […]
April 21, 2004
Health
Managed Care Organizations Shortchange Minority Medicaid Patients, Penn State Study Finds
Managed Care Organizations Shortchange Minority Medicaid Patients, Penn State Study FindsUNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Even when they are enrolled in the same Medicaid managed care organizations (MCOs), patients who are members of linguistic, racial or ethnic minorities report worse care than White English speakers, a Penn State-led study has shown. Asian non-English speakers reported the worst […]
March 24, 2004
Health
President Bush Awards Harvard $107 Million in Africa AIDS Fight
President Bush Awards Harvard $107 Million in Africa AIDS FightWASHINGTONAt a State Department press conference last month, Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson, Secretary of State Colin Powell and U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Ambassador Randall L. Tobias announced that the Harvard School of Public Health’s AIDS Treatment Care and Prevention Initiative in Africa […]
March 24, 2004
Health
Health Disparities Report at Center of Controversy
Health Disparities Report at Center of ControversyDepartment altered scientists’ conclusions to fit ‘political goals,’ lawmakers saySeveral lawmakers released a report last month documenting substantial alterations to the National Healthcare Disparities Report made by officials at the Department of Health and Human Services. While the draft executive summary of the report prepared by HHS scientists called […]
February 11, 2004
Health
Dallas Barbers Assist in Efforts to Curb Hypertension Rates
Dallas Barbers Assist in Efforts to Curb Hypertension RatesDALLASDallas barbers are helping physicians cut high blood pressure among African American men, the group with the highest rate of uncontrolled hypertension in the United States. A program started at two Dallas barbershops by researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas is designed to improve the […]
January 28, 2004
Health
Grants & Awards
Grants & AwardsThe Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation awarded a total of $25 million in grants to eight U.S. universities that pledged to make entrepreneurship education available across campus. The selected universities receiving multi-million dollar grants are: Florida International University, $3 million; Howard University, $3.1 million; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, $4.5 million; University of North […]
January 14, 2004
Health
Report: Race, Income Key Factors in Women’s Health, Insurance
Report: Race, Income Key Factors in Women’s Health, InsuranceLOS ANGELESRace and income levels are key factors in determining whether women are healthy and whether they have health insurance, according to a public health report released last month.The University of California, Los Angeles, Center for Health Policy Research examined overall health, insurance coverage and access to […]
January 14, 2004
Health
Colleges Receive Joint Grant to Battle Obesity in Minorities
Colleges Receive Joint Grant to Battle Obesity in Minorities  CLEMSON, S.C.  Clemson University and Voorhees College have received a $5.26 million grant to develop a joint program to battle obesity among rural South Carolina minorities. The program will train future health care educators and workers to reduce and eliminate the disproportionate amount of disease and […]
December 31, 2003
Health
Study Finds Prostate Cancer Treatment Less Successful for Blacks
Study Finds Prostate Cancer Treatment Less Successful for BlacksCHAPEL HILL, N.C.Black men tend to have poorer overall survival rates than White men after being treated for localized prostate cancer, a new study shows.The findings, published in a November issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, also show the greatest disparity to be among […]
December 17, 2003
Health
Former Meharry Medical School Dean Wins Nickens Award
Former Meharry Medical School Dean Wins Nickens AwardWASHINGTONA former dean of the school of medicine at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tenn., has been named the most recent recipient of the Association of American Medical Colleges’ (AAMC) prestigious Herbert W. Nickens, M.D., Award. Dr. Anna Cherrie Epps, who now serves as senior adviser to the […]
December 3, 2003
Health
AIDS Treatment Study in Africa Enrolls First Participants
AIDS Treatment Study in Africa Enrolls First ParticipantsCHAPEL HILL, N.C.After overcoming numerous financial and governmental obstacles, doctors have enrolled five people infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, in the first National Institutes of Health-funded AIDS treatment research study in Africa.When those patients complete four weeks of successful therapy, another 15 will be enrolled […]
December 3, 2003
Health
Federal Government Awards $14 Million To Tuskegee Bioethics Center
Federal Government Awards $14 Million To Tuskegee Bioethics CenterWASHINGTONThe federal government has awarded a $14 million grant to Tuskegee University to complete its National Center for Bioethics in Research and Health Care.The center is the nation’s first bioethics institute dedicated to addressing issues that involve African Americans and other underserved populations. It was created in […]
November 19, 2003
Health
Study: Students of Mixed Race Suffer More Health Problems
Study: Students of Mixed Race Suffer More Health ProblemsCHAPEL HILL, N.C.Anew study that involved surveying 90,000 adolescent U.S. students showed that those who considered themselves to be of mixed race were more likely than others to suffer from depression, substance abuse, sleep problems, and various aches and pains.Conducted by researchers at the University of North […]
November 19, 2003
Leadership & Policy
Bennett College Inaugurates President After 15 Months in Office
Bennett College Inaugurates President After 15 Months in OfficeGREENSBORO, N.C.Dr. Johnnetta Cole, credited with rescuing Bennett College from a possible closure, was inaugurated as president of the college last month.Cole arrived at Bennett in July 2002. But she postponed her inauguration until the college could clear up Bennett’s standing with the Southern Association of Colleges […]
November 5, 2003
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African-American
Sick and Tired of Health Disparities
Sick and Tired of Health Disparities  A few months ago, I had the opportunity to spend a couple of days with an older sisterfriend, a retired teacher who fills her retired days with meetings, task forces and sorority work. I had always admired my friend for her spunk, her accomplishments and her standard of service. […]
October 22, 2003
Faculty & Staff
Minorities Believe They Receive Far Different Medical Care Than Whites, Survey Finds
Minorities Believe They Receive Far Different Medical Care Than Whites, Survey FindsNASHVILLE, Tenn.Anew poll shows that while Americans are divided about the extent to which racial and ethnic health care disparities exist, African Americans and Hispanics are as much as three times more likely than Whites to feel that minorities receive a lower level of […]
October 22, 2003
Health
Hampton Professor Conducts Study Linking Cigarette Smoke to Breast Cancer
Hampton Professor Conducts Study Linking Cigarette Smoke to Breast CancerHAMPTON, Va.A new study links cadmium, a metal found in cigarette smoke and shellfish, to breast cancer. Findings from the study, conducted by Hampton University biology professor Dr. Nicholas Kenney and several researchers at the Lombardi Cancer Center at Georgetown University, were published in the July […]
October 22, 2003
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