Health
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Study: African American Blood Cancer Patients Fare Worse
A recent study found that despite receiving similar cancer treatment as other patients, African Americans with a common form of leukemia did not live as…
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Samuel L. Jackson Launches Male Cancer Foundation ‘One For The Boys’
(via our partner JohnnyUrban.com) Samuel L. Jackson publicly launched his charity ‘One For The Boys’, a Male Cancer awareness campaign at The Palace in the…
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African Americans Remain Hardest Hit By Medical Bills
For many years, high medical bills have been a leading cause of financial distress and bankruptcy in America. That pressure may be easing ever so…
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Study: Gene Flaws Linked to Black Women’s Greater Breast Cancer Risk
(Via our partner Culturista.com) Gene flaws that raise the risk of breast cancer are surprisingly common in black women with the disease, according to the…
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African Students Create Anti-Malaria Soap
Moctar Dembele and Gerard Niyondiko have won the Global Science Venture (GSVC) competition for creating an anti-malaria repellent soap. Dembele and Niyondiko created Faso Soap…
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Study: Black Women May Gain More Weight with Contraceptives
Black women were the most likely to gain weight while using a long-acting form of contraception, such as a hormone implant or intrauterine device (IUD),…
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Alzheimer’s Gene ABCA7 Linked to Increased Disease Risk in African Americans
A new study has revealed that a gene that was once thought to be weakly associated with Alzheimer’s disease risk in white people may almost…
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Study: Balding in African-American Men May Be Sign of Prostate Cancer
Baldness may be a sign of prostate cancer risk in African-American men. That’s what the authors of a new study have found from looking at…
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Heart Disease Is Number One Killer of Minority Women
Minority women are 66 percent less likely than white women to be aware of the risks and symptoms of heart disease according to a study…
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Study: Southern Diets Raise Stroke Risk, Highest Among African Americans
Chicken-fried steak. Deep-fried gizzards. Candy-sweet tea. Consider these delicacies, and it’s easy to see how the Deep South garnered its unfortunate distinction as the “Stroke…
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Study: Cancer Kills More African Americans Than Whites
Drops in smoking may have helped drive cancer death rates down among black men in the United States during the last decade, but they are…
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Study: Black Women Skip Exercising Because of Hair Issues
A new study published in the Archives of Dermatology on Dec. 17, shows about 40 percent of African-American women skip exercise because of hair issues….
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Black Women Struggle with Obesity; Are Diets to Blame?
Nicole Ari Parker was motivated by frustration. For Star Jones, it was a matter of life or death. Toni Carey wanted a fresh start after…
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Lung Cancer And African Americans: Know The Facts
First, the bad news. Lung cancer kills more African Americans than any other type of cancer. And African Americans have higher rates of lung cancer…
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AIDS Is a Deeply Personal as Well as Societal Concern For Young Americans of Color
Nearly three times as many Black teens and young adults, and twice as many Latino youth, say HIV/AIDS is an issue that concerns them personally…
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Oprah Winfrey Reveals Breast Cancer Scare
For a brief moment, Oprah Winfrey experienced a health scare that thousands of women unfortunately endure each year. The media queen took the stage in…
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Connecticut Boy Writes Book To Educate Other Kids on Breast Cancer
A tear rolled down Veronica Marion-Rawlins’s cheek when she discovered there weren’t ample resources that could help her explain her breast cancer diagnosis to her…
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Study: Black Patients Fare Worse with Kidney Cancer
White patients with the most common form of kidney cancer, called renal cell carcinoma, are slightly more likely to survive the disease than black patients,…
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Study: Breast Cancer More Deadly for Black Women
Black women are significantly more likely to die from breast cancer compared to white women after being diagnosed, new research finds. “This difference was greatest…
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Lark Voorhies Responds to Bipolar Disorder Claims
Lark Voorhies finally responded to a report that she is suffering from bipolar disorder. Voorhies’ mother Tricia revealed to People Magazine, earlier this month, that…
