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Daily Racism Increases the Risk of Heart Disease in Black Women, Study Finds
A new study finds Black women who experience racism on the job, in housing and with police are significantly more likely to develop heart disease.
19 May
HealthDay Now: Maternal Mortality Crisis Hits Black Mothers Hardest
HealthDay’s Mabel Jong will be joined by Stacey D. Stewart, the president & CEO of March of Dimes, and Dr. Chereena Walker, a hospitalist and mother of two from Missouri who experienced severe complications during her pregnancies. Stewart and Walker will discuss the risks that pregnant women — particularly women of color — face in the United States.
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Black Americans Would Reap Biggest Health Boon From Cleaner Air
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- March 27, 2023
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While all Americans could benefit from proposed new limits on what’s called PM2.5 air pollution, new research indicates the change has the potential to benefit Black and low-income Americans the most.
The limits being considered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Ag...
Sometimes Hair Loss in Women Can Point to Bigger Health Issues
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- March 17, 2023
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Hair loss can be devastating for women, but the condition can also signal additional health problems.
An American Academy of Dermatology expert offers information about the types of hair loss seen in women with darker skin tones, common types of medical conditions associ...
Cardiac Arrest During Childbirth Is Rare, But Some Women Face Higher Risks
- Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter
- March 15, 2023
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It's extremely rare, but the number of women suffering cardiac arrest during childbirth is rising in the United States as older, less healthy women have babies, a new study finds.
One in 9,000 women hospitalized during delivery has a cardiac arrest -- a higher rate than...
Black Patients Fare Worse With Deadly Lung Disease Pulmonary Fibrosis
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- March 15, 2023
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Black patients are dying of pulmonary fibrosis, a devastating disease marked by progressive scarring of the lungs, at significantly younger ages than white patients.
Primary Care Visits Shorter, More Prone to Error for Non-White Patients: Study
- Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter
- March 13, 2023
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Do all patients get the same amount of face-to-face time when visiting their primary care doctor?
Apparently not, claims a new study that found Black and Hispanic patients -- as well as patients with public health insurance like Medicaid or Medicare -- tend to get the s...
Pandemic May Have Caused U.S. Spike in SIDS Deaths in Black Families
- Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter
- March 13, 2023
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During the first year of the pandemic, the United States saw a spike in the number of Black infants who died suddenly — worsening a longstanding disparity, a new government study finds.
The increase was seen in what's called sudden unexpected infant death, or SUID. It'...
Racism Brings Worse Heart Health for Black Women
- Denise Mann HealthDay Reporter
- March 2, 2023
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Black women who are exposed to certain forms of racism may be more likely to develop heart disease, researchers say.
Specifically, Black women who said they faced discrimination in employment, housing and in their interactions with the police were 26% more likely to deve...
Older Black Men Face Higher Risk of Death After Surgery
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- March 2, 2023
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Older Black men are more likely than others to die after surgery, according to a new study.
Black men have a higher chance of dying within 30 days of surgery compared to Black women and white adults, and their odds of death after elective procedures is 50% higher when c...
Black Patients With Dementia Are Less Likely to Get Appropriate Meds: Study
- Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter
- February 28, 2023
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When Black patients struggle with dementia, they are less likely to receive helpful medications than their white peers, a new study warns.
Researchers looked at how often patients received one or more of five classes of medications commonly given to dementia patients liv...
Gene Could Predispose Some Black Patients to Alzheimer's
- Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter
- February 22, 2023
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A gene variant found almost exclusively among people of African descent appears to substantially raise the risk of Alzheimer's disease, a new study finds.
The variant is in a gene called ApoE3, and it's apparently only harmful when it exists in combination with the ApoE4...
Black Patients Face More Screening Delays for Uterine Cancer Diagnosis
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- February 21, 2023
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Black women are not getting the tests they need to diagnose uterine cancer early, according to a new study.
Previous research had found that Black patients are less likely to receive early diagnoses than people from other racial and ethnic groups. The new study showed th...
Poorer Schools Could Bring Higher Dementia Rates Many Decades Later
- Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter
- February 14, 2023
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What do race and early education have to do with dementia risk among seniors?
Quite a bit, a new study suggests.
Researchers spent decad...
Pancreatic Cancer Rates Rising Faster Among Women
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- February 14, 2023
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While rates of pancreatic cancer are increasing for both men and women, they’re climbing the fastest among young women, particularly those who are Black.
“We can tell that the rate of pancreatic cancer among women is rising rapidly, which calls attention to the need...
Allergists Less Likely to Check Black Kids for Eczema
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- February 14, 2023
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Doctors have dubbed kids' progression from eczema to asthma the "atopic march," and they know more about how it affects white children than their Black counterparts.
Research scheduled for presentation at an upcoming meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & ...
Stock Photos Used in Health News, PSAs Typically Focus on the Young & White
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- February 6, 2023
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When researchers searched for a stock image of a pregnant Hispanic woman for a science communication effort, they hit upon a problem.
Many of the images were of young, light-skinned people without the diversity in age or race needed for projects aimed at other groups,
Black Stroke Survivors Less Likely to Get Treated for Complications
- Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter
- February 2, 2023
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Having a stroke is a life-altering experience, and complications can crop up afterwards, but a new study finds the color of your skin may determine whether you are treated for them.
In the year following a stroke, Black and Hispanic patients were not treated for common ...
Risks for Heart Failure Rise in Rural America
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- January 27, 2023
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Adults who live in rural areas, and Black men in particular, are at much higher risk for developing heart failure.
Heart failure is a chronic, progressive condition that develops when the heart fails to pump enough blood for the body’s needs.
Researchers from th...
Appendicitis Often Spotted Later in Black Patients
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- January 18, 2023
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While appendicitis is a common emergency, Black people experiencing its symptoms more often have a delayed diagnosis.
But that doesn’t happen in lower-quality hospitals that serve more Black patients, according to new research. There, Black people are diagnosed more qu...
Black Patients More Likely to Get Riskier Heart Surgeries
- Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter
- December 28, 2022
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Insured Black patients are less likely to undergo minimally invasive heart valve replacement or repairs -- relatively safe procedures -- than their white counterparts, new research shows.
Black patients who need a mitral valve replacement are more likely to have operatio...
Language Barriers Hold Back Many Asian Americans From Good Health Care
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- December 28, 2022
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Many Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander adults may have trouble accessing health care and insurance because of language barriers, a new analysis indicates.
In U.S., Minority Communities More Likely to Have Water Contaminated by Toxic Metals
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- December 28, 2022
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U.S. communities with higher Hispanic, American Indian or Black populations also have the highest concentrations of metal in public water systems, new research reveals.
Researchers from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health in New York City found significan...
U.S. Men's Race, Residence Could Raise Odds for Fatal Prostate Cancer
- Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter
- December 27, 2022
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The color of his skin and where he lives may influence an American man's odds of dying from prostate cancer, a new study reveals.
Black men and men living in the Western United States face the most dire prognosis, American Cancer Society (ACS) researchers report.
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Women's Depression Symptoms May Differ by Race: Study
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- December 23, 2022
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Depression can be tricky to detect in some people, and Black women may exhibit different symptoms, leading to missed care, researchers say.
Black women report sleep disturbances, self-criticism and irritability more often than the stereotypical low mood, according to a n...
Race Could Affect Outcomes in Head-and-Neck Cancers
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- December 19, 2022
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Black patients with head-and-neck cancers have twice the death rates of white patients, and a new study suggests race itself underlies those differences.
“What is unique about our study is it strongly supports the conclusion that Black patients seem to respond to thera...
Gun Homicides Rose Sharply During Pandemic, Black Men Most Affected
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- December 15, 2022
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Gun deaths skyrocketed in the United States between 2019 and 2020, according to a new study.
Men were most affected, with Black men most frequently killed in gun murders and white men in gun suicides.
The study found that gun killing rates for Black people were ne...
Race Plays Big Role in Whether Kids Learn to Swim
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- December 15, 2022
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Black children and teens drown in swimming pools at rates seven times higher than white children, but a new survey suggests that special swimming programs could make a difference and help save lives.
The survey, from the Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital o...
Insulin Pumps Ease Diabetes Care. So Why Are Black Patients Less Likely to Get One?
- Denise Mann HealthDay Reporter
- December 13, 2022
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Insulin pumps can help folks with type 1 diabetes get better control of their disease and minimize how often they inject insulin, and use of the devices has taken off in the past 20 years.
Black Patients More Likely to Need Emergency Surgery for Colon Cancer
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- December 13, 2022
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Black patients are more likely than their white peers to need emergency surgery for colon cancer, which increases their risk for complications and death, study authors say.
"Overall, these results suggest that racial and ethnic differences persist" among colon cancer pa...
Race, Income Can Determine Blood Cancer Outcomes, Studies Show
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- December 12, 2022
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If someone is stricken with a blood cancer or life-threatening clot, they'll probably fare better if they are white and wealthy, three new studies show.
The ongoing impact of patient race and income to medical outcomes was in the spotlight Saturday in New Orleans at...
Black Patients With Brain Tumors Less Likely to Get Surgery Than Whites
- Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter
- December 9, 2022
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Black patients with brain tumors may be less likely to have surgery recommended to them than white patients are, according to a large U.S. study.
The research, which looked at two national databases, found that on average, Black patients were less likely to have surgery ...
Severe Seizures Are Rising, Especially Among Minorities
- Denise Mann HealthDay Reporter
- December 5, 2022
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Growing numbers of Americans are suffering prolonged, life-threatening seizures known as status epilepticus, and Black people are nearly twice as likely to experience these seizures as white people.
These are the main findings from new research looking at hospitaliz...
Black Patients Fare Worse Than White Patients After Angioplasty, Stents
- Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter
- November 30, 2022
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Black adults who undergo a common procedure to open up clogged arteries are readmitted to the hospital more often than their white peers. They're also more likely to die in the years after treatment, a new study finds.
Researchers looked at how patients fared follow...
HDL 'Good' Cholesterol's Role in Heart Health Under Scrutiny
- Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter
- November 21, 2022
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Blood levels of HDL, the famously "good" kind of cholesterol, may not make a big difference to heart health after all -- particularly for Black people, a large new study suggests.
The study, of nearly 24,000 U.S. adults, found that low HDL levels were tied to a somewhat ...
As Segregation Rises in Communities, So Do Cancer Death Rates
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- November 18, 2022
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Whether you survive a bout with cancer may depend, in part, on where you live.
Researchers at the American Cancer Society and Clemson University in South Carolina found a 20% higher death rate for all cancer types in the communities with the most racial and economic segr...
Suicide Rates Declining for White Americans, But Not for Minorities
- Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter
- November 16, 2022
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In a finding that illustrates just how deeply racial disparities permeate the U.S. health care system, a new government report finds that suicide rates dipped slightly among white Americans wh...
Progress Against Stillbirths Has Stalled in U.S.
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- November 15, 2022
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U.S. stillbirth rates still need to be tackled at the local, state and national levels because efforts to reduce the risk have stalled, new research claims.
Racial disparities remain as well, with Black women more likely to experience stillbirth (the loss of a baby befor...
Even in Kindergarten, White Kids More Likely to Join Extracurricular Activities
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- November 15, 2022
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Extracurricular activities may have many benefits for young children, but researchers have discovered racial gaps in who takes part.
Among a group of 401 kindergarten students in Ohio, white children were 2.6 times more likely to participate in the most common extracurri...
Low Vitamin D Could Raise Diabetes Risk for Black Americans
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- November 11, 2022
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Too little of the "sunshine vitamin" -- vitamin D -- in Black Americans could raise their odds of developing diabetes, new research suggests.
Two new studies found an association between levels of vitamin D in the blood and insulin resistance, a precursor to full-blown ...
Common Blood Pressure Drug Might Prevent Alzheimer's in Black Patients
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- November 4, 2022
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A new study has shown the blood pressure drug telmisartan may offer new hope as an Alzheimer's treatment in Black patients. It did not show the same benefit in white people.
Learning how people from different ethnic groups respond to the same drug could be key in the fig...
Physicians Say Faulty Oxygen Devices Put Lives in Peril
- Cara Murez and Robin Foster HealthDay Reporters
- November 3, 2022
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Faulty readings by pulse oximeters may have resulted in more COVID deaths among minorities, doctors warned in testimony before a U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel this week.
Pulse oximeters are small devices that read a person's blood oxygen levels via a ...
Impact of Racism Could Slow Recovery After Heart Attack
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- November 1, 2022
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Discrimination doesn't just cause emotional pain in the moment, it may affect a victim's physical recovery from a heart attack, new research suggests.
In studying more than 2,600 heart attack survivors between the ages of 18 and 55, researchers found that those reporting...
Black, Hispanic COVID Patients Less Likely to Get Antiviral Paxlovid
- Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter
- October 28, 2022
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Black and Hispanic patients are less likely to be given antiviral drugs such as Paxlovid to help battle a bout of COVID-19 than white patients are, a new government re...
Deadly Aneurysm-Linked Strokes Are Rising, Especially Among Black Americans
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- October 27, 2022
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An often-deadly type of stroke -- subarachnoid hemorrhage -- is on the upswing in the United States, particularly among Black people, new research shows.
Black Americans Less Likely to Receive Lifesaving CPR: Study
- Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter
- October 27, 2022
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When someone collapses in front of witnesses, the chances of receiving potentially lifesaving CPR may partly depend on the color of their skin, a new study suggests.
Researchers found that when Black and Hispanic Americans suffer cardiac arrest, they are up to 37% less l...
Woman Sues L'Oreal Over Claim Hair Straightener Spurred Uterine Cancer
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- October 25, 2022
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A Missouri woman has sued L'Oréal and several other beauty product companies, alleging that their hair-straightening products caused her uterine cancer.
1 in 10 U.S. Seniors Has Dementia; Minorities Hit Hardest
- Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter
- October 21, 2022
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One in 10 older Americans has dementia, and twice as many have mild mental impairment, a new study finds.
As the nation's population grows older, the burden on families and society is likely to grow, and minorities will be affected most, experts say.
"As the popula...
Use of Hair Straighteners Tied to Doubling of Risk for Uterine Cancer
- Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter
- October 20, 2022
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Women who regularly use chemical hair straighteners may be more prone to developing uterine cancer, a new large government study suggests.
The study, which followed nearly 3...
Black Americans Less Likely to Get Lifesaving Heart Treatments
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- October 19, 2022
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A person with advanced heart failure may often need a heart transplant or a mechanical heart pump to survive.
But white patients are twice as like...
Black Babies Born Through Fertility Treatments Face Worse Survival Than White Infants: Study
- Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter
- October 19, 2022
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It's well known that Black women in the United States have an increased risk of childbirth complications. Now, a large new study finds even larger racial disparities when women conceive through infertility treatments.
Researchers found that among U.S. women who'd undergo...
As Tough Flu Season Looms, CDC Hopes for More Flu Shots Among Minorities
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- October 18, 2022
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It's a troubling equation: Many Americans with the highest rates of hospitalization for influenza have the lowest uptake of the annual flu vaccine.
That's why the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is stepping up outreach to minority communities, including B...