Breast cancer is more aggressive in African-American women Wednesday, 31 October 2007 African American women are diagnosed with breast cancer at a younger age and have larger tumors and more lymph node involvement than Caucasian women, a Yale School of Medicine researcher reported today. Read More Add Comment (0) Hits: 103   The Smoking Scourge Among Urban Blacks Monday, 29 October 2007 ...Officials here said they were surprised when a recent study suggested that more than half of poor, black young adults smoke cigarettes — almost always menthol, almost always Newports. Click to continue at NYTimes.com Add Comment (0) Hits: 86   Hospitals in New York, Other Cities Increase Culturally Competent Care, Particularly Among Minoritie Friday, 26 October 2007 Medical professionals across the nation are "beginning to bone up" on culturally competent health care, in particular with diabetes, "given the rising incidence of the disease, its prevalence among minority groups, and the changes in diet and lifestyle that treatment often entails," the Wall Street Journal reports.  Click to continue at kaisernetwork.org Add Comment (0) Hits: 113   African American Women and Breastfeeding Friday, 19 October 2007 This background paper examines the critical relationship between breastfeeding and infant mortality among African Americans, the racial/ethnic group with the lowest rate of breastfeeding. The authors explore the benefits of breastfeeding and the issues associated with racial/ethnic disparities in breastfeeding...  Click to continue at JointCenter.org Add Comment (0) Hits: 145   Can the President's Health Care Tax Proposal Serve as an Effective Substitute for SCHIP Expansion? Wednesday, 17 October 2007 The administration has suggested that offering parents tax deductions to offset the costs of health insurance -- rather than expanding SCHIP -- would be an effective way to extend coverage to more children. This analysis finds that the costs for families earning between 150 and 300 percent of the federal poverty level (approximately $32,000-65,000 for a family of four in 2009) would be much higher under the tax-deduction approach than under SCHIP. Thus, the potential to decrease the number of uninsured children would be substantially greater under an SCHIP expansion than under the proposed tax deduction.  Click to continue at Urban.org Add Comment (0) Hits: 78

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