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Wednesday, 31 October 2007 |
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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.
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Monday, 29 October 2007 |
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...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
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Friday, 26 October 2007 |
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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
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Friday, 19 October 2007 |
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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
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Wednesday, 17 October 2007 |
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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
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