New Orleans Initiative To Create 'Medical Homes' for Residents Aims To End Health Care Disparities Friday, 24 August 2007 New Orleans health clinics "are vying for $100 million in federal funding for primary care" in an "attempt to become 'medical homes'" for low-income residents and reduce residents' reliance on Louisiana State University's Charity Hospital system...  Read more at kaisernetwork.org Add Comment (0) Hits: 75   Blacks And Cancer: The True Story Thursday, 23 August 2007 African-American women are 39 percent more likely to die of breast cancer than white women, even when both are diagnosed with the same stage of the deadly disease... Read more at WilmingtonJournal.com Add Comment (0) Hits: 94   African Americans With Diabetes Risk Vision Loss Thursday, 23 August 2007 African Americans with type 1 diabetes have a high risk of loss of vision, new study findings show. Poor control over blood sugar levels is "a very powerful risk factor for losing vision."  Read more at diabetes.org Add Comment (0) Hits: 105   In hunt for HIV vaccine, focus shifts to stopping transmission Thursday, 23 August 2007 As the world's top vaccine researchers gather in downtown Seattle for the four-day AIDS Vaccine 2007 Conference, some of them say the most realistic goal now isn't a vaccine to prevent HIV infection, but rather one that prevents HIV from being passed on.  Read more at seattletimes.com Add Comment (0) Hits: 104   Fewer Minority Men Have Undiagnosed Diabetes Friday, 17 August 2007 U.S. black and Hispanic men are now no more likely than whites to have undiagnosed diabetes, researchers say -- suggesting that recent prevention and education efforts are paying off for these hard-hit groups.  Read more at MedlinePlus Add Comment (0) Hits: 117

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