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Black Women And Breast Cancer E-mail
Monday, 27 August 2007
...Sudler had one of the deadliest and most aggressive forms of breast cancer. Some researchers are calling it "triple negative."  This kind of cancer is a triple threat because it strikes early; it's resistant to standard drug treatments; and more likely to kill. Its primary targets are young African-American women.  Read more at CBSNews.com
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New Orleans Initiative To Create 'Medical Homes' for Residents Aims To End Health Care Disparities E-mail
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
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Blacks And Cancer: The True Story E-mail
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
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African Americans With Diabetes Risk Vision Loss E-mail
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
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In hunt for HIV vaccine, focus shifts to stopping transmission E-mail
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
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