Racial Disparity News

Posted November 24, 2009:

• Racial Disparity in Colon Cancer Survival Not Easily Explained, Researchers Say

Posted November 22, 2009:

• Shifting Blame Is Socially Contagious

Posted November 20, 2009:

• Ancestry Attracts, but Love Is Blind

Posted November 19, 2009:

• Highlighting Racial Disparities Increases Coverage and Effectiveness of Health News

Posted November 15, 2009:

• Ethnic Pride May Boost African-American Teens' Mental Health

Posted November 14, 2009:

• Awareness of Racism Affects How Children Do Socially and Academically

Posted November 9, 2009:

• Physician Bias Might Keep Life-Saving Transplants From Black And Hispanic Patients
• Experts Offer Strategies For Working With Immigrant Victims Of Violence

Posted November 8, 2009:

• Discrimination Takes Its Toll On Black Women

Posted November 5, 2009:

• Does Race, Income Predict Prostate Cancer Outcome? No, New Study Suggests

Posted November 4, 2009:

• Minority Students Earned Greater Number Of Academic Degrees In Fiscal Year 2006

Posted October 26, 2009:

• Higher Risk Of GI Diseases May Mean More Vigilance, Earlier Screenings For Minorities
• Study Finds Delay In Follow-Up Among African-American Women Receiving Abnormal Breast Finding

Posted October 25, 2009:

• Pinpointing When Rates Of Binge Eating Converge Across Races

Posted October 20, 2009:

• Fear Of Discrimination Saw Paddys And Biddys Decline

Posted October 15, 2009:

• Managers' Hiring Practices Vary By Race And Ethnicity, Study Finds
• Public Expresses Need For Government Intervention To Reduce Socio-Economic Disparities In Health

Posted October 13, 2009:

• Race Not Reported In Over 50 Percent Of Randomized Clinical Trials For Cardiovascular Disease

Posted October 12, 2009:

• Continuing Racial Differences In HIV Prevalence In U.S.

Posted October 8, 2009:

• African American Lung Cancer Patients May Have Different Response To New Cancer-Fighting Drugs
• 'That's What She Said': Gender Discrimination Still A Factor In Modern Organizations

Posted October 7, 2009:

• Insured African-Americans More Likely To Use Emergency Room Than Other Insured Groups

Posted October 5, 2009:

• Closing Race, Poverty And Gender Gaps In Advanced High School Course-Taking
• Breast Reconstruction Varies By Race, Study Finds

Posted October 2, 2009:

• Racial Segregation A Strong Factor In Learning Disparities, Study Finds

Posted September 30, 2009:

• Racial Disparities In Diabetes Prevalence Linked To Living Conditions

Posted September 18, 2009:

• Face Off: Misunderstood Expressions Facilitate Adolescent Aggression

Posted September 15, 2009:

• Work Conditions Impact Parents' Food Choices
• Black Patients Have Lower Rate Of Survival After In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

Posted September 14, 2009:

• Rethinking Hate Crime

Posted September 9, 2009:

• Socio-Cultural, Genetic Data Work Together To Reveal Health Disparities
• Medicine Wheel Model For Nutrition Shows Promise For Control Of Type 2 Diabetes

Posted September 2, 2009:

• High School Put-Downs Make It Hard For Students To Learn, Study Says

Posted September 1, 2009:

• No Such Thing As Ethnic Groups, Genetically Speaking, Researchers Say
• Patient-Doctor Communication Is Worse For Blacks Than For Whites, Study Finds

Posted August 31, 2009:

• Mastectomy Decisions Among Racially And Ethnically Diverse Breast Cancer Patients
• Family, Friends May Impact Breast Cancer Surgery Decision, Study Finds

Posted August 23, 2009:

• Young Women Consistently Exercise Less Than Young Men, Study Finds

Posted August 20, 2009:

• Detecting Bias In The Reporting Of Clinical Trials
• Disparities In Cancer Care Reflect Hospital Resources, Study Finds

Posted August 18, 2009:

• US-Born Asian-American Women More Likely To Think About, Attempt Suicide, Study Finds
• New Biomarker Predicts Response To Hepatitis C Treatment; May Explain Differing Racial Response Rates

Posted August 13, 2009:

• It's Not Easy Being Gay

Posted August 11, 2009:

• What Makes An Accent In A Foreign Language Lighter? More Empathy And Political Identification With Native Speakers

Posted August 10, 2009:

• Research Examines Coping Strategies Of African-American Students In Predominantly White Schools
• Research Examines Stereotypes Of Immigrants To The United States

Posted August 9, 2009:

• Children With Positive Outlooks Are Better Learners

Posted August 5, 2009:

• Health-Care Reform Must Respect Patient Autonomy, Experts Urge

Search ScienceDaily