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Older Black people die at higher rates than their white peers. Here's why aging is a greater risk for Black Americans.
QMedic analyzed Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data and spoke with experts to look at the reality of aging as a ...
The American Journal of Managed Care12d
Cancer Mortality Rates Still High Among Black Patients, Despite Overall Decline
Black individuals had a 2-fold risk of cancer death related to prostate, myeloma, and stomach cancers compared with White individuals. Despite a significant decrease in mortality related to cancer ...
clinicaladvisor.com8d
Black Patients With Cancer Still Have Higher Mortality Rates Than Whites
Relative decline seen in cancer mortality among Black patients, but they still have higher mortality rates than White patients stemming from inequities in social determinants of health relating to ...
The American Journal of Managed Care28d
Higher Psoriatic Arthritis Disease Burden Found Among Hispanic, Non-White Patients
the population was 77.3% non-Hispanic White, 11.8% Hispanic, 7.1% Asian, 2.2% Black, and 9.9% identified as other races. At the first visit, patients had an average of 3.2 (SD, 4.8) tender joints ...
ABC News28d
Black kidney patients find renewed hope after rules change for transplant list
Why thousands of patients are now moving up ... According to the National Kidney Foundation, Black Americans are over three times more likely than white people to experience kidney failure.
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Colorado Black Resource Directory connects patients with specialized health care
We wanted to cover the Black diaspora not just African Americans. Folks from all over," she told CBS News Colorado's Mekialaya White ... I think the physician-patient relationship is so sacred ...
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Black kidney patients find renewed hope after rules change for transplant list
Since the 1990s, a race-based method for assessing kidney function placed many Black patients lower on the transplant ... over three times more likely than white people to experience kidney ...
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How Black dermatologists make a difference for patients and their communities
“I've had patients drive from Jacksonville — I mean, very far points, to see me because they wanted a black dermatologist ... me or to cut somebody that's white or insides the same everything ...
Post and Courier8d
This Spartanburg land was once a Black cemetery. Now it's under a parking garage.
The decision prompted the Black community to post a letter in the paper addressed to the city’s White residents. Written by Asa Thompson, who’d honed his writing skills as editor of the Black ...
Cancer Therapy Advisor8d
For Some Cancers, Black Patients Have Lower Survival Rates Than White Patients
Black patients continue to have higher mortality rates than White patients for some cancers, according to data published in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians. Researchers used data from US ...
Seacoastonline.com21d
Beyond Black History: Kennebunk High School’s innovative approach to teaching race
The first quarter is spent studying Black American history ... racial diversity in public school libraries, and patients’ ability to refuse care. Smith said while he almost never rejects ...