Tag: Research

Dr. Edith P. Mitchell Trying to Close Health Gaps Between Racial Groups

Long before she realized exactly what an oncologist is or does, Edith Mitchell was an intellectually hungry Tennessee farm girl who wanted to be a medical doctor helping people who were ill. Today, Dr. Edith P. Mitchell, a clinical professor of medicine and medical oncology at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, has achieved her childhood […]

December 9, 2015

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Ads Pitch Worst Foods to Young, Black and Hispanic Audience

Food companies disproportionately target black and Hispanic consumers for their TV advertising for fast food, candy, sugary drink and snack brands, according to new research. In contrast, said a report released by the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity at the University of Connecticut, the African American Collaborative Obesity Research Network (AACORN) and Salud […]

August 17, 2015

40 Million Americans Suffer Severe Pain, Survey Finds

An estimated 25.3 million American adults (11.2 percent) had pain every day in the three months preceding a national survey, and nearly 40 million adults (17.6 percent) experienced severe levels of pain. An analysis of the 2012 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) revealed associations between pain severity and race, ethnicity, language preference, gender, and age. […]

August 12, 2015

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Myanmar Factions Bond to Fight Malaria

WASHINGTON — Setting aside decades of animosity and suspicion, senior Myanmar government and military officials have held unprecedented discussions with representatives of the main opposition party and ethnic minorities in Washington on fighting a common enemy — malaria. In a meeting, Monday (Aug. 3), also attended by the U.S. government and military, scientific researchers and […]

August 6, 2015

Grant Backs Joint Meharry-Vanderbilt HIV Project

Meharry Medical College and Vanderbilt University are working together to expand HIV research in the state of Tennessee under a $5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health. The HBCU and majority White university have collaborated before on HIV research, but this five-year grant includes the Tennessee Department of Health as a full partner, […]

August 4, 2015

Rwandan Health Minister to Address NIH

Bethesda, Md.— The National Institutes of Health has announced that Rwanda’s Minister of Health, Agnes Binagwaho, M.D., Ph.D., will visit its Bethesda campus on Wednesday, July 29 to deliver the 2015 David E. Barmes Global Health Lecture. The annual event honors the late Dr. Barmes, a public health dentist and epidemiologist who devoted his career […]

July 28, 2015

Skin Cancer Poses Unique Dangers for People of Color

Not all skin cancers are a result of over-exposure to the sun, and for darker-skinned people, particularly, skin cancer often shows up in different areas on the body than it does on White people. “Among African Americans and native Africans, squamous cell carcinomas occur mainly on the legs, followed by the anogenital region (including both […]

July 20, 2015

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Some Women with Lupus Can Bear Children Safely

Certain women whose lupus is inactive are able to have safe births, according to a study done by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery. Women whose lupus is inactive and who don’t have certain risk factors can have healthy pregnancies and give birth safely, a study led by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) […]

July 2, 2015

Hidden Biases Contribute to Inequities in Health Care, Experts Say

Experts believe hidden bias against patients who are socially and economically disadvantaged are contributing to disparities in health care and outcomes for people of racial and ethnic minorities. The poor and those who are socially disadvantaged or from racial and ethnic minorities continue to experience lower quality of health services, are less likely to receive […]

June 29, 2015

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