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September 1, 2006 | Journal Article
African Americans are less likely than whites to donate their organs or agree to donate a loved one's organs. This study seeks to identify reasons for lower organ donation rates among African Americans by comparing knowledge and attitudes about brai ...
December 1, 2006 | Journal Article
Previous studies reported a higher incidence of in-hospital mortality for black patients who had pulmonary embolism than for white patients. This study used a large statewide database to compare 30-day mortality (defined as death within 30 days from ...
June 1, 2004 | Journal Article
Studies have indicated that African Americans, in comparison with Whites, receive less intense management of ischemic heart disease, even in the health system of the federal Department of Veteran Affairs (VA), where disparities due to socioeconomic ...
September 1, 2008 | Journal Article
According to a 2004 government survey, more African Americans perceive racial discrimination in their health care than do Whites or Hispanics, but for both populations, this perceived racial discrimination is associated with worse health.
July 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Patients, providers and the health care system all are contributing factors in higher cancer mortality among minorities.
January 19, 2010 | Journal Article
Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) and abnormal left ventricular remodeling are signs of cardiovascular disease (CVD). This analysis of data from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) examined LVH and abnormal left ventricular remodeling among U.S. Hispanics.
March 19, 2009 | Journal Article
Heart failure in African Americans under 50 occurs at 20 times the incidence of heart failure in Caucasians under 50. Additionally, risk factors for this condition--obesity, kidney disease, and hypertension--are already present in young African Americans, and go largely unaddressed.
December 1, 2005 | Journal Article
Latinos are the largest minority population in the United States. Although usually classified as a single ethnic group by researchers, Latinos are heterogeneous from cultural, socioeconomic and genetic perspectives. From a cultural and social perspe ...
May 1, 2004 | Journal Article
Black men with prostate cancer have poorer disease-specific and overall survival rates than do their U.S. White counterparts. Comorbidity at the time of diagnosis has been shown to predict both overall survival and cause-specific mortality among Whi ...
December 1, 2004 | Journal Article
This study examined racial differences in cardiac catheterization rates and reviewed whether patients' beliefs or other variables were associated with observed disparities. The authors performed a prospective observational cohort study of 1,045 whit ...