Body Mass Index of Low Income African-Americans Linked to Proximity, Density of Fast Food Restaurants

Study shows potential impact of neighborhood environment on residents’ body fat.

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What Impacts Whether African Americans Call 9-1-1 Immediately for Stroke Symptoms?

Strokes rates are high among African Americans, but concerns about medical cost, ambulance response time and unfamiliarity with the need for prompt hospital care impacted whether they called 9-1-1 immediately.

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More African Americans Have Kidney Transplants, but Few Are From Live Donors

While the percentage of kidney transplants involving live donors has remained stable for other minority populations, African Americans have seen a decline in live donors even as more of them receive kidney transplants, according to a study by Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.

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Researcher Looks at Black Student Athletes' Experiences in College Sports, Improving Graduation Rates

Research by a former college and pro athlete found that black student athletes have a complex relationship with sport culture and academics, which may lead to lowered academic performance and degree completion.

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Delays in Diagnosis Worsen Outlook for Minority, Uninsured Pediatric Retinoblastoma Patients

When the eye cancer retinoblastoma is diagnosed in racial and ethnic minority children whose families don’t have private health insurance, it often takes a more invasive course than in other children, probably because of delays in diagnosis, according to researchers at Dana-Farber/Children’s Hospital Cancer Center in Boston.

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Study Finds Troubling Patterns of Teacher Assignments Within Schools

Even within the same school, lower-achieving students often are taught by less-experienced teachers, as well as by teachers who received their degrees from less-competitive colleges, according to a new study.

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Lack of Exercise Not a Factor in Health Disparities

Health disparities between white and black adults in the South are not connected to a lack of exercise but more likely related to other factors such as access to health care, socioeconomic status and perhaps genetics, according to a Vanderbilt study published in the journal PLoS ONE.

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Some Minorities Believe They Are Less Likely to Get Cancer Compared to Whites

Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center and colleagues analyzed national data to investigate the differences in cancer prevention beliefs by race and ethnicity. They found that minorities, including blacks, Asians and Hispanics, have differing beliefs about cancer prevention and feel they are less likely to get cancer than did whites. The researchers concluded that more culturally relevant information about cancer prevention and risk needs to reach minority populations.

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