Black women have increased rates of what doctors call "triple negative" breast cancer -- rare tumors that are not driven by estrogen, progesterone or a mutation in the Her-2 ... http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/05/18/BAGEIPTFED1.DTL
The purpose of this study was to investigate the heart (cardiovascular) disease mortality rates of black women 35 years or older residing in rural northeastern counties from 1991 ... http://clearinghouse.missouriwestern.edu/manuscripts/175.asp
An 8.4% decline in the incarceration rate for black women and a 51% increase in the rate for white women accounted for the overall decrease in the incarceration rate of black women ... http://www.drugwarfacts.org/racepris.htm
... abortion rates have declined among all racial and ethnic groups, large disparities persist, with Hispanic and black women obtaining abortions at rates ... http://www.lifenews.com/nat4354.html
DAILY WOMEN'S HEALTH POLICY REPORT. PUBLIC HEALTH & EDUCATION | Study Finds Breast Cancer Rates Static Among Black Women, Decreased Rates for Whites, Hispanics http://www.nationalpartnership.org/site/News2?abbr=daily2_&page=NewsArticle&id=11023
U.S. News & World Report recently looked at how "black women continue to be struck particularly hard" by HIV/AIDS (Payne, U.S. News & World Report, 9/12). According to the ... http://www.emaxhealth.com/2/53/24774.html
New America Media is a nationwide association of over 700 ethnic media organizations representing the development of a more inclusive journalism. Founded in 1996 by Pacific News ... http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=a129d71f857926d645bb03540431757a
Graduation Rate Up for Black Athletes, with Women Leading. Date: Thursday, April 06, 2006 By: Travis Reed, Associated Press http://www.blackamericaweb.com/site.aspx/headlines/graduationrates407
Black women have higher rates of early-onset breast cancer and lower rates of late-onset breast cancer than their white counterparts, according to a study published in the December ... http://www.emaxhealth.com/2/98/27476/age-related-breast-cancer-rates-vary.html
This year the college graduation rate for black women rose by one percentage point to 46 percent. And over the past decade and a half, the graduation rates for black women have ... http://www.jbhe.com/features/50_blackstudent_gradrates.html
A new study from the American Cancer Society finds that while breast cancer death rates are decreasing for white women in every U.S. state, for African American women, death rates ... http://www.cancer.org/docroot/MED/content/MED_2_1x_Breast_Cancer_Death_Rates_Among_Black_Women_Not_Decreasing_Across_All_States.asp?sitearea=MED
A disturbing new report shows some Chicago women are dying from breast cancer at an alarming rate. The numbers are stunning - and getting worse. An African-American woman in our ... http://cbs2chicago.com/local/breast.cancer.black.2.846644.html
In 2003, the rate of new AIDS cases for black women was 20 times that of white women and five times greater than the infection rate for Latinas, according to a report by the ... http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3318-2005Feb6.html
The birth rate for unmarried black women, long a focal point in the debate over the causes of poverty among African-Americans, has reached its lowest point in 40 years, Federal ... http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A04E7DA113FF932A35754C0A96E958260
At 08:43 AM 8/27/99 -0400, you wrote: >----- >Via Workers World News Service >Reprinted from the Aug. 26, 1999 >issue of Workers World newspaper ... http://archives.econ.utah.edu/archives/m-fem/1999m08/msg00200.htm
Via Workers World News Service Reprinted from the Aug. 26, 1999 issue of Workers World newspaper ----- RACISM IN HEALTH CARE STAGGERING DEATH RATE FOR ... http://archives.econ.utah.edu/archives/m-fem/1999m08/msg00190.htm
While breast cancer death rates are decreasing for white women in every US state, for African American women, death rates are either flat or rising in at least half the states. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080228122229.htm
Breast cancer death rates among black women from medicineworld.org, your best source for health news and news blogs http://medicineworld.org/cancer/lead/2-2008/breast-cancer-death-rates-among-black-women.html
A new study suggests that black women aren't benefiting from recent progress against breast cancer. http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2007-06-04-breast-cancer_N.htm
Cervical Cancer Incidence Rate per 100,000 Women by R/E ... Hispanic origin is not mutually exclusive from race categories (White, Black). http://www.statehealthfacts.org/comparebar.jsp?ind=474&cat=10
Black women have higher rates of early-onset breast cancer and lower rates of late-onset breast cancer than their white counterparts, according to a study published in the December ... http://kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=56036
Kudos to the Defender for taking a stand and publishing a story related to the differential rates of DV in our community. In a country where the lives of black women are often de ... http://www.chicagodefender.com/article-2110-domestic-violence-hits-black-women-harder.html
WASHINGTON -- He was, Precious Jackson said, a very fine black man. He was height 6 feet 2 inches tall with an almond-milk complexion, dreamy dark eyes, and a deep voice. http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/02/08/hiv_infection_rate_soaring_among_black_women_in_us/
A new study from the American Cancer Society finds that while breast cancer death rates are decreasing for white women in every U.S. state, for African American women, death rates ... http://www.news-medical.net/?id=35742
Abortion Rate Among Black Women Far Exceeds Rate for Other Groups, In 2000, while blacks made up 17 percent of live births, they had 36 percent of abortions. If those children had ... http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,348649,00.html
Overall Infant Mortality Rate in U.S. Largely Unchanged Rates Among Black Women More than Twice that of White Women. For Immediate Release: May 2, 2007 http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/PRESSROOM/07newsreleases/infantmortality.htm
Black women have higher rates of early-onset breast cancer and lower rates of late-onset breast cancer than their white counterparts, according to a study published in the December ... http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/132803.php
Last year, the group analyzed data through 2003 and found a 68 percent higher death rate for black women. The latest study, conducted by researchers at Sinai Urban Health Institute ... http://archives.chicagotribune.com/2008/oct/22/local/chi-breast-cancer-mainoct22
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