Whites more likely to get ER narcotics
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Emergency room doctors are prescribing strong narcotics more often to patients who complain of pain, but minorities are less likely to get them than whites, a new study finds. Even for the severe pain of kidney stones, minorities were prescribed narcotics such as oxycodone and morphine less frequently than whites.
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NEW YORK  - African-American women in the  US are far less likely to undergo breast reconstruction  following mastectomy than white women, regardless of  socioeconomic factors, new research indicates.
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NEW YORK  - African American patients who are seen in the ER for chest pain are less likely than patients from other racial groups to receive standard tests, such as a chest x-ray or an electrocardiogram (ECG), which provides an electrical recording of the heart, new research shows.
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Race appears to be a factor in how doctors communicate with their patients, according to a new study of primary care visits conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and School of Medicine.
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Elderly black men are only 50 percent as likely to get tested for prostate cancer as elderly white men are, says a study in the current issue of The Archives of Internal Medicine.
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White doctors routinely delay treatment of HIV-positive black patients, a new finding that adds to a growing body of research that suggests a sharp racial divide in American medical care.
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Differences in the brain may increase the chances a person will take drugs, scientists say.
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Much of the racial and ethnic differences in the care given to patients hospitalized with a heart attack can be explained by the quality of the hospital to which patients
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Hispanic teenagers used illegal drugs at greater rates than white and black teenagers, according to a report released Monday by a White House drug control policy office.
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Any improvement in medical treatment is welcome news. And black Americans, who are so maltreated by our health care system, deserve an extra share of good news.
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Black and Hispanic homeowners were more likely to receive refinancing loans aimed at borrowers with low credit ratings than were whites, according to a nationwide study released Wednesday by the Consumer Federation of America.
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Black women with uterine cancer are   more likely to die than white women given similar treatment,   U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
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NEW YORK  - African Americans and Caucasians in the general US population have a similar prevalence of coronary atherosclerosis, according to new study findings.
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NEW YORK  - Socioeconomic status may account for some, but not all, of the increased risk of stroke African Americans face, a new study shows.
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A number of studies have shown that African Americans are more likely than Caucasians to have high blood pressure. Although genetic factors are often blamed, new research suggests that this racial gap is largely due to environmental -- and potentially preventable -- factors.
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BOSTON---Although black men in the United States are more likely than white men to be diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer and have a two-fold greater risk of dying from it, they are significantly less likely to be screened for prostate cancer
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Dec. 1, 2004 -- Minorities remain vastly more vulnerable than whites to HIV and AIDS, according to a new CDC report released Wednesday.