Too Few Minorities in Health Care, U.S. Study Finds
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The United States needs more black,  Hispanic and American Indian doctors and nurses if minorities  have any hope of catching up to whites in terms of the quality  and accessibility of health care, a special commission said on  Monday.
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The low number of minorities coaching in college football reflects a lack of diversity among college and conference leaders, according to a University of Central Florida study released Wednesday.
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Black women with early-stage breast  cancer have lower survival rates than their white counterparts  even after taking into account variables such as tumor size and  socioeconomic differences, researchers said.
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A small but growing number of American families beset by major medical problems are learning the hard way that simply having health insurance is sometimes not enough.
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NEW YORK  - In a study of patients seen at primary care clinics, nearly 20 percent had at least one anxiety disorder and 41 percent of these patients were receiving no treatment.
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TUESDAY, Feb. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Even though U.S. Medicare has expanded coverage for colon cancer screening, blacks and Hispanics are not benefiting as much as whites, a new study shows.
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Low socioeconomic status is a  strong predictor of poor survival among patients from different  ethnic groups with melanoma skin cancer, new research  indicates.
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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.
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Nearly half of District residents, many with chronic diseases, live in areas with a critical shortage of doctors to provide basic care.
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FRIDAY, Sept. 8 (HealthDay News) -- For U.S. Hispanic children, a lack of health insurance often decides whether they see a doctor or go without regular check-ups, a new study finds.
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Where you live, combined with race and income, plays a huge role in the nation's health disparities, differences so stark that a report issued Monday contends it's as if there are eight separate Americas instead of one.
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Connecticut's Latinos are facing a health crisis, suffering higher rates of major illnesses such as cancer and diabetes while being less likely to have health insurance than other ethnic groups, according to a new report by a Hispanic advocacy group.
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It's known that African Americans have an elevated risk of pancreatic cancer, but new study findings show they may also be less likely to receive surgery for the disease.
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Though Michigan children are healthier, black and Hispanic children are much more likely to be uninsured, in poor health and struggling to get access to care.
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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  - A growing number of Americans are devoting a large share of their paychecks to healthcare, and some are skipping medical care because of it, researchers reported Tuesday.
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Black women are less likely to have breast-reconstruction surgery after a mastectomy than women of other races or ethnic groups, according to a University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center study.