Depression Hits U.S. Blacks Harder Than Whites
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THURSDAY, March 8 (HealthDay News) -- Black Americans are more likely than whites to suffer severe, untreated and disabling depression, U.S. research shows.
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Elderly and ill blacks in the United States are more likely to live in poor-quality nursing homes, researchers said on Tuesday in a study that shows clear patterns of segregation persist.
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Depression is a serious mental illness that can significantly interfere with a person's ability to function. It affects up to 2.5 percent of children and about 8 percent of teens in the United States, according to one federal study.
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NEW YORK  - Older adults who are simultaneously hostile and depressed may be at increased risk for cardiovascular disease.
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NEW YORK  - African Americans are less willing than whites to have an epidural to ease pain following surgery, a new study suggests.
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U.S. blacks continue to get inferior cancer treatment compared to whites, researchers said on Monday in a study showing that disparities first documented in the early 1990s persist despite efforts to erase them.
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Black women are known to have higher bone mineral density, associated with stronger bones, than white women. New findings suggest that one reason for this may be due to the slower rate of bone loss among elderly black women.
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Young adult and teen gamblers are more likely to suffer depression and have substance abuse problems than non-gamblers, says a Yale University School of Medicine study.
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Blacks with esophageal cancer fare worse than whites in just about every category, and the difference can be life or death.
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Blacks still have a much higher death rate from cancer than whites even though U.S. cancer death rates are down overall and among blacks as well, the American Cancer Society said on Thursday.
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NEW YORK  - Depressed men and women who  consider themselves affiliated with a religion are less likely  to attempt suicide than their non-religious counterparts,  according to new study findings.
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NEW YORK  - Black women are known to have  higher bone mineral density, associated with stronger bones,  than white women. New findings suggest that one reason for this  may be due to the slower rate of bone loss among elderly black  women.
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NEW YORK  - About 1 in 5 people suffering from heart failure become clinically depressed, and four factors seem to increase the risk, researchers reports.
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Men who had poor relationships with siblings during childhood are at greater risk for depression in adulthood than those who got along better, a new study has found.
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Minority women in the United States are less aware of heart problems and stroke than their white counterparts despite being at greater risk of cardiovascular disease, according to a study released on Monday.
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NEW YORK  - Despite receiving similar   treatment, black women with advanced or recurrent endometrial   cancer fare worse than their white counterparts, according to a   report in the September 25th online issue of Cancer.
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Several government studies released Thursday find that Hispanics are in much poorer health than other racial groups, and especially whites, in the United States.