Racial differences seen in severity of cirrhosis
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NEW YORK  - African Americans and Hispanics with primary biliary cirrhosis -- a rare form of cirrhosis characterized by the destruction of small bile ducts in the liver -- often present with more severe disease than their Caucasian counterparts, results of a study suggest.
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In a study of prostate cancer  patients living in California, most Asian men with the disease  survived longer than their white counterparts. The exception  was men from South Asia; their survival was worse than that of  white men.
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NEW YORK  - Blacks with chronic lung disease on the waiting list for lung transplantation before 2005 were more likely to die or be removed from the list than were white patients, according to New York investigators.
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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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NEW YORK  - Most people who have had a liver transplant because of cirrhosis caused by heavy drinking are not likely to experience recurrent alcohol-related liver disease, French researchers report.
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A person's race may influence his or her level of physical fitness, according to the findings of a study of black and white adults who underwent treadmill stress tests.
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NEW YORK  - A mother's weight seems to have  a strong influence over her young child's weight only in  Hispanic families, while other health factors are apparently  carried over between black mothers and their children, new  research suggests.
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NEW YORK  - White Americans have a two-fold higher incidence of bladder cancer than black Americans, but the risk of death among blacks is 35 percent higher than whites when patients with the same cancer stage and grade are compared.
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Blacks were far less likely than whites to get specialized procedures after a heart attack and were more likely to die within a year, according to a study showing persistent racial disparities in U.S. medical care.
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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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Mexican-Americans have about a 20 percent higher risk of stroke than do non-Hispanic whites, claims a new update on stroke and heart disease from the American Heart Association.
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Obese patients who are treated  for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection are more likely  to have a better outcome if the underlying abnormalities caused  by excessive fat tissue are corrected first, according to a  review published in the medical journal Hepatology.
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WEDNESDAY, March 14 (HealthDay News) -- Black and Hispanic communities harbor many misconceptions about Alzheimer&#39;s disease, a new survey shows.
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Black people in the United States are  far more likely than whites to die from strokes, diabetes and  other diseases, according to a federal study that shows wide  racial disparities persist in health care.
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Black and Hispanic patients in pain are less likely than whites to get powerful painkillers from U.S. hospital emergency departments, but the reasons may go beyond sheer racial bias, researchers said on Tuesday.
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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 access care, according to a report released today.
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Black people in the United States are far more likely than whites to die from strokes, diabetes and other diseases, according to a federal study that shows wide racial disparities persist in health care.