Minorities less likely to get pain relief: study
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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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THURSDAY, Sept. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Racial discrimination can spur depression and behavior problems in adolescents, but it can also be counterbalanced by support from homes, friends and school, a new study finds.
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Women who feel chronically  stressed may have a lower risk of developing uterine cancer  than their less harried peers, researchers have found.
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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 with uterine cancer are   more likely to die than white women given similar treatment,   U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
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Natural magnets, believed by many to ease pain, may actually do little to that effect, new research reports.
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Racial and ethnic disparities in health care are at least partially due to differences in care between hospitals and not racism on an individual level, a new study says.
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Americans who live in the South may be less susceptible to the allergic reaction known as anaphylaxis, a new study finds.
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By Chris Echegaray, Tampa Tribune, Fla.  Sep. 14--TAMPA -- America is making little progress putting computers and  Internet access into the homes of minorities at the same rate as Anglos.
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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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Black children are less likely to get  enough sleep than their white counterparts, which makes them  susceptible to poorer school performance and behavioral  problems, a study said on Monday.
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Black American women are more likely to have a hard-to-treat form of breast cancer, they get it earlier and they are more likely to die of it, researchers said on Thursday.
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Brain scans of people in chronic pain show a state of constant activity in areas that should be at rest, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday, a finding that could help explain why pain patients have higher rates of depression, anxiety and other disorders.
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Smoking large amounts of cannabis for therapeutic reasons may increase rather than reduce pain, a US study suggests.
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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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After undergoing prostate removal because of localized cancer, African-American men have better recovery of sexual and urinary function than do non-Hispanic white men, researchers report.
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Comment is free: Madeleine Bunting: An important US study shows us that the effects of ethnic diversity can be read as a challenge, rather than a threat.