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BLACK WOMEN’S HEALTH NEWS

From Across the Nation 

Jul 2012      Jun 2012      May 2012      Apr 2012      Mar 2012      Feb 2012

Jan 2013     Dec 2012      Nov 2012      Oct 2012      Sep 2012     Aug 2012

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Study Sheds Light on Sarcoidosis and Pulmonary Disease as a Premature Cause of Death Among Black Women

Wednesday, May 23, 2012 Study Reveals Sarcoidosis-Related Mortality Rates Among Black Women A new study… [more]

According to the CDC, Black Women Currently Start and Continue Breastfeeding at Much Lower Rates than Other Races/Ethnicities

Friday, April 6, 2012 Breastfeeding in African American Communities In the interview, Monroe talks… [more]

University of South Carolina Study Suggests Biological Basis for Black Women Being More Prone to High-Risk HPV than White Women

Saturday, April 7, 2012 Black Women may be more prone to high-risk HPV than White Women A new study… [more]

New Research Finds Obesity In Black Women Can Possibly Affect Chances of Getting Pregnant

Friday, July 27, 2012 Obesity Especially Impairs Fertility in Black Women Young black women who… [more]

New Study Finds Higher Rate of Fibroids Among Black Women May Be Linked to Chemical Relaxers. Really?

Thursday, February 23, 2012 New Study Links Relaxers To Fibroids A new study in the American Journal… [more]

Filed under: Uterine Fibroids

Friday, July 27, 2012

Obesity Especially Impairs Fertility in Black Women
Young black women who are obese or heavy through the hips were less likely to become pregnant, according to a substudy of the ongoing, prospective Black Women’s Health Study. Little is known about the determinants of fertility in black women, who are disproportionately affected by the obesity epidemic in the United States.

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Filed under: Overweight and Obesity

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

African-American women can lose weight and keep it off
Obesity has reached epidemic proportions in America, and the problem is particularly serious among African-American women. Federal statistics indicate that four in five African-American women are overweight or obese. Researchers from Rice and BCM surveyed African-American women who lost clinically significant amounts of weight — at least 10 percent of their starting weight — to understand what made them successful at maintaining the loss or, in some cases, what made them regain weight.

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Filed under: Overweight and Obesity

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Exposing Sarcoidosis Among Black Women
Sarcoidosis causes inflammation in the lungs, lymph nodes, liver, skin and other tissues and stems from unknown causes. Patients affected are typically between the ages of 20 and 40 years old and are more likely to be affected if a close blood relative has the disease. It is most often associated with debilitating lung illness like pulmonary fibrosis. Although it can affect any age and race, black women tend to have a higher incidence of sarcoidosis, as well as a more severe course and higher mortality rates.

Filed under: Sarcoidosis

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Study Reveals Sarcoidosis-Related Mortality Rates Among Black Women
A new study conducted by researchers from Boston University has found that sarcoidosis accounts for 25 percent of all deaths among women in the Black Women’s Health Study who have the disease. The study is the largest epidemiologic study to date to specifically address mortality in black females with sarcoidosis. There are many speculations as to why, but as you know Sarcoidosis does mimic so many other diseases, and some doctors are still clueless to the symptoms.

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Filed under: Sarcoidosis

Saturday, April 7, 2012

Black Women may be more prone to high-risk HPV than White Women
A new study showing that black woman have more difficulty clearing a high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) infection than white women of a similar age is being called “landmark” by a local gynecological oncology expert. The study suggests a biological basis for the increased risk of cervical cancer in black women, but the reason for it remains unknown and still under study.

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Filed under: Cervical Cancer

Friday, April 6, 2012

Breastfeeding in African American Communities
In the interview, Monroe talks about health benefits of breastfeeding, notes the lower breastfeeding rates among black women, and encourages black women to breastfeed for a year or longer. She says: …we only hear people telling black women to get a mammogram—I’ve never heard anyone tell black women that if you breastfeed for one year it can reduce your breast cancer risk. So that’s important…

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Filed under: Breast Cancer

Thursday, April 5, 2012

Vitamin D Influences Racial Differences in Breast Cancer Risk
Genetic variations in the vitamin D receptor and CYP24A1, an enzyme responsible for deactivating vitamin D, are associated with an increase in breast cancer risk for African American women. When researchers compared levels of vitamin D in the blood of women without breast cancer, they found that severe vitamin D deficiency in African-American women was almost six times more common than in European-American women.

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Filed under: Breast Cancer

Sunday, April 1, 2012

HPV Infection Lasts Longer in College-age African-American Women
“African-American women are 40 percent more likely to get cervical cancer and are two times more likely to die from the disease than European-American women,” said study leader Kim E. Creek, Ph.D., vice chair and professor in the department of pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences in the South Carolina College of Pharmacy at the University of South Carolina in Charleston, S.C.

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Filed under: Cervical Cancer

Friday, March 23, 2012

Study finds racial gap in Denver breast-cancer deaths
Black women in Denver with breast cancer are nearly twice as likely to die from the disease as white women, the second-worst disparity among 25 major American cities, researchers say. In a groundbreaking review of wide differences among cities, Chicago researchers found white women get excellent cancer care in Denver, while black women are falling into dangerous health gaps.

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Filed under: Breast Cancer

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Five Black Women Die Needlessly Per Day From Breast Cancer in the United States
Nearly five black women die needlessly per day from breast cancer in the United States – a total of 1,722 deaths annually – according to a study released today at the Avon Foundation Breast Cancer Forum and simultaneously published in Cancer Epidemiology. The 2012 Racial Disparity in Breast Cancer Mortality Study found that 21 of the 25* largest U.S. cities have a black: white disparity in breast cancer mortality, 13 of which are statistically significant.

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Filed under: Breast Cancer