Health Disparities

Maya Angelou: 'The Disparities Are Embarrassing' In Minority Health Care

HuffingtonPost.com | Jessica Cumberbatch Anderson | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Women's Healthcare, National Women's Health Week, Maya Angelou Health Center, Bv-Life, Women's Health, Maya-Angelou, Women's Health Issues, Health Disparities, Maya Angelou, Global Motherhood, Maya Angelou Health, Dr. Maya Angelou, Black Voices News

Wisdom comes with age, and at 84 years old, Maya Angelou has lots of wisdom. But she says she picked up her most valuable piece of wisdom early on. "I...

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Are Black Women Obese Because We Want to Be?

Dr. Maya Rockeymoore | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Black Women, Women, Exercise, Health Disparities, Food, Fat, Physical Fitness, Obesity, African Americans, Childhood Obesity, Sugar, Women News

African-American women must not be reluctant to discuss the issue of obesity if we are to address the health disparities that make us, and the children for whom we are primary caretakers, live sicker and shorter lives.

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Unfair Air: Burden of Air Pollution, Asthma Not Evenly Shared Among U.S. Children

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Environmental Justice, American Lung Association, Children, Smog, Air Pollution Children, Epa, Health Disparities, Asthma, Asthma Children, State of the Air 2012, Air Pollution, Particulate Matter, Green News

Kellen Bolden was only 10 years old when an asthma attack took his life, but his mom still remembers him as a "little man" with big aspirations. Ke...

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Addressing Disparities, Promoting Health Equity and Ending HIV/AIDS

Jeffrey Levi | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Public Health, HIV/AIDS, Health Disparities, The Waters Bill, HIV and AIDS, Hiv Screening, Serostatus, Maxine Waters, Minority Health Care Inequality, AIDs Epidemic, National Hiv/Aids Strategy, Health Care Equality, Health Care, Health Care Costs, Healthy Living News

We've come a long way in the battle against HIV/AIDS. However, we must remain vigilant: We cannot ignore the startling statistics of new HIV infections of gay and bisexual men, especially among black and Hispanic men.

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Making the Healthy Choice the Easy Choice: Eliminating Health Disparities

Jeffrey Levi | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Prevention, Health, Health Disparities, Stroke, Prevention and Public Health Fund, Chronic Disease, Disease, Affordable Care Act, Cancer, Heart Disease, Diabetes, Obesity, Politics News

All Americans should have the opportunity to lead long, healthy and productive lives. Yet one in two African-American and Hispanic-Latino children born this generation will develop type 2 diabetes as adults. This statistic is unacceptable because it is preventable.

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The Democratization of Health Care: Empowering the Consumer

Gary Puckrein | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Health Care Reform, Affordable Care Act, Health Insurance, Health Care Costs, Health Disparities, Politics News

Our health care system is not built to provide optimal care to a diverse population. There may be a way forward: a Consumer-Oriented Healthcare System.

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INFOGRAPHIC: What To Eat To Ward Off Cancer

Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Video, Cancer-Fighting Foods, National Minority Health Month, Cancer Prevention, National Minority Cancer Awareness Week, Health Disparities, Cancer Research, Cancer, Black Voices News

If you truly are what you eat, then here's your chance to be a living, walking cancer combatant, according to experts at the University of Texas MD An...

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Health Equity Can't Wait

Sec. Kathleen Sebelius | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Latinos, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Health Disparities, Health Care Reform, Affordable Care Act, Hhs, Global Motherhood, Minority Health, Minority Health Care, Health and Human Services, Health Care, Obama Health Care, African Americans, Home News

April is National Minority Health Month, a time to raise awareness about the well-documented health disparities that continue to affect racial and ethnic minorities, as well as highlight how the Affordable Care Act is reducing those disparities.

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Better Health for All Americans: Bending the Arc Toward Justice

Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, M.D. | Posted 12.22.2011

Read More: Health Care, Minority-Health-Disparities, Minority Health, African Americans Health Disparities, Racial-Health-Disparity, Health Disparities, Black Voices News

Equity in health and health care are singular human rights. We seldom say out loud that it really means what happens when you're not white. And disparities remain because the majority of America too often fails, even today, to regard the vast numbers of our poorest, oldest, sickest non-white people as equal members of our society.

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Black-White Life Expectancy Gap Expands, Recession May Be To Blame

HuffingtonPost.com | Janell Ross | Posted 11.02.2011

Read More: Black Health, Politics, Depression, Bv-Life, Black Unemployment, The Great Recession's Effects, Health Disparities, Health and Recession, Life Expectancy, Heart Attack, Business News

For nearly two decades, the expected life spans of black and white Americans steadily narrowed, offering a hopeful indication of both racial progr...

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Racial Disparities In Stroke Treatment

John Whyte, M.D., MPH | Posted 07.15.2011

Read More: Racial Disparities, Stroke, Racial-Health-Disparity, 911, Health Disparities, Personal Health, Stroke Symptoms, Healthy Living News

Unfortunately, many people dismiss stroke symptoms as minor or think they'll go away if they just rest -- but delaying care can result in denial of an important treatment.

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Gov't Reveals Plan To Shrink Racial, Economic Health Inequalities

AP | By LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 06.08.2011

Read More: Racial Health Disparities, Health Care Disparity, Healthcare Disparities, Heath Care Disparities, Health Care, Health Disparities, Home News

WASHINGTON -- From cradle to grave, minority populations tend to suffer poorer health and get poorer health care than white Americans. In a first-of-i...

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Eliminate the "Health Gap"

James R. Knickman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Asthma, Promise Neighborhoods, Diabetes, Health Care, New York, Health, Health Disparities, Health Leads, Racial Disparities, Lutheran Family Health Centers, New York News

When it comes to reducing disparities in health, New York State still has a long way to go. So what is the solution?

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A Right Denied: The Hyde Amendment Violates Women's Civil Rights

Jessica Arons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abortion, Equality, Women, Martin Luther King, Health Disparities, Hyde Amendment, Racial Disparities, Justice, Civil Rights, Inequality, Hyde, Politics News

As we honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., we are reminded of his poignant words that a "right delayed is a right denied." This is as true for reproductive rights as it is for other civil and human rights.

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With all eyes on the 'market,' health reform overlooked human rights

Anja Rudiger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vermont, Health Insurance, Health Care Reform, Human Rights, Single Payer, Health Disparities, Politics News

How women, people of color, and immigrants will fare under the new health law Six months ago the United States almost got universal health insurance....

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Black History Month: Addressing Health Disparities

Sharon L. Camp | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abortion, Teen Pregnancy Rate, Health Disparities, Guttmacher Institute, Black History Month, Reproductive Health, World News

As the United States celebrates Black History Month, one enduring challenge we face as a nation is the persistent health disparities between black and...

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Addressing America's Health Care Disparities

Clayola Brown | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Racial Health Disparity, Primary Care, Surgeon General, Health Care, Children's Defense Fund, Health Disparities, Politics News

Providing health care for all must recognize and address health disparities that exist among minority populations.

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New Health Disparities Report: More Context for Higher Unintended Pregnancy and Abortion Rates Among Women of Color

Sharon L. Camp | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abortion, Contraception, Women of Color, Health Disparities, Guttmacher Institute, Iud, Women's Health, Health, Racism, Birth Control, Politics News

A Kaiser Family Foundation report documents persistent disparities between white women and women of color in rates of diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, AIDS and cancer.

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