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Racial Health Disparities

The Truth Behind Health Disparities And Exercise

Posted 04.18.2013 | Black Voices
Read More: Minority Health Disparities, Bv-Life, Exercise, Health Disparities, Lack of Exercise, Health Disparities and Exercise, Racial Health Disparities, Health Disparities and Lack of Exercise, Black Voices News

While closing the gap on health disparities in the U.S. has focused on both social and behavioral interventions, a new study out of Vanderbilt Univers...

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Should Your Zip Code Determine How Long You Live?

Dr. Gail Christopher | Posted 04.16.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: Racial Equity, Good Food Movement, Health, Health Disparities, Socioeconomics and Health, Public Health, Health Disparity, Racial Health Disparities, Healthy Living News
Dr. Gail Christopher

Here in the United States, a zip code can tell us a lot about how well and how long you'll live. So can census tracts. Most people are stunned to hear the differences.

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Does Exercise Reduce Prostate Cancer Risk?

Posted 02.12.2013 | Black Voices
Read More: Prostate Cancer Black Men, Prostate Cancer, Bv-Life, Health Disparities, Prostate Cancer Awareness, Prostate Cancer Prevention, Prostate Cancer Risk, Racial Health Disparities, Black Voices News

The benefits of exercise aren't all created equal, according to new research from the Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center in North Carolina. Especi...

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What Impacts Your Health in the District?

John Whyte, M.D., MPH | Posted 02.04.2013 | DC
Read More: HIV/AIDS, Breast Cancer, Obesity, Racial Health Disparities, Food Deserts, Health Disparities, Racial Health Disparities Dc, Health Disparities Dc, DC News
John Whyte, M.D., MPH

I bet you didn't realize that if you are a D.C. resident, your gender, your race, and what metro stop you live by actually helps determine how long you live and what you might die of.

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CPR Less Likely In Certain Neighborhoods, Study Shows

AP | LINDSEY TANNER | Posted 10.25.2012 | Black Voices
Read More: Minority Health Disparities, Video, Cpr, Bv-Life, Health Disparities, Cpr Minorities, Minority Health, Racial Health Disparities, Cardiac Arrest, Heart Attack, Black Voices News

CHICAGO -- People who collapse from cardiac arrest in poor black neighborhoods are half as likely to get CPR from family members at home or bystanders...

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Gene Demby

Civil Rights Groups Anxiously Awaiting Health Care Ruling

HuffingtonPost.com | Gene Demby | Posted 06.28.2012 | Black Voices
Read More: Video, Civil Rights Groups Health Care, Obamacare, Civil Rights Groups, Health Disparities, Health Care Supreme Court, Supreme Court Health Care, Health Care Reform Supreme Court, National Council of La Raza, Affordable Care Act, Racial Health Disparities, Naacp, Nclr, Black Voices News

UPDATE: The Supreme Court voted to uphold the Affordable Care Act. Follow HuffPost's live coverage and analysis here. Valerie Jarrett, the White Ho...

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

AP | By LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 06.08.2011 | Home
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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