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Combating a killer: Prostate cancer in the African American community
Before she began medical school, Fornati Bedell, M.D., M.H.D., studied public health at Johns Hopkins University. She fondly recalls her first job....
How do you talk about mental health with your Asian American family?
The constant, rapid conversations of mixed Vietnamese and English create a comforting hum in my parents’ home.
“Lấy rác ra!” my mom would say to m...
Genomic Testing Can Identify African American Prostate Cancer Patients Who Have High-risk Disease
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African American men tend to be diagnosed more frequently with prostate cancer and have higher mortality rates ...
Heterogeneity in Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factor Prevalence Among White, African American, African Immigrant, and Afro‐Caribbean Adults: Insight...
Nonstandard Abbreviations and Acronyms
AA
African American
AC
Afro‐Caribbean
AI
African immigrant
NCHS
National Center for Health Sta...
Disparities in awareness of and willingness to participate in cancer clinical trials between African American and White cancer survivors
Background:
Cancer clinical trials (CCTs) are essential for cancer care, yet the evidence is scarce when it comes to racial disparit...
Suicides Among American Indian or Alaska Native Persons — National Violent Death Reporting System, United States, 2015–2020
Summary
What is already known about this topic?
Suicide is preventable. It disproportionately affects American Indian or Alaska Native (AI/AN) pers...
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