When it comes to curbing obesity, exercise doesn’t have the same effect on African-American girls as white girls, a new study suggests. According to research published in the Archives of…
LOS ANGELES — The gap in life expectancy between black and white Americans is smaller than it has ever been, thanks largely to a decline in the number of deaths…
|6ec4908e39f027b298755208b997cf8c| [ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Vicki Cohnvcohn@liebertpub.com 914-740-2100Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News IMAGE: Journal of Womens Health, published monthly, is a core multidisciplinary journal dedicated to…
<!--Saxotech Paragraph Count: 13--> “When we made her an African-American girl, we hoped it would be a positive role model that wasn’t really out there and would be great for…
By Piriya Mahendra Black and Hispanic women are less likely than White women to be aware of heart disease risk and the symptoms of a heart attack, researchers say. A…
“I haven’t lost a toy yet!” Doc exclaims as she hugs a blue dinosaur in need of attention. For Dr. Myiesha Taylor, who watches Disney Channel’s “Doc McStuffins” with her…
Black women have the lowest rates of suicide in the country, and although it’s not completely understood why, Veterans Affairs officials hope to re-create elements of black female culture that…
For white girls, by contrast, regular exercise at 12 appeared a nearly sure way to head off obesity at 14. That finding held, even when the calorie intakes of an…
LOS ANGELES – A pig-tailed girl whose favourite accessory is a pink stethoscope has become a symbol of pride and hope for black women in medicine and the daughters they…
Nicole Ari Parker and her productBy now you may have heard about the British study that found black teenage girls don't benefit from exercise as much as white teenage girls…
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