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Research has found that although blacks 'suffer from kidney disease at higher rates than whites, they are less likely to be referred for transplants, less likely to be placed on a waiting list and less likely to get kidneys once on the list,' the Chicago Tribune reports. Kidney transplants are the recommended treatment for kidney failure, but there is a 'glaring racial disparity in which many black kidney patients remain on dialysis,' which is 'associated with lower quality of life and higher death rates,' the Tribune reports.read more

Although annual breast cancer screenings are recommended for most women ages 40 and older, physicians debate the value of regular mammograms for elderly women, who are more likely to die from unrelated causes, the New York Times reports.read more

CDC on Tuesday launched the 'Healthiest Nation Campaign,' which seeks to promote efforts to improve the health of U.S. residents, USA Today reports. According to CDC Director Julie Gerberding, the campaign will seek to include efforts to improve health in social policies in all levels of government and all sectors.read more

Prevention efforts that include proven methods for reducing cardiovascular disease could reduce heart attacks by 36% and strokes by 20% over the next three decades, according to a report published online Monday in the journal Circulation, the Oakland Tribune reports (Bohan, Oakland Tribune, 7/7).read more

Parents of twins conceived either spontaneously or with assisted reproductive technology (ART) are more likely to report mental health symptoms after delivery and one year later, than parents of singl...

Leaders of the Group of Eight industrialized nations at their summit in Hokkaido, Japan, this week are expected to endorse a plan that will provide detailed assessments of how well the member countries are meeting their pledges to help fight HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases in Africa, the Washington Post reports (Abramowitz, Washington Post, 7/7).

The number of employers that would drop health insurance for employees under the health care proposal of presumptive Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) remains a 'great unknown,' the AP/Houston Chronicle reports.

Women who have breast reconstruction after an elective mastectomy are satisfied with their decision, have low complication rates and 98 percent would do it again, reports a study in July's Plastic and ...

Washington, July 8 : Parents of twins conceived either spontaneously or with assisted reproductive technology (ART) are more likely to report mental health symptoms after delivery and one year later, than parents of single babies, according to a new study.

HHS' Office of Minority health throughout this fall will hold a series of 'local conversations' in communities across the nation that seeks to address health care disparities among minority populations, the Akron Beacon Journal reports (Powell, Akron Beacon Journal, 7/5).