By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, July 2, 2021 — Racial disparities in breast cancer survival have narrowed in recent years, but Black women with the disease still have double the death rate of white women. That’s according to a study that tracked breast cancer trends in Florida between 1990 and 2015. Overall, deaths from… Read More »
As the COVID-19 pandemic prevails and people continue to battle Black Fungus (mucormycosis) simultaneously, it’s now White Fungus that is making health experts worry. There has been chaos due to four patients being found in a hospital in Patna, Bihar having White Fungus. This disease is considered deadlier than black fungus. Among the patients infected… Read More »
However, they have a bad rapport among people who are watching their weight. Find out why potato juice is going to be the next big thing. Department of Agriculture. The fix: According to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, we should be eating four to eight servings of starchy vegetables potatoes, corn, green peas, lima beans,… Read More »
White meat, such as chicken, may raise blood cholesterol levels as much as red meat does, a new, small study details. The finding surprised researchers, who didn’t expect that eating large amounts of poultry would lead to higher blood cholesterol levels. Of the three diets in the study — red meat, white meat and nonmeat proteins… Read More »
Dive Brief: After months of exploratory talks, Dallas-based Baylor Scott & White Health and Houston-based Memorial Hermann Health system announced Tuesday they are pulling the plug on a potential merger. The two systems signed a letter of intent to merge in October, raising the prospect of a behemoth system with combined revenue of more than $… Read More »
In comparison with their white counterparts, African Americans are disproportionately affected by Alzheimer’s disease. Now, new findings published in JAMA Neurology, show that the molecular biomarkers that signal this form of dementia may differ between the two races, reports MedPage Today. For the study, researchers used data about biological markers from 1,255 participants enrolled in… Read More »
Anti-abortion advocates want President Trump to fire Dr. Francis Collins, the wildly popular, Obama-appointed head of the government’s medical research agency. The calls to oust the National Institutes of Health director are coming to a head amid White House and congressional scrutiny over government-funded experiments that use parts of aborted fetuses. The prospect that the… Read More »