A new analysis has identified a significant delay in follow-up times among African-American women after the finding of a suspicious breast abnormality. Published in the December 15, 2009 issue of Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study indicates that African-American women may face obstacles to receiving appropriate breast cancer - related care...

... million pregnancies in 2001 and 2002, black women were more likely than white or Hispanic women to have a stillbirth. Among African Americans, 22 of every 1 ... 10 and 10.5 per 1,000 among white and Hispanic women, respectively. Health conditions like high blood pressure and diabetes ... surrounding the fetus - explained a larger share of black women's stillbirth risk compared with white and Hispanic ...

... Internet study on attitudes of midlife women from four ethnic groups (Hispanic, Non-Hispanic White, African Americans, and Asians) toward physical activity while considering the relationships between their ... activity promotion programs that can serve ethnic minority midlife women through the Internet. In this study, each participant will be reimbursed with a gift certificate of $ ...

... to collaboarte with teachers from grades 2-8. Women discussed in the program include Zora Neal Hurston, ... I expect the learners to engage in discussions about the famous women dipcited in the story. They can also ask about the process of painting the pictures. Students will gain a deeper understaning of the accomplishments these women had on the history. Methods and Activities: Students will start ...

... you're a female African-American college graduate making less than $30,000 a year and running around ... Face book status, according to a new study by the Pew Internet and American Life Project. The report is another indication of how researchers are ... found that among those who tweet: (Hey! Carey are you reading this?) Women (21 percent) tweet more than men (17 ...

... and the divorce. A bit of what you’ll read about from her memoirs is how an African-American, little girl, born and raised in Newark, New Jersey in 1966 made it while later ending up in Cary, North Carolina in ... completed, she plans to venture out to writing books geared towards women in entrepreneurship and other self-help books. Go to her website ( periodically to read up on ...