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Very High or Low Weights Increase Risk of Early Death, Says Study

Chinese adults who are either underweight or obese increase their risk of early death, say Tulane University epidemiologists in an article published…

February 20, 2006

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HIV Prevention Programs in U.S. Target Black Audiences

The sixth annual National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness and Information Day brought university students to Roosevelt University’s auditorium in downtown Chicago last week to hear some music…

February 9, 2006

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First Lady Highlights Education, AIDS in West Africa

In a muggy college auditorium, first lady Laura Bush this week announced a U.S.-backed program to provide 15 million textbooks…

January 18, 2006

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Relation Between Incarceration and Race Disparities In U.S. HIV Rates Explored In Study

There may be a relationship between incarceration and race disparities in American HIV rates…

January 11, 2006

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Distrusting the Shot

Jimmie Inghram, a 70-year-old African-American, had his last flu shot 30 years ago…

December 28, 2005

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New Web Site Provides Resources on HIV Education and Prevention

The Association of American Colleges and Universities’ Program for Health and Higher Education (PHHE)…

December 14, 2005

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Relation Between Incarceration and Race Disparities in U.S. HIV Rates Explored

There may be a relationship between incarceration and race disparities in American HIV rates…

December 12, 2005

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Strong Turnout at Historically Black High School for AIDS Testing

Organizers of the state’s first school screening for AIDS and HIV were impressed by the number of students…

December 5, 2005

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400 Indonesian Students Begin House-to-House Hunt for Bird Flu

At least 400 Indonesian university students are going house-to-house to check for bird flu in chickens…

November 30, 2005

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New Web Site Provides Resources on HIV Education and Prevention

The Association of American Colleges and Universities’ Program for Health and Higher Education…

November 17, 2005

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Duke Researchers Working to Isolate Glaucoma Gene in Ghana

In his waiting room, Dr. Rand Allingham saw all the evidence he needed of glaucoma’s disproportionate impact on his Black patients Story:

August 24, 2005

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Breast Cancer Messages Need to be Targeted Toward African-American Women, Researchers Say

African-American women are more likely than Caucasian women to be diagnosed with breast cancer at later stages of the disease and are more likely to die from the disease Story:

August 24, 2005