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Research Finds Wide Disparities in Health Care by Race and Region

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Race and place of residence can have a staggering impact on the course and quality of the medical treatment a patient receives, according to new research showing that blacks with diabetes or vascular disease are nearly five times more likely than whites to have a leg amputated and that women in Mississippi are far less likely to have mammograms than those in Maine.


     
     
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Stroke Survivors Walk Better With Human Help Say Researchers at the University of Illinois in Chicago

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THURSDAY, May 8 (HealthDay News) -- Stroke survivors derive much more benefit from walking therapy when it's conducted by a physical therapist instead of a robotic device, report researchers at the University of Illinois in Chicago.


     
     
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EmpowHer's Health Tip: FDA Rejects Merck Cholesterol Drug

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An experimental cholesterol drug developed by Merck & Co. has been rejected by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.


     
     
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Doctor-Patient Talks Affect Use of Breast Reconstruction Surgery

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FRIDAY, April 11 (HealthDay News) -- A lack of patient-doctor discussion may contribute to socioeconomic, age and race-related disparities in the use of breast reconstruction after mastectomy, says a study by researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston.


     
     
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High-Risk Blacks Less Likely to Get Colonoscopies Says Lead Researcher Dr. Harvey J. Murff

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By Steven Reinberg
EmpowHer's HealthDay Reporter

TUESDAY, March 25 (HealthDay News) -- Even when there is a family history of colon cancer, blacks are much less likely to get colonoscopies than their white counterparts are, a new study finds.


     
     
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Francine Hardaway: Overprescribed Anemia Drugs

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The Washington Post has a story on how anti-anemia drugs, prescribed for many patients undergoing chemotherapy, can actually shorten a patient’s life. Have you seen the ads about the cancer patient who is too tired to play with his grandchildren, and then takes Procrit? Procrit is also prescribed by surgeons so lessen the use of blood transfusions during joint replacements and other surgeries accompanied by blood loss. But apparently neither making you more energetic or preventing you from needing a transfusion are FDA-approved uses for Procrit. Those ads will soon go away.


     
     
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Sleep Deprivation Helps Spot Sleepwalkers Say Canadian Researchers

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FRIDAY, March 21 (HealthDay News) -- Because sleep deprivation may give rise to sleepwalking, it can also help specialists diagnose the condition, say Canadian researchers.


     
     
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Cancer Poses Challenges for Husbands' Frame of Mind New Research Suggests

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By Alan Mozes
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THURSDAY, March 20 (HealthDay News) -- For couples coping with cancer, the physical health of the husband -- as either patient or caregiver -- appears particularly influenced by the wife's frame of mind, new research suggests.


     
     
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Don't Prescribe Antibiotics for Adult Sinus Woes

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By Ed Edelson and E.J. Mundell
EmpowHer's HealthDay Reporter

THURSDAY, March 13 (HealthDay News) -- It's extremely difficult for doctors to tell the difference between sinus infections that can be cured by antibiotics and those that can't, a new review finds.


     
     
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More Elderly Americans Living With Heart Failure

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MONDAY, Feb. 25 (HealthDay News) -- While the number of elderly Americans newly diagnosed with heart failure has declined, the number of those living with the condition has increased, new research finds.