African-Americans are nearly twice as likely to be diagnosed with schizophrenia than whites and less likely to receive medication to treat the condition, according to a new study published in the Psychiatric Services journal.
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Most Asthma Research May Not Apply To African American Children
Results rom the largest single study of the genetic and environmental causes of asthma in African American children suggest that only a tiny fraction of known genetic risk factors for the disease apply to this population, raising concerns for clinicians and scientists working to stem the asthma epidemic among African Americans.
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The Mystery of Why Black Americans Are Living Longer
African Americans, and young black men in particular, are on average living much longer than they were just two decades ago.
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Highlighting Suicide Rates In The Black Community
The American Association of Suicidology released data in 2014 that reported 2,357 African Americans were suicide victims in 2012. Of that number, 1,908 were men.
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Black Girls Do Bike Is Picking Up Speed
After not noticing many in real life or the media, bicyclist Monica Garrison of Pittsburgh started a Facebook group by that name in the summer of 2013.
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