July 16, 2020
Black Women At Higher Risk for Fibroids. New Drug For Heavy Menstrual Bleeding May Offer Hope
According to Mcleod Health and several studies African-American women suffer fibroids 2 to 3 times more than white women. McLeod OB/GYN Dr. Monica Ploetzke stated “We also know that Black women tend to experience fibroids at a younger age and often more severely than their white counterparts.” One estimate is that 25% of African-American women...
Risk for Gastric cancer Tied to H. Pylori Infection Higher in Blacks, Asians, Hispanics/Latino
Only complete eradication of Helicobacter pylori infection, not treatment alone, will reduce the risk for developing stomach cancer, according to a study recently published in Gastroenterology. Shria Kumar, M.D., from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, and colleagues evaluated data for 371,813 patients from the Veterans Health Administration (median age, 62 years;...