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Uterine leiomyomata (UL) are commonly known as fibroids and are the most common pelvic tumor in women. They are benign, smooth muscle tumors that arise from one muscle cell and thus the tumor is multiple clones of one cell. By 50 years of age, 70% of white women and 80% of black women have had...

Tumors from black women with invasive breast cancer have higher expression of the insulin receptor June 1, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Insulin resistance is one factor mediating part of the association between race and poor prognosis in breast cancer, according to a study published online May 12 in Breast Cancer Research. Emily J. Gallagher, M.D., from...

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...

Within the United States, there are over 2.5 million Latino Americans suffering with type II diabetes mellitus.  This is alarming, not only because Latinos are 17% more likely to develop diabetes than their white counterparts, but also because Hispanic women are 1.5 times more likely to die from diabetes than white woman.  The lack of...