the Black population in the U.S. suffered 1.63 million excess deaths and more than 80 million excess years of life lost due to increased mortality risk relative to that of the White population ...

High-risk surgeries are more deadly for Black and Hispanic Americans than for their White counterparts, new research reveals. The study, of more than 1 million procedures performed in U.S ...

However, during that same period, researchers noted that although stroke incidences decreased for Black adults, their overall risk of stroke compared to white adults remained about the same.

"We must reverse course." The ACS report also found that the risk of death among Black patients is twice that of white folks when it comes to myeloma, prostate, endometrial and stomach cancers.

The risk of stroke tied to sleep apnea may vary for Black people and white people, according to a study published in the March 6, 2024, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the ...

Of the 18 CV risk variables examined at baseline, with a P value of ≤.05 considered statistically significant, the following were increased in the Black patient vs the White patient cohort ...

"We also know that the risk of developing non-familial, or sporadic, Alzheimer's differs according to race -- Black people have twice the incidence of white people," Hoyo continues. "So we wanted ...