African Americans

Black patients, particularly women, have died from systemic lupus erythematosus at disproportionately higher rates despite overall declines in mortality over the past 20 years, according to data published in Arthritis Care & Research.

Higher education levels may protect against cognitive and functional difficulties for Black individuals with high levels of tau, indicating Alzheimer’s pathology, according to research from the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease.

In a cohort of smokers screened for lung cancer, women, unmarried individuals, African Americans and those with a low education level had a low likelihood of attempting to quit smoking, according to study results published in CHEST.

Multilevel interventions, such as standardizing the evaluation process, utilizing telehealth improved access to kidney transplantation for African Americans, according to data published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.

African American patients with chronic rhinosinusitis had worse sleep quality even after treatment compared with their white counterparts, according to results of a prospective cohort study.

African Americans who are older, have a higher BMI or have a history of lung disease are at increased risk for ICU admission with COVID-19, according to a study published in Obesity.

Mailed stool blood tests and follow-up phone calls are examples of effective strategies that increased colorectal cancer screening among African Americans, according to findings of a systematic review.

Black adults who currently smoked cigarettes had a dose-dependent higher risk for stroke compared with those who never smoked or did so in the past, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

A church-based intervention significantly improved the diets of middle-aged and older African Americans, according to longitudinal trial results published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.