October 12, 2005

Poor diet hurts black breast cancer patients

Racial health disparities are an emerging area of study in medicine. On Monday and Tuesday, experts gathered at Wayne State University for a conference on the issue. Suggestions included training more minority physicians; referring patients to specialists for underdiagnosed problems like heart failure, and creation of networks like the Healthier Black Elders program, a Detroit program that hooks up minority patients with community resources and clinical studies. It is collaboration between WSU and the University of Michigan .

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