Black Children

Black Children Are Twice as Likely as White Children to Be Readmitted to The Hospital
Feb 26, 2014
Black children are twice as likely as white children to be readmitted to the hospital for asthma - a disparity due in large part to a greater burden of financial and social hardships, according to a new study. Researchers at Cincinnati ...

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Financial and Social Hardships Are The Major Reasons
Feb 25, 2014
Financial and social hardships are the major reasons black children and teens are twice as likely as whites to be readmitted to the hospital for asthma, a new study suggests. Researchers looked at nearly 800 asthma patients, aged 1 to ...

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Black Men Who Were Raised in Single-Parent Households Have Higher Blood Pressure
Dec 27, 2013
Black men who were raised in single-parent households have higher blood pressure than those who spent at least part of their childhood in a two-parent home, according to a new study. This is the first study to link childhood family living ...

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