just more news...

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Permalink Reply by BlaqJeff on July 10, 2008 at 7:19pm

That's a start. Now how about apologizing for years of substandard medical care for the Black community!

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Permalink Reply by cloud_chamber on July 10, 2008 at 8:10pm

True... true...

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Permalink Reply by Death is Drunk on July 21, 2008 at 4:18am

Yup it seems to be a racial divide everywhere including the medical field. I don't know how I should feel about this. I'm indifferent.

"Blacks in the United States have a 25 percent higher rate for all cancers; a 30 percent higher rate of heart disease, a 40 percent higher rate of stroke and a 50 percent higher rate of diabetes, Adams said."

and now the genetic link for HIV/ and AIDS. Can blacks ever get a break? Fuck.

"Several studies have shown that even when blacks have the same income, insurance and education as whites, they do not fare as well when it comes to getting medical care."

Because blacks are still getting discriminated against. Studies also show that blacks are least likely to get pain meds than whites patients. Most of the pill popping drug abusers are whites.

"When AMA doesn't get on board with these things, it impacts all of us. It certainly impacts the black community disproportionately,"

Geez I wonder why /end sarcasm.

"There are fewer African American physicians per capita to date than there were in 1910," Adams said."

Now this is a damn shame.

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Permalink Reply by ibrother on July 21, 2008 at 7:48pm

http://www.s193082824.onlinehome.us/

Medical Apartheid

The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present

I know democracy now had a show on this.
http://www.democracynow.org/blog/2008/3/7/national_book_award_winne...

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Permalink Reply by Death is Drunk on July 22, 2008 at 5:27am

Interesting thanks for the link

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