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"Minority" redirects here. For other uses, see Minority (disambiguation). A minority or subordinate group is a sociological group that does not constitute a politically dominant plurality of the total population of a given society. A sociological minority is not necessarily a numerical minority — it may include any group that is disadvantaged with respect to a dominant group in terms of social status, education, employment, wealth and political power. To avoid confusion, some writers pre ...
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- "Closing the Health Gap": Reducing Health Disparities Affecting African-Americans (Office of Minority Health, OPHS, OS, HHS)
Minorities News Headlines
- Minorities More Likely To Receive Alcohol Counseling
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 24 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Fetal Death Rate Declines Nationally, Though Racial/Ethnic Disparities Remain, CDC Report Says
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 02:00 EST
- Income, race are risk factors for leg amputation
Reuters - Thu, 01 Feb 2007 06:15 EST
- Disparities In Access To Preventive Health Screenings Exist For Minorities, Low-Income, Uninsured U.S. Residents, AHRQ Report Finds
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:00 EST
- Call can boost cancer screening in minorities
Reuters - Tue, 09 Jan 2007 08:21 EST
- NJHA's Quality Institute Receives Grant From RWJF To Improve Cardiac Care For Minorities
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 07 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
- HIV-positive Individuals With Inadequate Outpatient Care Are Overwhelmingly Minorities And The Poor
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 28 Oct 2006 11:00 EST
- Nonminority Medical Students More Satisfied Than Minority Students, Study Finds
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 14 Nov 2006 08:00 EST
- Minorities Less Likely to Receive Care at High-Volume Hospitals
MedicineNet - Wed, 25 Oct 2006 07:00 EST
- Studies Look for Reasons Behind Racial Disparities in Health Care
Washington Post - Wed, 25 Oct 2006 04:00 EST
- Impact Of Economic Status For Racial And Ethnic Minorities In US Assessed By Study
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 22 Sep 2006 07:00 EST
- Kansas Bridges To Future: Minorities With Potential For Biomedical Sciences
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 16 Oct 2006 03:00 EST
- Ethnic Disparities In Medicare Claims Revealed By Rochester Study
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 03 Oct 2006 03:00 EST
- Senate Majority Leader Frist Proposes $500M To Reduce Disease Rates Among Minorities, Low-Income Rural Residents
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 05 Oct 2006 09:00 EST
- $36.4 billion a year: Cost of HIV/AIDS highlights racial and ethnic disparities
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 26 Sep 2006 10:00 EST
- Health Insurance Beyond Reach of Many U.S. Minorities
MedicineNet - Wed, 02 Aug 2006 06:00 EST
- Nicotine Up Sharply In Many Cigarettes
Washington Post - Thu, 31 Aug 2006 04:00 EST
- Hospitalization Varies Among Young Minorities With Asthma
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 09 Aug 2006 07:00 EST
- The Future Of Race-based Medicine Conference, August 18th And 19th, California
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 29 Jul 2006 10:00 EST
- Ethnicity Alters Diabetes Risks
WebMD - Thu, 13 Jul 2006 08:40 EST
- Minorities More Likely To Be Diagnosed In Advanced Stages Of Melanoma Than Whites, Study Finds
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 23 Jun 2006 05:00 EST
- Conference To Address Low Rates Of Health Literacy
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 08 Jun 2006 05:00 EST
- Los Angeles County Health Officials Need More Comprehensive Plan To Curb Spread Of Syphilis, Editorial Says
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 13 Jun 2006 07:00 EST
- Cancer Screening Available for Minorities
MedicineNet - Tue, 18 Apr 2006 06:00 EST
- "Puppy Fat" Is A Myth Which Puts Children's Health At Risk
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 08 May 2006 06:00 EST
- Disparities in care demonstrated by liver disease rates
American Medical News - Sun, 23 Apr 2006 08:00 EST
- Pennsylvania To Create Office Focused On Eliminating Health Disparities
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 25 Apr 2006 09:00 EST
- Ethnic Groups Need Specialist Services To Tackle Alcohol Misuse
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 26 Mar 2006 11:00 EST
- Stroke-prevention drug underutilized in minorities
Reuters - Fri, 10 Mar 2006 01:34 EST
- Stroke-prevention drug underutilized in minorities
Reuters - Thu, 09 Mar 2006 09:02 EST
- Women, Minorities Less Likely to Get Best Heart Attack Care
MedicineNet - Tue, 14 Mar 2006 06:00 EST
- Breast cancer deaths higher among blacks
MSNBC - Tue, 21 Mar 2006 06:08 EST
- Breast cancer deaths higher among black woman: study
Reuters - Mon, 20 Mar 2006 10:11 EST
- Folate deficiency still seen in US minorities
Reuters - Tue, 14 Mar 2006 03:20 EST
- Leading Breast Cancer Researcher Awarded New Lectureship
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 22 Mar 2006 06:00 EST
- Heart Devices, Procedures Evaluated Across Patient Populations
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 16 Mar 2006 10:00 EST
- Newborn deaths still high among minorities
MSNBC - Tue, 28 Feb 2006 06:18 EST
- Newborn deaths still high among US minorities
Reuters - Tue, 28 Feb 2006 05:22 EST
- Kaiser Family Foundation Releases Tutorial On Domestic HIV/AIDS
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 02 Mar 2006 03:00 EST
- Older Minorities More Likely to Seek Home Remedies for Ills
MedicineNet - Fri, 06 Jan 2006 06:00 EST
- Minorities Were Slow to Receive Asthma Inhalers
MedicineNet - Sat, 31 Dec 2005 06:00 EST
- New Study Examines Scope Of Online Breast Cancer Support Groups
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 21 Jan 2006 09:00 EST
- Fitness Impacts Heart Disease Risk
WebMD - Tue, 20 Dec 2005 05:49 EST
- Women from Ethnic Minorities often Neglected
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 28 Aug 2005 10:00 EST
- Blacks Join the Eating-Disorder Mainstream
New York Times - Tue, 20 Sep 2005 03:00 EST
- Women from Ethnic Minorities often Neglected
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 22 Aug 2005 11:00 EST
- Articles Examine Diabetes-Related Care of Racial and Ethnic Minorities, USA
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Sep 2005 08:00 EST
- Minorities face more diabetes complications
MSNBC - Thu, 25 Aug 2005 08:22 EST
- High rate of heart attack amongst ethnic minorities in Scotland, report
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 17 Aug 2005 11:00 EST
- Why minorities with mood disorders face dangerous misdiagnosis? University of Cincinnati study
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 18 Aug 2005 01:00 EST
- Disasters do not necessarily affect minorities disproportionately
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 15 Aug 2005 09:00 EST
- Minorities Face Different Colon Cancer Risks
WebMD - Mon, 27 Jun 2005 09:37 EST
- Minorities'' terminal care studied
BBC - Mon, 27 Jun 2005 10:05 EST
- HIV-Positive U.S. Women More Concentrated in South, Among Minorities, CDC Says
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 16 Jun 2005 07:00 EST
- Minorities receive less diabetes-related prevention care, USA
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 08 Jun 2005 03:00 EST
- HHS Announces $95 Million to Improve the Health of Minorities, USA
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 08 May 2005 06:00 EST
- amfAR National HIV/AIDS Update Conference Focuses Attention on Epidemic Among Minorities, Women
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 14 Apr 2005 06:00 EST
- Massachusetts Disparities Commission Hearing Focuses on Improving Care for Minorities
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 10 Apr 2005 04:00 EST
- Move to increase minorities in medicine focuses on undergrads
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