Health Pulse

  The burden of risk factors for chronic disease is substantially higher in black men compared with their white counterparts including a higher prevalence of obesity and hypertension. The Center…Read More

NIMHD Sponsors Medical Care Supplement on Health IT to Address Disparities The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) is sponsoring a Medical Care supplement on  "Addressing Health Disparities through…Read More

Dr. Herman Taylor to share successful cardiovascular disease and prevention strategies for African American men at CHAAMPS conference The Center for Healthy African American Men through Partnerships (CHAAMPS) will host…Read More

CHICAGO — The detection rates of adenoma and advanced adenoma were alarmingly high in a small group of predominantly black men and women who underwent free screening colonoscopy in an…Read More

CHAAMPS announces the selected 2017 pilot research projects The addition of these projects brings the total research portfolio to 19 research projects.   The 2017 projects will be lead by:…Read More

Badrinath Konety, MD, MBA Chairman of the Department of Urology Director of the Institute for Prostate and Urologic Cancers University of Minnesota             The majority…Read More

Read more about CHAAMPS researchers publications, abstracts and presentations. Published Research Abstracts and PresentationsRead More

  MONDAY, July 3, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- The death rate for black infants in the United States has risen in recent years, while the rate for white infants continues…Read More

Your browser does not support iframes.    The NIMHD’s widget provides an easy way to find health disparities data related to the Healthy People 2020 objectives for the Leading Health Indicators (LHIs).…Read More

Recipient: Donavon J. Hess, MD, University of Minnesota Title: "Race differences in the use of intracranial pressure monitoring and inpatient rehabilitation among young men with traumatic brain injury." Research Question/Hypothesis: Young…Read More