INTRODUCTION According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), chronic diseases, such as heart disease, cancer, stroke and diabetes, are among the leading causes of disability and death. Diabetes, for example, is not only a significant cause of death, but it is also a major risk factor for cerebrovascular and cardiovascular disease as [...]
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Root Causation A tremendous and growing volume of research identifies a range of key factors that contribute to racial disparities in health, including behavioral, cultural, socioeconomic, and psychological factors; racism; and healthcare access and quality. Focusing on individual behavior has been our most common approach for addressing racial disparities in men’s health. For example, public [...]
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In 1990, an article in the New England Journal of Medicine reported that “black men in Harlem were less likely to reach the age of 65 than men in Bangladesh.” A recent comparison of current federal health data with the 2005 Human Development Index published by the United Nations shows that the poor international health [...]
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Our nation’s capacity to eradicate racial disparities in men’s health—and thereby abolish the “third-world” health status of black men—depends significantly on our ability to acknowledge all of the root causes of health inequality and to put into place effective policies and interventions to address them. Rising to this challenge requires a vigorous, sustained and multidimensional [...]
The patient highlighted has had CCHD since birth. He had phlebotomy for polycythemia and sudden deterioration of renal function culminating in acute on chronic renal failure. The case report is unique in two respects. First, it is the first report known to us occurring in an African and, secondly, it is also the first known [...]
INTRODUCTION Glomerular injury is a documented complication of congenital cyanotic heart disease (CCHD). Some of the abnormalities reported in patients with CCHD include proteinuria and nephrotic syndrome (NS). The pathology recorded in such patients include glomerulomegaly, capillary dilatation, thickening of the capillary walls, focal or diffuse proliferation of mesangial cells and segmental or global glomerulosclerosis. [...]
