Vitamin D Levels Lower In African-Americans

African-American women had lower vitamin D levels than white women, and vitamin D deficiency was associated with a greater likelihood for aggressive breast cancer, according to data presented at the Third AACR Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities…

Hmong-American Women Far Less Likely To Get Pap Test

The Asian-American community of Hmong women in California carries a stunning burden of cervical cancer and resulting mortality four times as high as non-Hispanic white women in California do…

Study finds positive change in menopausal experience

(PhysOrg.com) — White women are becoming more optimistic about menopause, with many seeing it as an opportunity to rethink their lives and redefine themselves, a new University of Texas at Austin national study shows.

For African-American Women, Thin May Not Be In

Many women today are dissatisfied with their weight, body shape and size, and often strive to be unrealistically thin. A University of Missouri graduate student has found that black women actually differ from white women in their perceptions of the ideal body shape and size…

NPR Examines Pew Study On Number Of Women Without Children

NPR’s “Tell Me More” on Tuesday spoke with the co-author of a new Pew Research Center report that found the percentage of women ages 40 and older who do not have children has doubled to nearly 20% since the 1970s. Among black women, the proportion of women without children has increased three times faster than among white women, according to the report…

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