"… minorities still receive worse care and have higher rates of most chronic diseases than whites, according to the 2009 report on health care disparities by th …"

"… new electronic data may help the medical profession better understand how diseases impact minority communities.For instance, at Morehouse School of Medicine …"

"… jurisdiction over legislation relating to agriculture, animal industry and diseases, crop insurance, farm credit, food stamp programs, forestry, human nutriti …"

"… nts were not admitted to clinical research trials and hot line calls about diseases went unanswered at the National Institute of Health. Toxic waste cleanup a …"

"… for a halt to such exports, noting that asbestos has been linked to deadly diseases such as mesothelioma, lung cancer and asbestosis, and that protections for …"

"… nery — were immersed in fiber-rich white dust, setting themselves up for diseases that would debilitate many of them in retirement and kill some of them in …"

"… sp;estimates that 100,000 workers die each year from asbestos-related diseases. Thousands more perish from environmental exposures. Dr. James Leigh, reti …"

"… a and lung cancer, “we could be talking about 3,000 to 5,000 deaths from diseases related to asbestos every year,” the doctor says. She calls Canada’s c …"

"… se same groups of workers. Many took in massive doses of fiber and died of diseases such as asbestosis, which can develop within a decade of initial exposure. …"

"… s far from over. As many as 10,000 Americans still die of asbestos-related diseases each year; one expert estimates that 300,000 or so will die within the nex …"

"… ed estimates of 189,000 to 231,000 worker deaths from all asbestos-related diseases from 1980 to 2007. “Another 270,000 to 330,000 deaths are expected to oc …"

"… s. Although researchers around the world have linked lung cancer and other diseases with exposure to the widely used white, or chrysotile, asbestos, the power …"

"… s of asbestos companies, in turn, demanded proof that asbestos causes lung diseases and dismissed the idea of a ban. When public health advocates produced glo …"

"… iram Ramesh — has no details about the alarming rise in asbestos-related diseases worldwide or countries that have banned the product.Those following the in …"

"… ritories have no mechanism to prove that lung cancer deaths and other skin diseases are being caused by asbestos exposures. As a result, the Indian asbestos i …"

"… han 100 million Americans sick with various debilitating, often hereditary diseases.He urged Bush, in a letter dated June 13, to allow continued federal fundi …"

"… ould lead to treatments or cures of some debilitating and life-threatening diseases. They say embryonic stem cells might ultimately yield therapies for heart …"

"… is and neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases.Market could be worth billionsIf the cell therapies are found effective, t …"

"… dous promise to lead to possible cures and treatments for many devastating diseases, and it cannot afford to be delayed,” they wrote.House movesLegislative …"

"… surers to offer the same level of coverage for mental illness as for other diseases.Despite overwhelming support from the public, Congress has been unable or …"

"… ness by forcing insurance companies to cover a wide range of insignificant diseases.Supporters have claimed some temporary victories. The Mental Health Equita …"

"… a shift toward more accurate research and regulation.Clinical trials about diseases, devices and drugs don’t regularly analyze outcomes by sex or gender “ …"

"… sis,” the report says.One factor keeping women out of trials can be that diseases present themselves differently. So a cardiovascular-disease trial with inc …"

"… ough men have shorter life expectancy and an earlier average onset of many diseases.Other new watchdog reports released by the Government Accountability Offic …"