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BACKGROUND:
The Black health disadvantage remains a pressing public health issue in the United States. According to the Department of Health and Human Services 'Black and Minority Health Report', 65,000 excess deaths occur each year among Blacks when compared to the mortality experience of whites.
Recently an image-enhanced endoscopic technology using a pre-processor band-limited light called Optical Enhancement system (OE system™), was developed by HOYA Co. (Tokyo, Japan) and is now equipped with the latest endoscopy system (Pentax Video Processor EPK-i7010; HOYA Co.). This new technology
Background and Problem Statement: Recent global analyses have indicated that the highest blood pressures worldwide are recorded in black populations. The vulnerable cardiovascular profile of Africans is believed to result from a combination of factors such as rapid urbanisation, abnormal sodium
This is a multi-site, placebo-controlled, double-blind, randomized withdrawal, time to intervention study with a duration of up to 36 weeks, consisting of 5 periods:
Screening Period: up to 4 weeks duration; Open-Label Titration Period (Titration Period): up to 4 weeks duration; Open-Label Treatment
Background: Two third of all people infected with HIV live in Sub-Saharan Africa. A region also affected with a great burden of other infectious diseases. Relatively few patients have access to anti-retroviral treatment and many suffer from debilitating diarrhea that causes their immune system to
The primary objective of the project is to develop a valid, reliable, better standardized and more efficient test of visual acuity for use in clinical trials. Accuracy, precision, stability, and utility of the test will be assessed for non-inferiority with Early Treatment for Diabetic Retinopathy
Alopecia areata is now considered a systemic autoimmune disease that may have other serious comorbidities, such as cardiovascular and ocular. However, the results of studies of ocular findings in AA are controversial.
Several ocular alterations have been previously reported in patients with AA
Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic skin disease and a common affliction among children. Twice daily topical corticosteroid (TCS) use over several weeks is recommended for active inflammatory disease. Side effects of TCS range from cutaneous atrophy to hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis
Background:
Blacks have twice the risk of stroke compared to Whites and a recent analysis found that stroke incidence was decreasing in Whites but not Blacks. Identifying new avenues for stroke prevention is important in African Americans.
The Stroke Prevention through Aggressive Reduction of
Poor placentation is considered a powerful predisposing factor for pre-eclampsia. Recently, it has been suggested that the occurrence of pre-eclampsia requires a combination of an excessive or atypical maternal immune response to the trophoblast and/or exaggerated endothelial activation as well as a
Alkaptonuria is a rare autosomal recessive disorder in which homogentisic acid accumulates and destroys connective tissue and bone, creating a condition called ochronosis. Symptoms generally begin in the third or fourth decade and progress to incapacitating spondylosis, arthropathy, and fractures by
In the U.S., about 10% of African Americans have an abnormal hemoglobin gene. About 8% of African Americans are heterozygous for Hemoglobin S. In the United States, sickle cell anemia primarily occurs in the black population, with approximately 0.2% of African American children afflicted by this