Health Rewind: Georgia Teen Finally Gets Heart Transplant
Plus, the link between asthma and racism.
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Teen Once Denied New Heart, Gets Transplant - Andy Stokes, a Black teenager denied a spot on the heart transplant list from an Atlanta hospital, has finally gotten a new heart. His mother said he is “resting and doing fine,” ABC reports. Doctors reversed their decision on Aug. 13 after media got wind he was kicked off for having “bad grades” and having issues with the law. (Photo: WSBTV)
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New HIV/AIDS Intervention for Black MSM - Men of African-American Legacy Empowering Self (MAALES), a new prevention strategy, reduces HIV/AIDS transmission among gay and bisexual Black men and cut risky sexual behavior by 49 percent, says a new study. MAALES is a series of group sessions that address condom negotiation, media representations of gay Black men, self-esteem and past trauma, writes HealthCanal.com. (Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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Young People Clueless About Affordable Care Act Changes - Starting Oct. 1, the Affordable Care Act’s open market kicks off, yet a new survey finds that only 27 percent of young Americans are aware of the health insurance changes. Researchers from Commonwealth Fund also found that a mere 19 percent of uninsured young people and only 18 percent of low-income young folks were aware of how they can access health care, reported MedPage Today. (Photo: Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
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Home Therapy Helps Blacks With Depression - Home visits from a social worker can make a dent in depression among older Black women, a recent study found. A team from Johns Hopkins University School found that just four weeks of once-a-week hour-long sessions helped reduce anxiety, depression and stress among 64 percent of the study’s participants, Reuters reported.(Photo: John Kuntz/The Plain Dealer/Getty Images)
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Kids Are Skipping Lunch, But Eating Breakfast - The good news: 13.15 million kids in the U.S. ate breakfast during the 2012-2013 school year — up from 12.81 from 2011-2012. Bad news: Lunch consumption is down, especially among students who have to pay for their own lunch. A new study found that 30.9 million from 2012-2013 ate lunch compared to 31.9 million the year before, writes USA Today. (Photo: Tim Boyle/Getty Images)
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Rise in Cigar Smoking Among Black Youth - There has been a rise in cigar smoking among Black youths nationally. Smoking opponents contend that the FDA's delay in regulating flavored cigars threatens recent progress in reducing smoking among young people, writes the New York Times. (Photo: Buena Vista Images / Getty Images)
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Obesity Kills Older African-American Men - Eighteen percent of deaths among African-American men were due to obesity-related causes, says a new study. Researchers from Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health claim that this is three times the rate they once thought. Even worse: Black women had the highest rates — 27 percent of deaths were obesity-related, reported Medical Daily. (Photo: AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
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Whatever Happened to Paid Sick Days? - In the last 20 years employers have cut paid sick days from 10 to 8, says a recent study. Not to mention 40 percent of all private sector workers and 80 percent of low-income Americans in the workforce have no paid sick days at all. Working while sick costs employers some $160 billion a year in lost productivity, says the Center for American Progress. Not to mention, it makes someone even sicker. (Photo: John Fedele/Getty Images)
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Racism Linked to Asthma - The more severe the racism an African-American woman experiences, the more likely she is to experience on-set asthma says new data coming out of the Black Women's Health Study. Everyday racism and lifetime racism increased the participants’ risk of asthma by 45 percent. There was no mention of how sexism impacts risk. (Photo: David McNew/Getty Images)
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Black Women’s Rape Kits Lost in Illinois Town - In Robbins, Illinois, more than 40 rape cases have gone unsolved because the police department has lost the victims’ rape kits, according to a recent Grio article. City officials have been forced by the state to match lost kits with their victims. This issue is a national problem: As many as 400,000 rape kits nationally have never been tested or fully used. (Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)