Title: "Minority Discrepencies"
Duration: 1:56 sec
Description:
The fact that minorities get the short end of the stick when it comes to healthcare
is the result of a complex set of factors. Find out more in this two-minute video clip. Latest research by the American Heart
Association has revealed that it is partly due to racial and ethic disparities and partly due to lack of awareness. One Columbia
University researcher found that knowledge about stroke warning signs remains very low among minority women. African-American
women in particular have 1.5 times the mortality rate from stroke than white women,states Dr. Anjanette Ferris. Other research
found that blacks suffering from lack of blood flow to the heart because of blockages in the arteries, are less likely to
get the newest and highly effective treatments, including drugs like Plavix.
Title: "Does Ethnicity Affect How Women are Affected"
Duration: 2:08 sec
Description:
A new study of more than one million women looked at relationships
between racial and ethnic backgrounds, screening rates, and severity of breast cancer tumors. Researchers found that African-American
women received the fewest mammography screenings, while white women received the most. In addition, African-American and Hispanic
women were more likely than white women to be diagnosed with advanced-stage and high-grade tumors, important predictors of
breast cancer survival. Compared to women with similar screening rates, women of different racial and ethnic backgrounds had
the same frequency of advanced stage cancer. Nearly 17,500 women were diagnosed with breast cancer during the study period,
which consisted of women over age 40, who had at least one mammogram between 1996 and 2002. For more information on this study,
visit www.annals.org.
Title: "Raw for 30 Days"
Duration: 9:13 sec.
Description:
Six McDonalds-munching Americans eat 100% vegan live foods for a month.
Medical results are fantastic. Doctors and experts are interviewed including Gabriel Cousens, MD and David Wolfe. Raw for
30-Days Raw for 30-Days will document the journey of five Americans suffering from Adult Onset Type II Diabetes, who undergo
a radical 30-day diet and lifestyle change in the hope of reversing or reducing their insulin dependence. The film will show
the eating habits that led to the development of this disease and will posit an alternative approach to living and eating,
one in which foods can heal and hold the potential to reverse Diabetes. We will recruit subjects who have been subsisting
on a standard American junk food diet and who are now insulin dependent and Diabetic. Those selected will journey to the Tree
of Life Rejuvenation Center in Arizona to undergo a 30-day health regimen consisting of 100% raw organic living foods that
are purported to heal Diabetes. We will select a diverse group of subjects, representative of the different segments of the
population most affected by this epidemic. Examples include a Native American from a Reservation, an African American from
an urban Northeast city, a Mexican American living in the western US and a Caucasian person from the mid-west or a Southern
city such as Chattanooga, TN.
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