St. Jude Leukemia Therapy Has Overcome Differences in Treatment Outcome...

PR Newswire;  October 14, 2003 ;     700+ words ......have found that black children are equally likely as white children to benefit from...showed that black children lagged behind white children in the cure...included 68 black children and 338 white children with newly diagnosed...

St. Jude Leukemia Therapy Has Overcome Differences in Treatment Outcome...

AScribe Medicine News Service;  October 14, 2003 ;     695 words ......have found that black children are equally likely as white children to benefit from...showed that black children lagged behind white children in the cure...included 68 black children and 338 white children with newly diagnosed...

New Report: Black children doing better than ever, but still trail white...

Chicago Defender;  February 13, 2008 ;     700+ words ......years before Black children essentially caught up with white children," Ruby Takanishi...gap between white children and Black children is closing...rapidly for Black children than they are for white children. - Black and...

ADOPTION PLACEMENTS BECOME COLORBLIND; MORE BLACK PARENTS ARE WELCOMING...

The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  December 13, 2007 ;     509 words ......blacks who adopt white children. The group lacks...parents adopting black children. But officials...outsize numbers of black children available for...8 percent of white children in public custody...either race prefer black children to help meet...parents ...

New Health Report; Black Children Suffering More

Sun Reporter, The;  April 3, 2003 ;     348 words ......rates for Black children were reported...percent for white children. Some 67 of every 1,000 Black children and 60 of every 1,000 white children had disabling...percent of Black children are now in...percent of white children. Poverty...

BLACK, WHITE CHILDREN EQUAL AGAINST CANCER

The Washington Post;  February 28, 1995 ;     228 words ......they have access to state-of-the-art treatment, black children with most forms of cancer fare just as well as...They found that during the 30-year study period black children had a "significantly poorer" rate of survival...erased. Since 1984 the 10-year survival rate for black ...

Study Finds Equal Cure Rates Among Black, White Children with Leukemia

Los Angeles Sentinel;  November 19, 2003 ;     470 words ......the results in black children overall have...with those in white children. In the same...fared worse than white children. But at St. Jude...cure rate for black children was nearly the...many of the black children in the St. Jude...prognosis than the ...

The influences of behavior valence and actor race on black and white...

The Journal of Psychology;  March 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......found that Black children typically do...In contrast, White children tend to show...found that Black children tended to rate...positively than White children did. For example, Black children liked actors...behavior more than White children ...

Comparing the Educational Attainment of the Parents of Black and White...

The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education;  October 1, 2007 ;     172 words ......Educational Attainment of Black and White Parents Percentage...college degree. For black children of the same age, 15...that 35.1 percent of white children have a father who...Only 17.3 percent of black children have a father who...Nearly 9 percent of white ...

Why Won't Adoption Agencies Place Black Children?

The Washington Post;  December 22, 1990 ;     698 words ...Adoptable white children get snapped up so...youngsters. Adoptable black children, on the other hand...slow placement of black children, but perhaps the most...enthusiastic about placing black children for adoption, seemingly...

Race Studied As a Factor In Blood Lead; Higher Levels Generally Found in...

The Washington Post;  March 7, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Black children absorb lead more...blood and bones than white children, according to a...second birthdays, the black children had blood-lead levels...higher than the white children. The black children had, on average...level for 2-year-old black ...

Race Studied As Factor in Blood Lead Disparities; Higher Levels Occur In...

The Washington Post;  March 7, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Black children absorb lead more...blood and bones than white children, according to a...second birthdays, the black children had blood-lead levels...higher than the white children. The black children had, on average...level for 2-year-old black ...

Issue is black and white: Children need help

Herald News, The (Joliet, IL);  March 16, 2004 ;     700+ words ......to celebrate for black children in American schools...this ruling, and black children throughout the...percent of its white fourth-grade students...achievement gap between white children and black children. Most states have...levels between white ...

For black children, we all need to 'do better'.(METROPOLITAN)(METROPOLITAN...

The Washington Times;  July 27, 2007 ;     700+ words ......need to do better by black children. And it doesn't really...indicate far too many black children continue to fall through...2000, the outcomes for black children are worse on every...periods of time than white children. And once in the foster...their families than ...

Metabolic syndrome components differ between African American, white...

Family Practice News;  September 1, 2006 ;     533 words ......American and white children show important...white peers. Black children are more prone...metabolic ways, the white children had significantly...sensitivity than the black children. One would expect that the black children would ...