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There is an urgent need for more education and research to address the fact that minority women are disproportionately impacted by the auto-immune disease lupus, according to an expert panel speaking at the roundtable forum, "Racial Disparities in Lupus: Strategies for Intervention in Minority Communities, "sponsored by the S.L.E. Lupus Foundation and the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, as part of the Seventh International Congress on S.L.E. and Related Conditions. In conjunction with the event, Benjamin Chu, MD, MPH, President of the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC), presented-a proclamation from the Mayor's Office at Gracie Mansion calling for more attention to lupus as a serious health threat to women. Congressman Charles B. Rangel, 15th Congressional District, New York, ranking member of the House Ways and Means Committee and dean of the New York Congressional Delegation, offered welcoming remarks and commented on the issues of the Forum.
"There is mounting evidence that Hispanic and African American women have a higher incidence of lupus, more serious complications and higher mortality rates," noted John D. Reveille, MD, Director, Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunogenetics, University of Texas Houston Health Science Center. "Lupus is one of Americas' least recognized diseases in terms of public awareness and medical attention in proportion to the number of people it affects and its severity."See the full content of this document
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Lupus Discriminates Against Young Minority Women
There is an urgent need for more education and research to address the fact that minority women are disproportionately impacted by the auto-immune disease lupus, according to an expert panel speaking at the roundtable forum, "Racial Disp...
See the full content of this document
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