• Improving Your Health: Tips for African American Men and Women(National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

• Kidney Disease Substantially Worsens in a Fourth of African Americans Despite Therapy for Hypertension(05/05/2008, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
• Black Women May Overestimate Cancer Screening Rates(04/28/2008, Reuters Health)
• Gene Variant Protects Black Heart Failure Patients(04/21/2008, HealthDay)
• Filling in the Alzheimer's 'Race Gap'(04/20/2008, HealthDay)
• Power to Prevent: Helping African Americans Prevent Type 2 Diabetes(02/11/2008, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• More News on African-American Health

• Make Health a Family Reunion Affair(National Kidney Disease Education Program) - Large PDF file
• Prevent and Control High Blood Pressure: What Every African American Should Know(National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) - Links to PDF
• Prostate Cancer Screening: A Decision Guide for African Americans(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

• Be Heart Smart! Eat Foods Lower in Saturated Fat and Cholesterol(National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
• Energize Yourself and Your Family(National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
• Heart-Healthy Home Cooking: African American Style(National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) - Large PDF file
• Key to Nutrition: A Diversified Portfolio(Dept. of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health)
• Spice Up Your Life! Eat Less Salt and Sodium(National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

• African-Americans and Alzheimer's Disease(Alzheimer's Association)
• Arthritis in African Americans(Arthritis Foundation)
• Cancer 101(Dept. of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health)
• For People of African, Mediterranean, or Southeast Asian Heritage: Important Information about Diabetes Blood Tests(National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
• Power to Prevent: A Family Lifestyle Approach to Diabetes Prevention(National Diabetes Education Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - Large PDF file
• Ten Ways African Americans Can Prevent Type 2 Diabetes(National Diabetes Education Program) - Links to PDF
• What Is Bipolar Disorder? A Guide to Hope and Recovery for African Americans(Mental Health America) - Large PDF file

• Dealing with Diabetes: How to Support a Loved One with the Disease(National Diabetes Education Program) - Links to PDF
• Diabetes & High Blood Pressure Make the Kidney Connection: What African Americans Need To Know(National Kidney Disease Education Program)
• Drugs, Alcohol and HIV/AIDS: A Consumer Guide for African Americans(Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) - Links to PDF
• Embrace Your Health! Lose Weight If You Are Overweight(National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
• Empower Yourself! Learn Your Cholesterol Number(National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
• Energize Yourself! Stay Physically Active(National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
• Mental Health in the African American Community(American Psychiatric Association) - Links to PDF
• Pathways to Freedom: Winning the Fight against Tobacco(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dept. of Health and Human Services) - Large PDF file
• Refresh Yourself! Stop Smoking(National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
• You Are a Survivor: Living After Cancer Treatment(Lance Armstrong Foundation) - Large PDF file

• ClinicalTrials.gov: African Americans(National Institutes of Health)

• African Americans, Black Caribbeans, and Whites Differ in Depression Risk, Treatment(National Institute of Mental Health)
• African Americans: Answers about HIV Vaccine Research(National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) - Links to PDF
• Barbados Eye Study Confirms Lower Risk of Age-Related Macular Degeneration in a Population of African Descent(National Eye Institute)
• Health Disparities(National Institutes of Health) - Links to PDF
• National Cooperative Study of Hereditary Prostate Cancer in African-Americans(National Human Genome Research Institute)
• New Survey Shows African-Americans Are Concerned with Heart Health but Unaware of Link to Brain Health(American Heart Association)

References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)

• Article: Assessing spirituality in mentally ill African Americans.
• Article: Integrative review of spirituality in African American breast cancer survivors.
• Article: Pilot study of a faith-based physical activity program among sedentary...
• African-American Health -- see more articles

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Minority Health & Health Disparities (OMHD)(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities
• Office of Minority Health Resource Center(Dept. of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health)

• African American Suicide(American Association of Suicidology) - Links to PDF
• African Americans and Lung Disease(American Lung Association)
• Black or African American Populations(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Cancer Facts & Figures for African Americans, 2007-2008(American Cancer Society) - Large PDF file
• Health of Black or African American Population(National Center for Health Statistics)
• Heart Disease and African Americans(Dept. of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health)
• Heart Disease and Stroke Maps(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• HIV/AIDS among African Americans(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Immunizations and African Americans(Dept. of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health)
• Infant Mortality and African Americans(Dept. of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health)
• Lung Disease Data in Culturally Diverse Communities(American Lung Association)
• Obesity and African Americans(Dept. of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health)
• Smoking and African Americans(American Lung Association)
• Stroke and African Americans(Dept. of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health)

• Helping Children Cope with Crisis: Activity Book(National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
• Safe Sleep for Your Baby: Reduce the Risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) (African American Outreach)(National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) - Links to PDF

• Celebrate the Beauty of Youth(National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
• Easy Guide to Breastfeeding for African-American Women(National Women's Health Information Center) - Large PDF file
• Fit and Fabulous As You Mature(National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
• Health Problems in African American Women(National Women's Health Information Center)
• Heart Truth for African American Women(National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) - Links to PDF
• HIV/AIDS among Women(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

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• Osteoporosis and African American Women(National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)