Mushmouth
07-07-2017, 06:35 AM
Could Air Pollution and Racism Be Hidden Causes of Breast Cancer?
As for racism and other psychological stressors in the environment, a study published online in Cancer Causes & Control last December showed an association between being born in a state that had enacted pro-segregation Jim Crow laws and increased odds of estrogen receptor–negative breast cancer in Black, but not white, women. Meanwhile, preliminary results from a Medical College of Wisconsin research project found that racial bias in mortgage lending is associated with higher incidences of harder-to-treat forms of breast cancer, including triple-negative breast cancer.
http://www.ozy.com/fast-forward/could-air-pollution-and-racism-be-hidden-causes-of-breast-cancer/79458
As for racism and other psychological stressors in the environment, a study published online in Cancer Causes & Control last December showed an association between being born in a state that had enacted pro-segregation Jim Crow laws and increased odds of estrogen receptor–negative breast cancer in Black, but not white, women. Meanwhile, preliminary results from a Medical College of Wisconsin research project found that racial bias in mortgage lending is associated with higher incidences of harder-to-treat forms of breast cancer, including triple-negative breast cancer.
http://www.ozy.com/fast-forward/could-air-pollution-and-racism-be-hidden-causes-of-breast-cancer/79458