Severe Bioprosthetic Mitral Valve Stenosis and Heart Failure in a Young Woman with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by Siddharth Wartak, Isaac Akkad, Adnan Sadiq, Gregory Crooke, Manfred Moskovits, Robert Frankel, Gerald Hollander, Jacob Shani

“…A 23-year-old African American woman with a past medical history of systemic lupus erythematous (SLE), secondary hypertension, and end stage renal disease (ESRD) on hemodialysis for eight years was stable until she developed symptomatic severe mitral regurgitation with preserved ejection fraction. …”
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Reading the Sensual in James Baldwin’s Giovanni’s Room by Ronnel Keith Berry, Michael Thomas

“…In The Fire Next Time, African American writer James Baldwin describes the sensual as, “respect[ing] and rejoice[ing] in the force of life, of life itself, and to be present in all that one does, from the effort of loving to the breaking of bread” (1998c 311). …”
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Liberation via Reliving the Suffering: A Study of August Wilson’s Monologues by Sumita, Mayur Chhikara

“…It explores how African American characters, through the act of monologue, relive their collective and individual suffering, thereby equipping themselves with greater readiness and resilience to envision and strive for a liberated future. …”
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Lung Cancer with Skin and Breast Metastasis: A Case Report and Literature Review by Bikash Bhattarai, Marie Frances Schmidt, Meenakshi Ghosh, Abhisekh Sinha Ray, Saveena Manhas, Vikram Oke, Chidozie Charles Agu, Md. Rawshan Basunia, Danilo Enriquez, Joseph Quist, Catherine Bianchi, Ravi Hans, Saroj Kandel

“…Case. A 48-year-old African American male with a past medical history of poorly differentiated left breast cancer status after modified radical mastectomy (MRM), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and smoking (20 pack-years) presents to the ER with progressive shortness of breath on exertion, upper back pain, and weight loss for 2 months in duration. …”
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A Supernumerary Nipple-Like Clinical Presentation of Lymphangioma Circumscriptum by Dustin Taylor, Natalie Kash, Sirunya Silapunt

“…We report a case of lymphangioma circumscriptum on the left inframammary area of an African American female with an unusual supernumerary nipple-like clinical presentation. …”
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Clinical Characteristics in Patients with Triple Negative Breast Cancer by Janet Yeh, Jennifer Chun, Shira Schwartz, Annie Wang, Elizabeth Kern, Amber A. Guth, Deborah Axelrod, Richard Shapiro, Freya Schnabel

“…There was a significantly higher proportion of African American and Asian patients with TNBC (p=0.0003) compared to patients with non-TNBC. …”
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Understanding factors that influence whether a woman will seek care for reproductive health: A national survey by Pooja Kanyadan, Latha Ganti, Rohan Mangal, Thor Stead, Lindsey Hahn, Marcos Sosa

“…This study found that women of minority races (African American and Hispanic) were more likely to report that they didn’t feel like they were asked for their opinions about their healthcare. …”
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Effect of Intensive Blood Pressure Control on Cardiovascular Remodeling in Hypertensive Patients with Nephrosclerosis by Otelio Randall, John Kwagyan, Tamrat Retta, Kenneth Jamerson, Velvie Pogue, Keith Norris, Muluemebet Ketete, Shichen Xu, Tom Greene, Xuelei Wang, Lawrence Agodoa

“…We studied 1094 nondiabetics with nephrosclerosis in the African American Study of Kidney Disease and Hypertension. …”
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Atypical Presentation of Disseminated Zoster in a Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis by Nirav Patel, Davinder Singh, Krunal Patel, Shadab Ahmed, Prachi Anand

“…In literature, limited information exists about disseminated cutaneous zoster in RA patients. An 83-year-old African-American female with RA presented with generalized and widespread vesicular rash covering her entire body. …”
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Malignant Course of Anomalous Left Coronary Artery Causing Sudden Cardiac Arrest: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Mahesh Anantha Narayanan, Christopher DeZorzi, Abhilash Akinapelli, Toufik Mahfood Haddad, Aiman Smer, Janani Baskaran, William P. Biddle

“…We present a case of sudden cardiac arrest caused by anomalous left anterior descending artery. 61-year-old African American female was brought to the emergency department after sudden cardiac arrest. …”
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An Unusual Case of Anti-GBM Antibody Elevation in HIV-Associated Nephropathy by Vinay Minocha, Raafat Makary, Andreea Poenariu

“…We present a case of a 27-year-old African American female with a history of schizophrenia, cocaine abuse, and HIV infection who upon admission to our hospital was found to have severe acute kidney injury requiring hemodialysis. …”
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Limbitis Secondary to Autologous Serum Eye Drops in a Patient with Atopic Keratoconjunctivitis by Jeffrey David Welder, Pejman Bakhtiari, Ali R. Djalilian

“…Methods. A 32-year-old African American female with atopic keratoconjunctivitis (AKC) presented with chronic dry eye and diffuse punctate epithelial erosions refractory to conservative treatment. …”
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Understanding Types of Stigma Experienced in Black Women Living With HIV in Baltimore, Maryland: A Mixed Methods Study by Tanya Mikhael, Kyra Jennifer Waligora Mendez, Chun‐An Sun, Joy Chepkorir, Hae‐Ra Han

“…ABSTRACT Aim To understand how Black or African American women living with HIV (WLH) experience different types of stigma in their daily lives. …”
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Reducing Colorectal Cancer Incidence and Disparities: Performance and Outcomes of a Screening Colonoscopy Program in South Carolina by Sudha Xirasagar, Yi-Jhen Li, James B. Burch, Virginie G. Daguisé, Thomas G. Hurley, James R. Hébert

“…This study evaluated the efficiency, effectiveness, and racial disparities reduction potential of Screening Colonoscopies for People Everywhere in South Carolina (SCOPE SC), a state-funded program for indigent persons aged 50–64 years (45–64 years for African American (AA)) with a medical home in community health centers. …”
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Interstitial Mycosis Fungoides: An Unusual Mimic of Interstitial Granuloma Annulare Not to Miss by Neha Singh, Kiley K. Fagan, Douglas J. Grider

“…Reported is a case of a 62-year-old African American female who presented with an asymptomatic, progressive rash of the left underarm and abdomen with histologic features suggestive of granuloma annulare. …”
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Randomized Controlled Pilot Study Testing Use of Smartphone Technology for Obesity Treatment by Jerilyn K. Allen, Janna Stephens, Cheryl R. Dennison Himmelfarb, Kerry J. Stewart, Sara Hauck

“…The sample was 78% female and 49% African American, with an average age of 45 years, and average BMI of 34.3 kg/m2. …”
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Pantoea agglomerans Bacteremia: Is It Dangerous? by Ikwinder Preet Kaur, Sindhura Inkollu, Amulya Prakash, Haresh Gandhi, Mohsin Sheraz Mughal, Doantrang Du

“…Case Presentation. A 34-year-old African-American male with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus type I and recurrent skin infections was admitted with diabetic ketoacidosis. …”
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Patient Perception of Ideal Body Weight and the Effect of Body Mass Index by Rozhin Naghshizadian, Amir A. Rahnemai-Azar, Kruthi Kella, Michael M. Weber, Marius L. Calin, Shahida Bibi, Daniel T. Farkas

“…The study took place in an urban area, with the majority of participants in the study being Hispanic (65.7%) or African-American (28.0%). Patients presented to an outpatient clinic were surveyed regarding their ideal body weight and their ideal BMI calculated. …”
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Biomonitoring PhIP, a Potential Prostatic Carcinogen, in the Hair of Healthy Men of African and European Ancestry by Robert J. Turesky, Clarence Jones, Jingshu Guo, Kari Cammerrer, Laura A. Maertens, Emmanuel S. Antonarakis, Zhanni Lu, Logan G. Spector

“…Frequent consumption of well-done meats containing 2-amino-1-methyl-6-phenylimidazo[4,5-<i>b</i>]pyridine (PhIP), a prevalent HAA that is a prostatic carcinogen in rodents and DNA-damaging agent in human prostate cells, has been linked to aggressive prostate cancer (PC) pathology. African American (AA) men face nearly twice the risk for developing and dying from PC compared to White men. …”
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Proteomic profiling identifies upregulation of aurora kinases causing resistance to taxane-type chemotherapy in triple negative breast cancer by Bohan Ning, Chang Liu, Ali Cem Kucukdagli, Jiuyi Zhang, Han Jing, Zhiqian Zhou, Yuwei Zhang, Ying Dong, Yunjia Chen, Hua Guo, Jia Xu

“…In our UAB TNBC cohort, the expression of AURKA and AURKB was significantly higher in TNBC tumors compared to normal adjacent tissues, and AURKB was found to be highly expressed in African American TNBC patients compared to European Americans. …”
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