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Black Patients May Not Benefit On Low-Dose Aspirin

5th January 202016th December 2019 Josie McFarlane 762 Views 1 Comment Affects, Aspirin, BAME, Black people, health, heart, Medication, well being

The daily use of low-dose aspirin against heart disease may have taken another knock. New research shows that the practice

Black and Missing Inc.: missing black children are underrepresented in news

4th November 20191st November 2019 Josie McFarlane 841 Views 0 Comments Black adults, Black children, Black people, discrimination, Missing people, underrepresented

Three-year-old Kamille “Cupcake” McKinney was abducted from a birthday party on Oct. 13. Her body was found 10 days later

Why Did Google Offer Black People $5 to Harvest Their Faces?

15th October 201911th October 2019 Josie McFarlane 716 Views 0 Comments Artificial intelligence, Black people, BME, Facial recognition, google, homeless, Lifestyle, Tricked

For companies creating artificial intelligence, data collection is proving to be among the most ethically-fraught aspects of the entire process.

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Facial bones help black people maintain youthful appearance

5th July 20192nd July 2019 Josie McFarlane 1841 Views 0 Comments Ageing, Appearance, Black people, BME, health, study

The faces of black people are less likely to reflect aging because of bones with a higher mineral content, according

New findings show Type 2 diabetes develops differently depending on ethnicity

29th June 201927th June 2019 Josie McFarlane 753 Views 0 Comments BAME, Black people, BME, Diabetes, different, Ethnic Minorities, ethnicity, Health risks

New research funded by Diabetes UK has reversed scientists’ previous understanding of how Type 2 diabetes develops in black African

Police defend figures that say black people are 5 times more likely to be stopped and searched

26th June 201925th June 2019 Josie McFarlane 749 Views 0 Comments arrest, Black people, ethical minority, police, Racism, stop and search

A senior police officer has explained the reasons behind statistics that suggest a black person is five times more likely

Chicago Congressman Says Cops Are the ‘Sworn Enemy’ of Black People

11th April 20199th April 2019 Josie McFarlane 765 Views 0 Comments black, Black people, community, congressman, government, police

Democrat Illinois Rep. Bobby Rush has taken aim at the Chicago police union, calling it “the sworn enemy of black

Health Lifestyle

Cancer care worse for deprived and BAME Londoners, report finds

27th December 201819th December 2018 Josie McFarlane 680 Views 0 Comments #Cancer, Bad Healthcare, BAME, black, Black people, community, Findings, health, London, NHS, Poverty, report, study, Support

Cancer patients in London’s most deprived areas are experiencing worse care than the rest of England, a new report has

Facebook and its ‘black people problem’

5th December 20184th December 2018 Josie McFarlane 814 Views 0 Comments black, Black people, community, Facebook, FB, influences, Racism, racist, Social Media, technology

When it rains, it pours – and Facebook’s utterly sodden year continues to be flooded by accusations of bad governance.

Racism against black people in EU ‘widespread and entrenched’

2nd December 201829th November 2018 Josie McFarlane 861 Views 0 Comments Africa, black, Black people, community, EU, prejudice and exclusion, Racism, study, survey

People of African descent are facing “widespread and entrenched prejudice and exclusion” across the European Union, a study suggests. Race-related

Sherry Ann Dixon – A long journey home

31st August 201830th August 2018 Becky Wybrow 7840 Views 0 Comments Assertive Training, Beauty Edito, Black people, BOAC plane, Brownie, Caribbean, celebrity make-up artist, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Confidence Building, cosmetologist, Downing Street, educating women, england, Georgetown, Guyana, House of Lords, keep the faith, leukemia, Military, mother, motivational speaker, Pride Magazine, qualified lecturer, Saint Lucia, SHE Caribbean, Sherry ann Dixon, Spirit, Trinidad, United Nations, Windrush era

Many Black people in the 1960s came to England as children, sent on their own to join family members in

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Black people more likely to develop dementia, new study finds

9th August 20189th August 2018 DTadmin 1882 Views 0 Comments Alzheimer’s Research UK, black, Black people, cardiovascular disease, Clinical Epidemiology, community, dementia, dementia diagnosis, Dr Alison Evans, Dr Claudia Cooper, Dr Tra My Pham, Health inequalities, King's College London, memory loss, memory problems, thinking skills, University College London, Wesley Dowridge, Windrush generation

‘Black people I know have been reluctant to seek help for memory problems because of worries about being treated fairly, or