March 1, 2007 — Vol. 42, No. 29
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Dr. Michael Retsky of Children’s Hospital BostonChildren’s Hospital study probes high breast cancer mortality in black women

Are African American women 1.5 to 2.2 times more likely than white women to die from breast cancer, despite their lower incidence of the disease, because they have less access to medical care? Maybe not, according to a new analysis that will appear in an upcoming issue of the International Journal of Surgery. Full story
U.S. Magistrate Judge Joyce London Alexander
Dimock’s daylong event
shoots for healthier women, both ‘Body & Soul’

As the tulips bloom, it can only mean one thing — it’s time for “Body & Soul: The Wellness Connection.”

Hundreds of women of all ages, races and ethnic backgrounds will gather under the big tent erected on the beautiful historic campus of Roxbury’s Dimock Community Health Center on Friday, May 11. This is the 11th year that Dimock Community Health Center has hosted this free event for Boston-area women, the largest event of its kind in the city. Full story
Dr. Shikha Anand, director of pediatrics at Whittier Street Health CenterWhittier’s welcoming setting helps kids reach healthy weight

As director of pediatrics at the Whittier Street Health Center, Dr. Shikha Anand sees many patients that show signs of being what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) call “at risk for overweight.”

In fact, as many as 40 percent of the patients Anand sees are either “at risk for overweight,” meaning that their body-mass index (BMI) is between the 85th and 94th percentiles, or “overweight,” meaning a BMI in the 95th percentile or higher — greater than at least 95 percent of young people the same age and gender. Full story

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