This is an article about a new drug developed by two Black cardiologists that have shown promising results for Blacks who suffer disproportionatley with heart failure. I am SO excited about this since my dad is having heart trouble. However, aside from the good news, the article focuses on the fact that the drug has only been tested and shows positive results for Black people and that there seems to be some controversey about having it marketed just to and for Blacks. What do you all think about this?
Once again, I have some mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, I think about all the medical research that was done on us without out benefit and the research that Black people were excluded from and I say hey, if it works, put it out there. On the other hand, I feel a responsibility to not condone race specific exclusions regardless of the benefit. My strongest feeling, however, is the first because there is nothing stopping the continued research for medicines that work for other people.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041108/ap_on_he_me/racial_pill
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