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4B LIFEATIe €&atIotte $o«t Thursday, June 15,2006 High drowning rates for blacks, Hispanics worry officials THE ASSOCIATED PRESS RALEIGH—A trip to the beach or lake is often the focus of a summer day’s fun. But it can end tragically as well when swimmers overes timate their skill—and statis tics show that some minority groups are at greater risk of drownir^- Experts believe that cultur al or economic reasons may put blacks and Hispanics in greater danger when it comes to swimming. “Black people don’t get into the water,” said Linda Boose, whose 8-year-old grand daughter, Jasmine, drowned in Palls Lake dining Memorial Day weekend- “We were too poor to even think about the water.” The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says 53 Hispanic people acciden tally drowned in North Carolina between 1999 and 2003. At a rate of 2.22 pa-100,000 people, that’s the second- highest drowning rate for Hispanics in the country in states where more than 20 deaths occurred over the PHOTOAVADE NASH A group of blacks board a boat at Lake Norman without the protection of a life jacket. Minorities are less likely to know how to swim. same period. Only Tfennessee’s drowning rate for Hispanics was hi^er. In the same time frame, 162 black people drowned in North Carolina, a rate of 1.73 per 100,000. Whites, mean while, drowned at a rate of 1.02 per 100,000, with 290 accidental drownings in North Carolina—lower than the nation\ri.de rate. Thornton Draper, the aquatics director at North Carolina Central University said the higher minority drownir^ rate has more to do with economics, access and exposure to swimming than with race. He said pools are expensive to build and maintain, so poorer schools or neighbor hoods may not insist they be buHt. Swimming lessons can be expensive, and opportuni ties to practice may be spo radic at outdoor community pools that are only opened seasonally Linda Boose, who raised her granddaughter from infancy said she doesn’t swim and Jasmine did not swim very well. Who skips chemo for breast cancer? THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON - Claudia Lowry had a scary decision: Could she safely skip chemoiherapy after smgeons removed her breast cancer? Tbns of thousands of women imdergo chemo for breast cancer every year when they don’t really need it, but doctors don’t have an easy way to teU who can gam ble on skipping the harsh drugs. A simple gene test now promises to help women like Lowry ofKokomo, Ind., make that nerve-wracking choice— and a major government study is enrokir^ more than 10,000 patients arotind the country to see just how well it does the job. “Most of the patients are advised to have chemothera py Most of the patients are going to do very well without it,” says Dr. Sheila Taube of the National Cancer Institute. “So how can we spare the patients that don’t need it?” Breast cancer is only the opening sal^h. Researchers are furiously developing who- to-treat gene tests for coloi-ec- tal cancer—particularly for early Stage 2 disease that doctors fear is beir^ under treated—and other mahg- nancdes, too. But if the new breast cancer study pans out, it will mark a big step toward genetically tailored therapy that special ists expect will rapidly replace today’s simplistic guidelines for treating early- stage cancer. More than 100,000 U.S. women a year are diagnosed with eai'ly breast cancer that has a remarkably good prog nosis: The tumors are small, Coffee reduces the risk Continued from pageSB 8 pei-cent. The researchers calculated the risk reductions rate for the whole greup, not just the drinkers. Not all heavy drinkere develop cirrhosis, an irre- vei-sible scarring of the hver that hurts the organ’s abUity to filter toxins fiom the blood. Klatsky said the new findings may help explain why some people’s hvers smAive heavy alcohol use. Hepatitis C and some inher ited diseases can also cause diThosis. But the study foimd coffee did not protect the liver against those othei* causes of scarring. haven’t spread and are hor mone-sensitive. The vast majority would survive with surgery radiation and hor mone treatment. Yet guide lines today recommend chemotherapy as well for most of those women to catch the few who need more aggressive help. 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