http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. A new study from North Carolina State University shows that white men receive significantly more tips about job opportunities than women and racial minorities - particularly among people in upper management positions - highlighting racial and gender inequality in the labor market. http://www.physorg.com/news169734883.html Other Sciences Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:50:01 EST news169734883 Researchers have helped solve the mystery of why white men continue to earn 25 percent more than equally well-performing women and minorities. Managers and business owners must pay a premium for white male employees because customers prefer them, says David Hekman, assistant professor in the Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM). http://www.physorg.com/news163268213.html Other Sciences Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:17:20 EST news163268213 Very few people fear dandelions. Or even dangerous things - like Hummers. We may object to outsized automobiles on principle, but the mere sight of them doesn't make us tremble and sweat and run away. On the other hand, even toddlers show an automatic and powerful fear of snakes, including harmless ones. http://www.physorg.com/news152972021.html Medicine & Health Wed, 04 Feb 2009 12:14:34 EST news152972021 Bladder cancer is much more likely to be deadly for women and African-Americans, but the reasons long believed to explain the phenomenon account for only part of the differences for such patients compared to their white and male counterparts, according to results published in the Jan. 1 issue of the journal Cancer. http://www.physorg.com/news150646734.html Medicine & Health Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:18:54 EST news150646734 Young and healthy African-American men have higher central blood pressure and their blood vessels are stiffer compared to their white counterparts, signs that the African American men are developing hypertension early and with little outward sign, according to a new study. While the study found that central blood pressure -- the pressure in the aorta, near the heart -- was higher in the African-American men, the study found no difference in brachial blood pressure -- measured on the arm -- between the two groups. http://www.physorg.com/news146115498.html Medicine & Health Mon, 17 Nov 2008 03:38:18 EST news146115498 A new American Cancer Society study finds that recent progress in closing the gap in overall cancer mortality between African Americans and whites may be due primarily to smoking-related cancers, and that cancer mortality differences related to screening and treatment may still be increasing. The study, appearing in the November issue of Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention, is the first to analyze racial and ethnic differences between the two broad categories of disease. http://www.physorg.com/news145182323.html Medicine & Health Thu, 06 Nov 2008 08:25:23 EST news145182323 (PhysOrg.com) -- Black men living in England are three times more likely to get prostate cancer than White men and tend to be diagnosed five years younger, researchers have found. http://www.physorg.com/news142086935.html Medicine & Health Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:35:35 EST news142086935 If you're fishing for ways to reduce the risk of heart disease, you might start with the seafood-rich diet typically served up in Japan. According to new research, a lifetime of eating tuna, sardines, salmon and other fish appears to protect Japanese men against clogged arteries, despite other cardiovascular risk factors. http://www.physorg.com/news136483659.html Medicine & Health Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:07:39 EST news136483659 Cancer survival varies widely between countries according to a worldwide study published online today in Lancet Oncology.* More than 100 investigators contributed to the study. http://www.physorg.com/news135493774.html Medicine & Health Thu, 17 Jul 2008 06:09:34 EST news135493774