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Survey: Internet use grows fast among Latinos

Technology / Internet

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(AP) -- Latino adults are increasing their use of the Internet faster than other ethnic groups, according to a new survey from the Pew Hispanic Center and the Pew Internet and American Life Project.


Ancestry attracts, but love is blind

Biology / Other

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

People preferentially marry those with similar ancestry, but their decisions are not necessarily based on hair, eye or skin colour. Research, published in BioMed Central's open access journal Genome Biology, shows that M ...


Some obese people perceive body size as OK, dismiss need to lose weight

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Some obese people misperceive that their body size is normal and think they don't need to lose weight, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2009.


Does race, income predict prostate cancer outcome?

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A patient's socioeconomic status (income, martial status and race) has absolutely no impact on his outcome following curative radiation therapy for the treatment of prostate cancer, according to a new study from Henry Ford ...


Insured African Americans more likely to use emergency room than other insured groups

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- African Americans enrolled in HMOs are far more likely to use the ER and to delay getting needed prescription drugs than HMO-insured members of other racial and ethnic groups, a new study has found.


Democrats try to move on health bill; GOP objects (AP)

Democrats try to move on health bill; GOP objects

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Senate Finance Committee Democrats working on sweeping health care legislation are attempting a delicate juggling act: Making health insurance more affordable for millions of Americans while holding ...


Arab Americans continue to face both stigma and acceptance

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Arab and Muslim Americans continue to face an unusual degree of both discrimination and acceptance, according to a University of Michigan researcher who headed an in-depth study of the nation's most visible Arab and Chaldean ...


Time running out for bipartisan health compromise (AP)

Time running out for bipartisan health compromise

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Time is running out for a two-party compromise on health care as a bipartisan group of six Finance Committee senators considers a new proposal that might be the last, best hope for an overhaul agreement.


Higher levels of a certain protein associated with lower risk of type 2 diabetes

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jul 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Persons with higher levels of adiponectin, a protein that is produced by fat cells and that has anti-inflammatory and insulin-sensitizing properties, have an associated lower risk of type 2 diabetes, according to an analysis ...


Caucasians are at higher risk of developing Ewing's sarcoma than other races

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The largest analysis of its kind has found that Caucasians are much more likely than people in other racial/ethnic groups to develop a rare bone and soft tissue cancer called Ewing's sarcoma. In addition, among Caucasians ...


Obama outlines health care plan for all (AP)

Obama outlines health care plan for all

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 04, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 2

(AP) -- President Barack Obama says he's open to requiring all Americans to buy health insurance, as long as the plan provides a "hardship waiver" to exempt poor people from having to pay.


African Americans are more vulnerable to welfare penalties

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jun 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

African Americans are significantly more likely to be sanctioned by the United States welfare system than whites, according to research published in the June issue of the American Sociological Review, the flagship journa ...


Still irritating after all these years:  Study of adult children and parents

Still irritating after all these years: Study of adult children and parents

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created May 05, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The majority of parents and adult children experience some tension and aggravation with one another, a new study says.


Native Americans descended from a single ancestral group, DNA study confirms

Native Americans descended from a single ancestral group, DNA study confirms

Biology / Evolution

created Apr 29, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (16) | comments 2

For two decades, researchers have been using a growing volume of genetic data to debate whether ancestors of Native Americans emigrated to the New World in one wave or successive waves, or from one ancestral ...


More African-Americans die from causes that can be prevented or treated

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Two-thirds of the difference between death rates among African Americans and Caucasians are now due to causes that could be prevented or cured, according to a new study appearing in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community He ...