News tagged with americans
Survey: Internet use grows fast among Latinos
Dec 22, 2009 |
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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.
Native Americans descended from a single ancestral group, DNA study confirms
Apr 29, 2009 |
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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 ...
First Americans arrived as 2 separate migrations, according to new genetic evidence
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Jan 08, 2009 |
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The first people to arrive in America traveled as at least two separate groups to arrive in their new home at about the same time, according to new genetic evidence published online on January 8th in Current Biology, a Cell ...
Ancestry attracts, but love is blind
Nov 20, 2009 |
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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 ...
Still irritating after all these years: Study of adult children and parents
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The majority of parents and adult children experience some tension and aggravation with one another, a new study says.
Web site links African-Americans to ancestors' voyage
Jan 06, 2009 |
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In a major advance in genealogical research, African-Americans will be able to trace the routes of slave ships that transported 12.5 million of their ancestors from Africa as early as the 16th century.
Some obese people perceive body size as OK, dismiss need to lose weight
Nov 17, 2009 |
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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.
Americans spend eight hours a day on screens
Mar 27, 2009 |
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Adult Americans spend an average of more than eight hours a day in front of screens -- televisions, computer monitors, cellphones or other devices, according to a new study.
Obama outlines health care plan for all
Jun 04, 2009 |
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(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.
Caucasians are at higher risk of developing Ewing's sarcoma than other races
Jun 22, 2009 |
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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 ...
Difference in fat storage may explain lower rate of liver disease in African-Americans
Mar 27, 2009 |
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Where different ethnic groups store fat in their bodies may account for differences in the likelihood they'll develop insulin resistance and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, researchers at UT Southwestern ...
Survey: Americans eager to reduce their energy use
Jan 14, 2009 |
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Many Americans have already taken action to reduce their energy use and many others would do the same if they could afford to, according to a national survey conducted by Yale and George Mason universities.
Does race, income predict prostate cancer outcome?
Nov 04, 2009 |
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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 ...
Time running out for bipartisan health compromise
Sep 08, 2009 |
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(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.
Arab Americans continue to face both stigma and acceptance
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 09, 2009 |
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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 ...
