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Y chromosome and surname study challenges infidelity 'myth'

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created Feb 11, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Our surnames and genetic information are often strongly connected, according to a study funded by the Wellcome Trust. The research, published this week in the journal Molecular Biology and Evolution, may help genealogists create ...





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Americans born in the South may have a higher risk of dying from stroke as adults

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The "stroke belt" has a tight hold. People born in the Southern stroke belt have a higher risk of dying from stroke as adults, even if they later move away, compared to people who were born in other parts of the country. ...


New immigrants more likely to be homeless due to economic factors rather than health issues

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New immigrants are more likely to cite economic and housing factors as barriers that keep them homeless compared with native-born individuals, according to a new study on the health of homeless immigrants led by St. Michael's ...


Not a healthy state for all Latinos in the US

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Where Latinos are born and their immigration status affect the quality of health care they receive in the US, according to Professor Michael Rodríguez and colleagues from the UCLA Department of Family Medicine and ...


Movies promote smoking among Mexican-American adolescents

Medicine & Health / Health

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

The more movie scenes of smoking they watch, the more likely Mexican-American youths are to experiment with smoking, researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center and Dartmouth College report in the ...


Invisible immigrants: Research sheds light on foreign-born seniors in the U.S

Invisible immigrants: Research sheds light on foreign-born seniors in the U.S

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The nearly 80,000 immigrants older than 65 who arrive in the U.S. each year are often overlooked by society because they don't hold paid jobs or speak fluent English, says UC Irvine sociology ...


More infants surviving pre-term births results in higher rates of eye problems

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

As more extremely pre-term infants survive in Sweden, an increasing number of babies are experiencing vision problems caused by abnormalities involving the retina, according to a report in the October issue of Archives of ...


Prenatal exposure to flu pandemic increased chances of heart disease

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created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

People exposed to a H1NI strain of influenza A while in utero were significantly more likely to have cardiovascular disease later in life, reveals a new study to be published in Journal of Developmental Origins of Health an ...


Impaired foetal growth increases risk of asthma

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study from Karolinska Institutet (Sweden) shows that children born with low birth weight are at a higher risk of developing asthma later in life. The study, which is published in the journal Pediatrics, is bas ...


When a Twin is not a Twin

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created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- A woman in Fort Worth, Arkansas is carrying two babies that may not be twins, and which may have been conceived two and a half weeks apart. The two babies may be the result of superfetation, a rare phenomenon ...


Concern over alcohol use among UK South Asians

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created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Alcohol use in South Asians in the UK is under-recognised, and alcohol related harm is disproportionately high, warn researchers in an editorial published on BMJ.com today.



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