News tagged with ethnicity
Study illuminates ethnic disparities in diabetes and cognitive impairment
A new study finds that decreasing the disparities in rates of type 2 diabetes among Whites, Blacks and Hispanics could eliminate some racial and ethnic disparities in the development of cognitive impairment ...
Feb 01, 2012 |
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Inherited risk factors for childhood leukemia are more common in Hispanic patients
Hispanic children are more likely than those from other racial and ethnic backgrounds to be diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and are more likely to die of their disease. Work led by St. Jude Children's Research ...
Jan 30, 2012 |
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Psychologists analyze development of prejudices within children
Girls are not as good at playing football as boys, and they do not have a clue about cars. Instead they know better how to dance and do not get into mischief as often as boys. Prejudices like these are cultivated from early ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 27, 2012 |
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Statin use in postmenopausal women associated with increased diabetes risk
The use of statins in postmenopausal women is associated with increased diabetes risk, according to a study published Online First by the Archives of Internal Medicine.
Jan 09, 2012 |
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Even neighborhoods with higher-educated ethnic minorities arouse resistance
The resistance towards ethnically mixed neighborhoods decreases if higher-educated people from ethnic minorities live there. Yet even then a large proportion of the autochthonous Dutch population still prefer to avoid neighbourhoods ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jan 09, 2012 |
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American Cancer Society report finds continued progress in reducing cancer mortality
The American Cancer Society's annual cancer statistics report shows that between 2004 and 2008, overall cancer incidence rates declined by 0.6% per year in men and were stable in women, while cancer death rates decreased ...
Jan 04, 2012 |
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Heart disease study highlights Scottish ethnic groups most at risk
Scots of Pakistani origin are 50 per cent more likely to be admitted to hospital with chest pain and angina than those of Indian ethnicity, a study has found.
Medicine & Health / Cardiology
Dec 21, 2011 |
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Diagnosis, treatment of depression among elderly depend on racial, cultural factors
Despite improvements to diagnostic tools and therapies in the two last decades, significant disparities in the diagnosis and treatment of depression remain, according to Rutgers research published online by the American Jo ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 21, 2011 |
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Chinese scientists announce the first complete sequencing of Mongolian genome
Inner Mongolia Agricultural University (IMAU), Inner Mongolia University for the Nationalities (IMUN) and BGI, the world's largest genomics organization, jointly announced the first complete sequencing of Mongolian genome. ...
Dec 19, 2011 |
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Socioeconomic status may explain racial disparities in diet, exercise, and weight
Large disparities exist in obesity and other chronic diseases across racial/ethnic groups in the United States. Are racial differences in diet, exercise, and weight status related to better knowledge about healthy eating ...
Nov 28, 2011 |
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For refugees from Burma, hope of better life in US turns into extreme poverty, isolation
Refugees who have fled Burma to live in Oakland, Calif., are at risk of becoming a permanent, poverty-stricken underclass warns a new report released today by researchers at San Francisco State University and the Burma Refugee ...
Nov 28, 2011 |
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Colon cancer screening campaign erases racial, gender gaps in use of colonoscopy
Since the 1970s, U.S. mortality rates due to colorectal cancer have declined overall, yet among blacks and Hispanics, the death rates rose. Evidence suggests that underuse of colonoscopy screening among these groups is one ...
Nov 18, 2011 |
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Novel, noninvasive measurement a strong predictor for heart failure in general population
A new study from researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and collaborators at various institutions, presented at the 2011 American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, shows that ...
Medicine & Health / Cardiology
Nov 14, 2011 |
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Sugar-sweetened beverages may increase cardiovascular risk in women
Drinking two or more sugar-sweetened beverages a day may expand a woman's waistline and increase her risk of heart disease and diabetes, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions ...
Medicine & Health / Cardiology
Nov 13, 2011 |
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White and Hispanic teens more likely to abuse drugs than African-Americans
A new analysis of teenage drug abuse finds widespread problems among whites, Native Americans, Hispanics and youngsters of multiple races, with less severe abuse among Asian and African-American teens.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 07, 2011 |
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