News tagged with hispanics
Informal social networks better at encouraging Hispanics to prepare for disasters, study finds
Dec 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Lay health teachers who engaged Hispanics inside their social networks were more effective than mailers at encouraging participants to prepare disaster plans.
Education and reward genes interact to influence alcoholism among Mexican-Americans
Sep 18, 2009 |
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Hispanics with alcohol-induced problems - especially male Mexican Americans - have significantly worse health and welfare than those with other ethnic backgrounds. This study examined the influence of gene/environment interaction ...
Combat exposure may increase likelihood of newly reported high blood pressure
Sep 14, 2009 |
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A survey of American servicemen and women who reported experiencing multiple combat exposures were more likely to self-report high blood pressure than military members not exposed to combat, according to research reported ...
Even in a safety net health system, colorectal cancer screening disparities remain
Sep 08, 2009 |
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Colorectal cancer screening rates are much lower among those in a safety net health system compared to the national average, and the number one predictor of screening is a combination of regular visits and insurance access.
Swine flu sends more blacks, Hispanics to hospital
Aug 27, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Swine flu was four times more likely to send blacks and Hispanics to the hospital than whites, according to a study in Chicago that offers one of the first looks at how the virus has affected different racial groups.
Research: No race disparities in risk of AIDS and death in HIV patients
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jul 20, 2009 |
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Kaiser Permanente researchers found no disparities by race or ethnicity in risk of AIDS and death among HIV-infected patients in a setting of similar access to care. This is despite lower Anti-Retroviral Therapy adherence ...
Obesity rates differ among racial/ethnic groups in kids as young as four
Apr 06, 2009 |
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Obesity is twice as common in young American Indian/Native Alaskan children as it is in white and Asian children, according to new research offering the first nationally representative analysis of obesity prevalence among ...
Most effective hepatitis C treatment fails in majority of Hispanics, study shows
Jan 15, 2009 |
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The most effective treatment for hepatitis C fails in two-thirds of Hispanic patients but works for half of white patients, researchers reported Wednesday in a study that confirms ethnic disparities in the liver disease.
