News tagged with immigrant women

Lower risk of breast cancer occurrence but higher mortality amongst low-educated and immigrant women

(Medical Xpress) -- Low-educated and immigrant women run a lower risk of breast cancer occurrence than highly educated women and women born in Sweden. However, the risk of dying from breast cancer is higher for those low-educated ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mammography use up for US immigrants

While mammography rates have improved among foreign-born women residing in the United States, these women are still less likely to have undergone breast cancer screening than native-born U.S. women.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Routine antenatal screening for hepatitis B in an urban NYC population

According to new research at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, high rates of chronic hepatitis B infection (HBV) are found in pregnant minority and immigrant women in the New York City area, and most of them do not receive ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created May 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Minority women least likely to gain access to a doctor, study says

One in three South Asian, West Asian or Arab women — one of the fastest growing segments of Canada's population — say they have trouble accessing a doctor to address an urgent health concern or to monitor health problems. ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 30, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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From virginity to Viagra

Americans will spend more than $17 billion on Valentine's Day, but far less on programs like sex education for adolescents. The editors of the new book, Sex for Life, From Virginity to Viagra, How Sexuality Changes Throughout ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Shipwrecked: Women and children first?

Barely three months short of the centenary of the sinking of the Titanic, which went down on 15 April 1912, another shipwreck has galvanised the world’s attention. With tragic stories of loss, chaos and ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Female feticide in Canada requires action

Canada should prohibit disclosure of the sex of a fetus until after 30 weeks of pregnancy to combat female feticide which is practised by some ethnic groups in Canada and the United States, states an editorial in CMAJ (Canad ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 16, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientists record electrical currents that control male fertility

Performance anxiety? Not for this human sperm.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 29, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Google donating $11.5M to fight modern slavery

(AP) -- Tech giant Google announced Wednesday it is donating $11.5 million to several coalitions fighting to end the modern-day slavery of some 27 million people around the world.

Technology / Business

created Dec 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researcher studies the globalization of sex trafficking and the organizations that work to stop it

In today's world, human trafficking is not an isolated problem, but a growing global issue. A Kansas State University professor is studying ways that anti-trafficking groups are fighting back.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New study shows evacuation plans need to incorporate family perspectives

A study sponsored by the National Science Foundation found that most respondents felt the evacuation of New Orleans residents to the Superdome after Hurricane Katrina was a "failure" and this opinion has shaped ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study: Indian, Vietnamese immigrants become 'American' over time through civic activities

Whether contributing money to Boy Scouts, donating a sculpture of Gandhi for a Dallas city plaza, or successfully lobbying against flying Vietnam's communist flag in a citywide international celebration, a ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Health gap has grown among young US adults, study finds

Levels of health disparity have increased substantially for people born in the United States after 1980, according to new research.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Lower birth rates for young women tied to economy

The economy may well be the best form of birth control. U.S. births dropped for the third straight year - especially for young mothers - and experts think money worries are the reason.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1


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