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Mexican genomes show wide diversity
May 11, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The detailed new look yet at the genetics of Mexicans is showing significant diversity, a finding that could help point the way to customized drugs and identification of people prone to certain diseases.
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Anti-immigrant sentiment greater in California than Texas
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Mar 02, 2009 |
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Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, Singapore and Washington DC (March 2, 2009) California and Texas have the largest populations of Mexican immigrants in all of the United States. A recent study, published by SAGE in the January/February ...
Movies promote smoking among Mexican-American adolescents
Dec 04, 2009 |
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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 ...
Novel genetic region identified for childhood asthma in Mexicans
Aug 28, 2009 |
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Genetic variants in a region on chromosome 9q may influence asthma development in Mexican children, according to research published in the August 28 issue of the open-access journal PLoS Genetics.
Women, Mexican-Americans at higher risk of ruptured brain aneurysm
Jun 11, 2008 |
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A type of stroke that can strike at any age, and kills one-third of its victims, appears to be more common in women and Mexican-Americans than in non-Hispanic white men, according to a new study from the University of Michigan ...
Children of undocumented parents may be at higher developmental risk
Jul 13, 2009 |
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Undocumented people live in a shadowy world of high fear and stress -- fear of deportation and stress brought on lack of economic, linguistic and educational resources.
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 ...
Susceptibility predicts smoking risk among Mexican-American youth
Dec 03, 2009 |
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Whether non-smoking Mexican-American adolescents go on to experiment with smoking depends largely on their initial attitude toward the habit, researchers at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center report in the December issue of Cancer Ep ...
Prevalence of obesity among US children and teens does not increase
May 27, 2008 |
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There was no significant increase in the prevalence of obese children and teens in the U.S. between 1999 and 2006, in contrast to the increase that had been reported in prior years, according to a study in the May 28 issue ...
Moving to the US increases cancer risk for Hispanics
Aug 06, 2009 |
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Results of a new study confirm trends that different Hispanic population groups have higher incidence rates of certain cancers and worse cancer outcomes if they live in the United States, than they do if they live in their ...
Inflammation, depression and antidepressant response: Common mechanisms
May 29, 2008 |
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Major depressive disorder is a common and complex condition that impacts about 15% of the population of the United States, yet very little is known about the mechanisms behind the psychiatric disorder. What is known is ...
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