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Research highlights need for national HIV strategy

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

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

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that well over one million people in the United States are infected with HIV/AIDS. New research from North Carolina State University shows that many of those infected ...


Race not reported in over 50 percent of randomized clinical trials for cardiovascular disease

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new study recently published online by the American Heart Journal shows that more than half of all randomized clinical trials, or RCTs, for cardiovascular disease are not reporting vital information about the study populations ...


US asthma researchers more open than UK scientists to the inclusion of ethnic minorities

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New findings reveal a large gap between US and UK researchers in terms of policy, attitudes, practices and experiences in relation to including ethnic minorities in asthma research. The study, published this week in the open ...


Race bigotry falling in Britain

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 24, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Racial prejudice in Britain has been declining sharply in Britain since the 1980s thanks to the greater tolerance of younger generations - according to a new study.


Research shows raised incidence of psychoses among migrant groups

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 04, 2008 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Researchers examining the occurrence of psychoses among migrant groups have shown a raised incidence for all black and ethnic minority subgroups compared with white British counterparts, and reveal that the risk of psychoses ...