News tagged with minority women
Black women have double the risk of pregnancy complications
Mar 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Black Caribbean and black African women in the UK have twice as much risk of experiencing severe pregnancy complications than white women, according to University of Oxford research.
Study finds high level of medical mistrust among minority women impacts quality of health care
Feb 05, 2009 |
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Nearly 70 percent of minority women agree that health-care organizations sometimes deceive or mislead patients, one of the key findings of a Michigan State University study that researchers say can prevent women from getting ...
Minorities less likely to know about breast cancer treatment options
Jul 30, 2008 |
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Nearly half of women treated for breast cancer did not know that their odds of being alive after five years are roughly the same whether they undergo mastectomy or breast conserving surgery. Minority women were even less ...
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Heart and bone damage from low vitamin D tied to declines in sex hormones
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Researchers at Johns Hopkins are reporting what is believed to be the first conclusive evidence in men that the long-term ill effects of vitamin D deficiency are amplified by lower levels of the key sex hormone estrogen, ...
Thoughtful words help couples stay fighting fit
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 13, 2009 |
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Couples who bring thoughtful words to a fight release lower amounts of stress-related proteins, suggesting that rational communication between partners can ease the impact of marital conflict on the immune system.
Students Send Microbe Experiment on Space Shuttle Atlantis
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Nov 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An experiment by college students that will study how microbes grow in microgravity is heading to orbit aboard space shuttle Atlantis.
Can thinking of a loved one reduce your pain?
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- "The very thought of you ... the mere idea of you" -- from the song "The Very Thought of You" by Ray Noble. Can the mere thought of your loved one reduce your pain?
Virtual Reality May Help Arm Minds for Combat
Nov 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The UT Dallas Center for BrainHealth received a federal grant to fund research examining brain performance enhancement in America’s fighting men and women through the use of state-of-the-art ...
Ethnic pride may boost African-American teens' mental health
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Nov 13, 2009 |
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Most adolescents who belong to an ethnic minority group wrestle not only with their self-esteem (like most teens), but also with identity issues unique to their ethnic group, such as dealing with social stigma. A new study ...
Genetic changes shown to be important indicators for disease progression in cervical cancer patients
Nov 13, 2009 |
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Cervical cancer patients with specific changes in the cancer genome have a three- or fourfold increased risk of relapse after standard treatment compared to patients without these changes, according to a study by Norwegian ...
Enjoying school key to tackling teenage pregnancy
Nov 13, 2009 |
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Youth development programmes that tackle deprivation and help children and young people enjoy school are successful in reducing teenage pregnancy rates, say researchers in BMJ today.
Review: 'Band Hero,' 'Lego Rock Band' -- clean rock
Nov 12, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Musical video games are already family-friendly. There's no violence, and their developers have already weeded out most of the sex and drugs in rock 'n roll. And just about anyone can pick up a fake ...
Google, Yahoo call for expanded online drug ads
Nov 12, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Google, Yahoo and other Web companies joined the pharmaceutical industry Thursday in urging federal regulators to make it easier to pitch drugs in online advertisements.
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