News tagged with native hawaiians
Report: Mental illness struck 1 in 5 US adults in 2010
One in five adults in the U.S. had a mental illness in 2010, with people ages 18 to 25 having the highest rates, according to a national survey.
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Jan 20, 2012 |
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US heart disease on decline: study
Cases of heart disease in the United States have declined in the last several years, down to six percent of the population in 2010 compared to 6.7 percent in 2006, health authorities said Thursday.
Medicine & Health / Cardiology
Oct 13, 2011 |
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Chinese-American and Korean-American women at highest risk for diabetes in pregnancy
More than 10 percent of women of Chinese and Korean heritage may be at risk for developing diabetes during pregnancy, according to a Kaiser Permanente study of 16,000 women in Hawaii that appears in the December issue of ...
Dec 11, 2009 |
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Ethnic Background Matters for Type 2 Diabetes
(PhysOrg.com) -- The prevalence of diabetes is at least twice as high in some ethnic groups as it is in whites, even among people with similar body mass index (BMI) numbers, a large new study finds.
Mar 18, 2009 |
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Native forest birds in unprecedented trouble: researchers
Native birds at Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge are in unprecedented trouble, according to a paper recently published in the journal PLoS ONE. The paper, titled "Changes in timing, duration, and symmetry of molt o ...
Jan 19, 2012 |
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Molecular pathway may help reduce damage after heart attack
(Medical Xpress) -- UH Manoa’s John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) Assistant Professor Michelle Matter and her colleagues in the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology and the Center for Cardiovascular Research ...
Medicine & Health / Cardiology
Dec 14, 2011 |
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Two million Californians report mental health needs; most receive little or no treatment
Nearly 2 million adults in California, about 8 percent of the population, need mental health treatment, but the majority receive no services or inadequate services, despite a state law mandating that health insurance providers ...
Nov 30, 2011 |
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Scientists determine family tree for most-endangered bird family in the world
Using one of the largest DNA data sets for a group of birds and employing next-generation sequencing methods, Smithsonian scientists and collaborators have determined the evolutionary family tree for one of ...
Oct 20, 2011 |
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Decline and recovery of coral reefs linked to 700 years of human and environmental activity
Changing human activities coupled with a dynamic environment over the past few centuries have caused fluctuating periods of decline and recovery of corals reefs in the Hawaiian Islands, according to a study ...
Oct 03, 2011 |
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Study finds sex differences in mental illness
When it comes to mental illness, the sexes are different: Women are more likely to be diagnosed with anxiety or depression, while men tend toward substance abuse or antisocial disorders, according to a new study published ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 18, 2011 |
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How do native Hawaiian birds survive in a fragmented forest?
(PhysOrg.com) -- When humans cohabit with Mother Nature, they tend to leave footprints behind. They fragment the natural forest landscape into patches of trees and other vegetation separated by the diverse ...
Aug 17, 2011 |
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Seaweed as a rich new source of heart-healthy food ingredients
In an article that may bring smiles to the faces of vegetarians who consume no dairy products and vegans, who consume no animal-based foods, scientists have identified seaweed as a rich new potential source of heart-healthy ...
Jul 20, 2011 |
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Scientists discover that Hawai'i is not an evolutionary dead end for marine life
The question of why there are so many species in the sea and how new species form remains a central question in marine biology. Below the waterline, about 30% of Hawai'i's marine species are endemic – being found only ...
Jul 02, 2011 |
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'SpongeBob' mushroom discovered in the forests of Borneo
Sing it with us: What lives in the rainforest, under a tree?
Jun 15, 2011 |
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