News tagged with racial groups
Study identifies risk factors associated with death of extremely low birth weight infants after NICU
Preterm infants born with extremely low birth weights have an increased risk of death during the first year of life. Although researchers have extensively studied risk factors that could contribute to the death of preterm ...
Feb 09, 2012 |
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Canadian police agencies suppressing data on race, says criminology study
While only 20 per cent of Canada's police forces have an explicit policy against reporting the race of victims and accused persons, University of Toronto and Nipissing criminologists show that the majority of police departments ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Feb 01, 2012 |
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Black elderly more likely than whites to die after intestinal surgery
Black senior citizens who need surgery for the intestinal disorder diverticulitis are significantly more likely to die in the hospital than their equally ill white counterparts, even when each racial group carries the same ...
Nov 21, 2011 |
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Age and BMI can predict likelihood of developing gestational diabetes, new research suggests
Age and body mass index (BMI)are important risk factors for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) particularly amongst South Asian and Black African women finds new research published today (02 November) in BJOG: An International Jo ...
Nov 02, 2011 |
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Fighting prejudice through imitation
New research shows that you can reduce racial prejudice simply by having a person mimic the movements of a member of the race he or she is prejudiced against. The method may work by activating brain mechanisms that contribute ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 03, 2011 |
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Black-white marriages increased rapidly since 1980, study finds
A new study of interracial marriages in the United States since the 1980s suggests that the racial boundary between blacks and whites continues to break down – but is not yet close to disappearing.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 15, 2011 |
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English language ads better reach Latino audience
English language ads have a greater impact in mobilizing Latino voters than Spanish language ads, according to a study recently published in American Political Research, a SAGE journal.
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Aug 19, 2011 |
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Colon cancer deaths down except in Mississippi
Colon cancer deaths continue to drop across America - except in Mississippi, health officials said Tuesday.
Jul 06, 2011 |
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'Other-race effect': Clues to why 'they' all look alike
Northwestern University researchers have provided new biological evidence suggesting that the brain works differently when memorizing the face of a person from one's own race than when memorizing a face from another race.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 30, 2011 |
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Patient navigators appear to improve colorectal cancer screening rate in ethnically diverse patients
Among low-income patients who are black or whose primary language is not English, patient navigators may help improve colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates, according to a report in the May 23 issue of Archives of Internal Me ...
May 23, 2011 |
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Racial disparity remains in heart-transplant mortality rates
(Medical Xpress) -- African-American heart transplant patients have had persistently higher mortality rates than white patients, but exactly why still remains a mystery.
Medicine & Health / Cardiology
Apr 25, 2011 |
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In matters of body image, one size doesn't fit all
(PhysOrg.com) -- While female perfection is often portrayed in the media as young, white and thin, body-image issues and eating disorders affect all ethnic groups, says a Northeastern psychologist.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 22, 2011 |
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Black History Month's sobering news: MLK dream alive for few, says researcher
In the past 20 years, Martin Luther King's dream of the day when "little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls" through school desegregation has not been realized for ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Feb 22, 2011 |
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Study: Native Hawaiians at higher risk of hemorrhagic stroke at younger age
Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders may be at higher risk for hemorrhagic stroke at a younger age and more likely to have diabetes compared to other ethnicities, according to a study released today that will be presented ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Feb 15, 2011 |
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Physical health varies among American blacks depending on ethnicity
A Caribbean-born black person living in the United States will most likely be healthier than a U.S.- born Caribbean black person, according to a new national study on ethnic differences in health among the American black ...
Feb 08, 2011 |
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