News tagged with white men
Japanese diet rich in fish may hold secret to healthy heart
Jul 28, 2008 |
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If you're fishing for ways to reduce the risk of heart disease, you might start with the seafood-rich diet typically served up in Japan. According to new research, a lifetime of eating tuna, sardines, salmon and other fish ...
Xenophobia, for men only
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 04, 2009 |
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Very few people fear dandelions. Or even dangerous things - like Hummers. We may object to outsized automobiles on principle, but the mere sight of them doesn't make us tremble and sweat and run away. On the other hand, even ...
First worldwide analysis of cancer survival finds wide variation between countries
Jul 17, 2008 |
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Cancer survival varies widely between countries according to a worldwide study published online today in Lancet Oncology.* More than 100 investigators contributed to the study.
Wage gap linked to customer bias
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 03, 2009 |
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Researchers have helped solve the mystery of why white men continue to earn 25 percent more than equally well-performing women and minorities. Managers and business owners must pay a premium for white male employees because ...
Women, minorities face special hurdles in job market
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 17, 2009 |
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A new study from North Carolina State University shows that white men receive significantly more tips about job opportunities than women and racial minorities - particularly among people in upper management positions - highlighting ...
Raised risk of prostate cancer in Black men
Oct 01, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Black men living in England are three times more likely to get prostate cancer than White men and tend to be diagnosed five years younger, researchers have found.
Study finds racial disparities increasing for cancers unrelated to smoking
Nov 06, 2008 |
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A new American Cancer Society study finds that recent progress in closing the gap in overall cancer mortality between African Americans and whites may be due primarily to smoking-related cancers, and that cancer mortality ...
Hypertension develops early, silently, in African-American men
Nov 17, 2008 |
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Young and healthy African-American men have higher central blood pressure and their blood vessels are stiffer compared to their white counterparts, signs that the African American men are developing hypertension early and ...
Why bladder cancer is deadlier for some
Jan 08, 2009 |
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Bladder cancer is much more likely to be deadly for women and African-Americans, but the reasons long believed to explain the phenomenon account for only part of the differences for such patients compared to their white and ...
