News tagged with caucasian population

Discovery of New Treatment for Hand Disorder Affecting Millions Shown Promising

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers in the Department of Orthopaedics at Stony Brook University Medical Center have developed an injectable form of the enzyme, collagenase, that significantly improves outcomes of ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0




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Professor examines race and sentencing

A Sam Houston State University professor is working on a series of studies that examine the effects of race and ethnicity on state and federal sentencing outcomes, including incarceration and sentence length decisions.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Feb 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study: African-American men don't reap same career benefits from mentoring as Caucasians

Networking within an organization and having a mentor are widely thought to promote career success, but a new University of Georgia study finds that African-American men don't receive the same measurable benefits from these ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

East Texas town unfairly branded as racist after 1998 hate crime, study finds

As the Sept. 21 execution date looms for a man convicted for his role in chaining and dragging a black man to his death, attention again will be focused on the small East Texas town of Jasper, vilified worldwide as racist ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

People of color will be the new majority by 2042 (w/ Video)

PolicyLink, an American research institute which works to advance social and economic equity within the United States has released their new report titled Prosperity 2050. The report shows how, over the next 30 years, the fa ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jun 03, 2011 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (12) | comments 100 | with audio podcast weblog

Many with low thyroid missed because labs may be wrong

Millions of Americans - mostly women - could find the key to more energy, easier weight control, sharper thinking, less depression, less infertility, lower blood pressure and lower incidence of heart disease. It all ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created May 13, 2011 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Hunting for the good news in the human genome

One of the most common and most disabling birth defects, spina bifida strikes about one in 1,000 births in the United States -- nearly as many as Down’s Syndrome. The cause of this often devastating ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Apr 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

MicroRNA variations associated with earlier prostate cancer diagnosis in African-American men

Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related death among American men. Yet population-wide screening programs have not reduced the number of deaths from the disease. By focusing screening programs on the ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sudden cardiac death affects about 1 in 44,000 NCAA athletes a year

About one in 44,000 National Collegiate Athletic Association athletes has sudden cardiac death each year, according to a new study in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Partners in inflammation

Individuals with increased levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) in the blood are at increased risk for various diseases linked to inflammation, such as colorectal cancer and cardiovascular diseases. Now, a research ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Mar 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Collaborative care program reduces depression, anxiety in heart disease patients

Participants in the first hospital-initiated, low-intensity collaborative care program to treat depression in heart patients showed significant improvements in their depression, anxiety and emotional quality of life after ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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