News tagged with ethnic minority women

Women use strategies to overcome discrimination in large law firms

(Phys.org) -- Women and people from ethnic minorities have to employ special strategies to overcome institutional discrimination when working in large law firms.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 13, 2012 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Healthiest pregnant women feel a strong sense of community

(PhysOrg.com) -- It takes a village to keep a pregnant woman at her healthiest, a new University of Michigan study shows.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 02, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Stress during pregnancy may increase offspring's risk of asthma

Stress during pregnancy may raise the risk of asthma in offspring, according to researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston. The researchers investigated differences in immune function ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 18, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Black women have double the risk of pregnancy complications

(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.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study finds high level of medical mistrust among minority women impacts quality of health care

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 ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0