Research shows different races, ethic groups receiving different levels of preventive care
... Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program. "Since minority women are still dying at higher rates from breast and cervical cancer than non-minority women are, we need to identify those barriers that remain, such as not having resources to obtain care, and eliminate them," she said. In the new study, she and...Howard Hughes Medical Institute awards $80 million for undergraduate science education
...ademic, research and community-support program for minority undergraduates to prepare them for graduate school, modeled after the university's successful Meyerhoff Scholarship Program, a top producer of science majors who go on to graduate study. The HHMI program will begin with laboratories for freshmen and ...Would 'race' disappear if the United States officially stopped measuring it?
...forcement activities, "redlining" of predominantly minority neighborhoods in the home mortgage and insurance industries, differential medical treatment, and tracking in schools, all exemplify social practices that sociologists study and want to continue to study. The 15-page ASA statement on race gives examp......ot ethnic origins, which cause poor health amongst minority groups. This is the argument being made by Dr James Nazroo, whose new research reveals that victims of racist verbal abuse are 60 per cent more likely to suffer from poor health, and those whose property is subjected to vandalism are twice as likely ...African-Americans more likely to lose limbs due to vascular disease than other groups
...t alleviate the excess risk of limb loss the among minority populations." Dillingham and his team analyzed information on 27,149 Maryland hospital patients from 1986 to 1997 who required lower limb amputations due to vascular disease. Patients excluded from the study sample included those who had a lower lim...Washington University's Sarah C. R. Elgin is one of 20 'million dollar professors'
...bers. They include nine women and three members of minority groups. Some will focus on attracting more women and minorities into science; others want undergraduates to understand the increasingly interdisciplinary nature of science and its rapidly emerging new fields. Some will focus on providing early resea...Howard Hughes Medical Institute's million dollar professors
...bers. They include nine women and three members of minority groups. Some will focus on attracting more women and minorities into science; others want undergraduates to understand the increasingly interdisciplinary nature of science and its rapidly emerging new fields. Some will focus on providing early resea...Light to moderate drinking during pregnancy can affect adolescent growth
...g patterns of socio-economically disadvantaged and minority women. These studies also provide critical human data, which can be used in conjunction with animal research findings to better understand the impact of prenatal use on alcohol brain and development. Day plans to continue as director of the MHPCD pr...JGI to decode DNA of destructive plant pathogen
...dergraduate students and visiting researchers from minority institutions in a multidisciplinary, team-oriented environment....NSF establishes center for biophotonics at UC Davis
...the participating institutions serve predominantly minority and female populations. UC Davis was one of six universities chosen by the NSF this year to establish a science and technology center. The other grantees will use the money to explore topics from space weather to water purification systems. All of t...Research shows less income, education not always top factors in child obesity
...adolescents, but it's particularly a problem among minority populations," she said. "Among the health problems...am set out to investigate why obesity is higher in minority groups. They analyzed nationally representative data collected from 13,113 U.S. adolescents enrolled...New center will probe links between diet, genes and disease
...ring the links between diet, genes and diseases in minority populations is the aim of a new National Center of...Many of these diseases are especially common among minority populations. For example, African American men have a 60 percent higher risk of being diagnosed with...Genetics may help solve mysteries of human evolution
...adually. Klein thinks they're wrong. Klein holds a minority opinion among anthropologists, most of whom believe the change to modern behavior was the result of ''some kind of cultural or demographic change,'' he said. Many of his opponents believe a population buildup could have caused the change, but Klein s...Stanford researchers identify genes involved in tuberculosis latency
...divide. It's a kind of mutualism." Although only a minority of latently infected people ever experience reactivation of the tuberculosis bacteria, the likelihood of reactivation approaches 100 percent in people living with chronic HIV infection. "Our model helps explain the 'evil conspiracy' between AIDS and ...Scientists find 'stem cells' in human breast cancer
...lastic cells in human breast cancers, only a small minority perhaps as few as one in 100 appear to be capable of forming new malignant tumors, according to just-published research by scientists in the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center. The discovery could help researchers zero in on the mos...Minority and underrepresented scientists in cancer research supported by AACR
...ins strongly committed to increasing the number of minority and underrepresented scientists and advancing thei...appear as an attachment. Seventy-six early career minority scientists will receive AACR-Minority Scholar Awards in Cancer Research from the American Associatio...Underserved US minorities face 'unequal burden of cancer' that must be corrected
...l pointed to several other hurdles that discourage minority participation in standard diagnostic and treatment modalities for cancer, in addition to access to NCI-sponsored clinical trials. According to federal statistics, about 2,400 African Americans enroll each year in clinical trials, out of a total enrol...Hydroxyurea therapy improves survival in most severely affected sickle cell patients
...treatment of sickle cell anemia. "Presently only a minority of eligible patients are taking hydroxyurea. Our study strongly suggests that adults with sickle cell anemia and clinically significant complications of their disease, like frequent painful episodes and the common pneumonia-like events, should take ...Free shuttles can close the grocery gap
...ttles, Cassady said. Residents of lower-income and minority neighborhoods in many urban areas face a double bind that limits their access to fresh, healthy food, especially fresh fruits and vegetables. Not only are full-service supermarkets scarce in many inner-city areas, but many residents of these areas la...Univ. of Pittsburgh Medical Center leads group buying PPL'S cloning, stem cell business
...tent applications to Regenecor. PPL has retained a minority equity position in the new company. PPL's regenerative medicine business sold to Regenecor includes research and development programs in three core technology areas: xenotransplantation (cross-species transplantation), the most advanced of the three...