News articles tagged with 'race'
Young minority women screened at higher rate for chlamydia than young white women
— 25 Jan 2011 18:44 | HealthA new study from the Indiana University School of Medicine and the Regenstrief Institute has found that Black and especially Hispanic young women are screened for chlamydia at a significantly…
Race plays role in weight-related counselling among obese patients
— 14 Jan 2011 16:05 | HealthWhen it comes to advising obese patients, blacks receive less weight reduction and exercise counselling from physicians than their white counterparts. This is according to a recent…
New study reports effects of endurance running
— 29 Nov 2010 14:16 | HealthUsing a mobile MRI unit, researchers followed runners for two months along a 4,500-kilometre course to study how their bodies responded to the high-stress conditions of an ultra-long-distance…
Study: Race plays a minor role in forging Facebook friendships
— 2 Nov 2010 13:06 | HealthRace may not be as important as previously thought in determining who befriends whom, suggests a new study of American college students' habits on Facebook. The findings, by a pair…
Facebook study finds race trumped by ethnic, social, geographic origins in forging friendships
— 29 Oct 2010 13:51 | TechnologyRace may not be as important as previously thought in determining who buddies up with whom, suggests a new UCLA - Harvard University study of American college students on the social…
Race not root of disparity in lung cancer between whites and blacks
— 3 Oct 2010 10:16 | HealthRace itself was not a prognostic factor of overall survival among black patients with lung cancer, according to data from a retrospective study presented at the Third AACR Conference…
Multipronged intervention treated persistent fatigue effectively in breast cancer survivors
— 2 Oct 2010 11:59 | HealthA group-based, holistic, mind-body intervention was equally effective in treating persistent fatigue and improving quality of life for breast cancer survivors, regardless of their race…
Hispanics and Asians less likely to receive liver transplants
— 19 Aug 2010 16:29 | HealthResearchers at the University of Michigan and Arbor Research Collaborative for Health, both in Ann Arbor, have identified geographic variation as a key factor accounting for disparities…
Study shows race, not experience, impacts hiring in sports world
— 8 Jul 2010 08:30 | HealthIf you want to get your foot in the door of the sports industry, your race may mean more than your experience. That's the major result of a new study from North Carolina State University…
Lack of private insurance contribute to higher deaths among black heart transplant patients
— 1 Jun 2010 09:54 | HealthTransplant surgeons at Johns Hopkins who have reviewed the medical records of more than 20,000 heart transplant patients say that it is not simply racial differences, but rather flaws…