Medical Xpress: PHYSorg news tagged with: asian americans http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Study finds Asian-Americans often feel racial 'microaggressions' (Medical Xpress)—Asian-Americans experience considerable everyday prejudice and discrimination, reports a Cornell study published in the Journal of Counseling Psychology (Vol. 60:2). The study is one of the first to document the prevalence and effects of racial microaggressions – subtle forms of racial bias and discrimination – in the lives of Asian-Americans. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-asian-americans-racial-microaggressions.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 25 Apr 2013 08:20:01 EST news286095132 Health-care worker visits increase hepatitis B screening rates for Hmong Americans In the first study of its kind, lay health workers increased screening rates for hepatitis B virus (HBV) and knowledge about the disease among a group of Asian Americans, known as the Hmong, UC Davis researchers have found. The study appears online today in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-health-care-worker-hepatitis-screening-hmong.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:04:29 EST news285944662 College education and moderate alcohol intake linked to lower COPD risk College education and alcohol consumption may be linked to risk for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Researchers from Kaiser Permanente Medical Group in Oakland, California, followed 126,019 people who supplied baseline data from 1978 – 1985 through 2008 with analyses of hospitalizations attributed to COPD (emphysema, chronic bronchitis, or chronic airway obstruction). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-college-moderate-alcohol-intake-linked.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 22 Oct 2012 03:49:09 EST news270096529 New study identifies the cause of diabetes misdiagnosis among Asian Americans Researchers at Joslin Diabetes Center have determined key differences between Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes in the Asian American population. This study, published today in PLoS ONE, identified ways to differentiate the types of diabetes, which can be clinically similar in young Asian Americans. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-diabetes-misdiagnosis-asian-americans.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 05 Dec 2011 09:34:12 EST news242300037