News tagged with african american population
World's most advanced genetic map created
A consortium led by scientists at the University of Oxford and Harvard Medical School has constructed the world's most detailed genetic map.
Genetics
Jul 20, 2011 |
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Life scientists use novel technique to produce genetic map for African Americans
UCLA life scientists and colleagues have produced one of the first high-resolution genetic maps for African American populations. A genetic map reveals the precise locations across the genome where DNA from a person's father ...
Genetics
Jul 23, 2011 |
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Systematic incarceration of African American males is a wrong, costly path
Mental health experts from Meharry Medical College School of Medicine have released the first comprehensive report on the correlation between the incarceration of African American males and substance abuse and other health ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 11, 2012 |
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Sickle cell disease, sickle cell trait are not the same
(HealthDay)—Both sickle cell disease and the condition known as sickle cell trait are genetic blood diseases: You're born with one or the other because of the genes inherited from your parents. Beyond that, the two conditions ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 28, 2012 |
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Strength training improves vascular function in young black men
Six weeks of weight training can significantly improve blood markers of cardiovascular health in young African-American men, researchers report in the Journal of Human Hypertension.
Cardiology
Dec 21, 2012 |
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Menthol cigarettes marketed in 'predatory' pattern, study shows
Tobacco companies increased the advertising and lowered the sale price of menthol cigarettes in stores near California high schools with larger populations of African-American students, according to a new study from the Stanford ...
Health
Jun 24, 2011 |
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Survival difference are not black and white
In the general population, African Americans die at earlier ages than whites, but among patients on dialysis, African Americans live longer than whites. A new study helps explain this paradox and could help prolong the lives ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 06, 2011 |
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