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 created Jul 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

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 created Nov 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

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 created Jul 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

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 created Dec 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

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 created Dec 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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 created Jun 24, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 4 | with audio podcast