News tagged with ethnic diversity


When morning sickness lasts all day

Almost all women experience some nausea or vomiting when pregnant. Approximately one out of every hundred suffers from acute nausea during pregnancy (hyperemesis gravidarum) and may need hospital treatment ...

Health created Feb 26, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

AB blood type strong risk factor for venous blood clots

The non-O ABO blood type is the most important risk factor for venous thromboembolism (blood clots in veins), making up 20% of attributable risk for the condition, according to a new study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Associati ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Feb 04, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Community-based study IDs prevalence of HTN in children

(HealthDay)—The prevalence of prehypertension and hypertension is lower than previously reported in school-based cohorts, according to a large community-based study published online Jan. 28 in Pediatrics.

Pediatrics created Jan 28, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Novel racial/ethnic differences found in diabetic kidney disease

(HealthDay)—Rates of proteinuric and nonproteinuric diabetic kidney disease (DKD) vary significantly across racial/ethnic groups, according to a study published online Dec. 13 in Diabetes Care.

Diabetes created Jan 14, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Novel type 2 diabetes genetic study involves five major ancestry groups

A consortium of scientists who are taking a novel approach in their research to detect the genetic variations that predispose individuals to type 2 diabetes provided an update of their findings at the American Society of ...

Genetics created Nov 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0