News tagged with segregation


Racial minorities live on the front lines of heat risk, study finds

(Medical Xpress)—Some racial groups are more likely to bear the brunt of extreme heat waves because of where they live, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley.

Health created May 14, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Move to less impoverished neighborhoods boosts physical and mental health

Moving from a high-poverty to lower-poverty neighborhood spurs long-term gains in the physical and mental health of low-income adults, as well as a substantial increase in their happiness, despite not improving economic self-sufficiency, ...

Health created Sep 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Warwick scientists uncover how 'checkpoint' proteins bind chromosomes

The development of more effective cancer drugs could be a step nearer thanks to the discovery, by scientists at Warwick Medical School, of how an inbuilt 'security check' operates to guarantee cells divide with the correct ...

Cancer created Apr 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

One for you, one for me: Researchers gain new insight into the chromosome separation process

Each time a cell divides -- and it takes millions of cell divisions to create a fully grown human body from a single fertilized cell -- its chromosomes have to be accurately divvied up between both daughter ...

Genetics created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study suggests lung cancer mortality highest in black persons living in most segregated counties

Lung cancer mortality appears to be higher in black persons and highest in blacks living in the most segregated counties in the United States, regardless of socioeconomic status, according to a report published in the January ...

Cancer created Jan 16, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study unmasks regulator of healthy life span

A new series of studies in mouse models by Mayo Clinic researchers uncovered that the aging process is characterized by high rates of whole-chromosome losses and gains in various organs, including heart, muscle, kidney and ...

Medical research created Dec 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers describe new functions of cohesin relevant for human disease

Cohesin is a ring-shaped protein complex involved in the spatial organization of the genome and in mitotic chromosome structure. Vertebrate somatic cells have two versions of cohesin that contain either SA1 or SA2, but their ...

Cancer created May 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Disabled athletes face segregation in coaching researchers say

Researchers from our Department of Education say attitudes in coaching towards disabled people need to change in order for more people to engage in sport.

Health created Sep 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

African-ancestry babies get less prenatal care in Brazil

Low birth weights are more prevalent among Brazilians with African ancestry and may be attributed to less use of prenatal care facilities and where those ethnic groups live, according to a new study.

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

Factors linked with survival differences between Black, White kidney failure patients

Complex socioeconomic and residential factors may account for differences in survival between Black and White kidney failure patients, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American So ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 17, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mental simulations of social thought and action

We live in a world with people from diverse cultures, different societies and varied communities. Unfortunately, all those differences can sometimes result in segregation and discrimination. Reducing prejudice and creating ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Aug 05, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0