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    First Dystonia Gene Found In African-Americans

    A pair of studies tells the tale of how a neuroscientist at Mayo Clinic in Florida helped to discover the first African-American family to have inherited the rare movement disorder dystonia, which causes repetitive muscle contractions and twisting, resulting in abnormal posture. The research may...
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    In Non-Diabetic Kidney Disease Among African-Americans, Non-genetic Factors Play A Ro

    The high rate of non-diabetic kidney disease in African-Americans is strongly associated with variations in a particular gene. Yet, not everyone who inherits these variations develops the disease. Researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center are working to find out why. In a study published...
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    Hepatitis C Virus More Frequent Among African-Americans And Males

    Epidemiologists have determined that levels of hepatitis C virus (HCV) found among injection drug users (IDUs) were higher in individuals who are male or African American even after differences in other factors were considered. The study, which was funded by the National Cancer Institute and...
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    Anyone want to discuss some questions I have for African-Americans?

    More than anything I'm looking for someone of the African-American race to have a chat with. I know this sounds weird but I recently contracted a serious case of writer's block when it come to creating characters with true personality for my book. As I don't want to make some of these characters...
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    Vitamin D Levels Lower In African-Americans

    African-American women had lower vitamin D levels than white women, and vitamin D deficiency was associated with a greater likelihood for aggressive breast cancer, according to data presented at the Third AACR Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities. "We know that darker skin...
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    Eli Lilly And Company Encourages African-Americans To Get A Check-up And Face Diabete

    Angie Stone and Anthony Anderson, spokespeople for Lilly's Fearless African-Americans Connected and Empowered (F.A.C.E.) Diabetes initiative, are teaming up with The Tom Joyner Morning Show (TJMS) for the 9th annual Take a Loved One to the Doctor Day, taking place on September 28, 2010. Take a...
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    How many African-Americans would date this sexy Nubian (No Homo)?

    http://s860.photobucket.com/albums/ab169/Sahara7575/?action=view&current=nubian-boy-on-sail-boat-copy.jpg&newest=1 He has Caucasian features; Hair, Nose, Ears, Chin, & Thicker eyebrows. He also has Black features; Lips, Skin, Forehead, & Eyes coloring. How many of you would date this hunk?
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    were african-americans the primary agents of their own emancipation? need to...

    ...argue they were? so that's my question but i can't quite think of ways that they were. i was thinking that lots of them enlisted as soldiers but other than that i can't think of any way to argue for this statement
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    were african-americans the primary agents of their own emancipation? need to...

    ...argue they were? so that's my question but i can't quite think of ways that they were. i was thinking that lots of them enlisted as soldiers but other than that i can't think of any way to argue for this statement
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    why might a person argue that migration or movement characterized african-americans

    life? in the period of reconstruction?
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    Why do "African-Americans" complain that they don't have their own culture?

    When they always cry STEREOTYPE whenever you point out something unique about them like their taste in food, fashion, and music? Isn't that just self-defeating? "Officer Wang": People can do whatever the hell they want. You are not the emperor of the Internet.
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    Why are African-Americans so fast at sprinting?

    I was at my JV track meet and I noticed that every single African-American had great times. My friend told me that African-Americans are born with an extra twitch muscle in their calves. Any truth to this? Or is them being fast the cause of something else? I'm not trying to be racist at all, I'm...
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