An African-American or Mexican-American senior living in a community where many neighbors share their background is less likely to have cancer or heart disease than their counterpart in a more mixed neighborhood. Results of the new study by Kimberly Alvarez, a PhD student at Columbia...
With ties to diabetes, hypertension, and high cholesterol, childhood obesity in wealthy countries is certainly of growing concern to researchers. A new study explores the ties between childhood weight problems, socioeconomic status, and nationality and finds that race, ethnicity, and immigrant...
Women in Business: Minority Certification Trends Are you a business owner? Are you a woman? Is your business certified as a WBE? Our guest defines WBE certification, trends in the industry and provides insight on rules for minority certifications? Is there value in certification? Host, Cynthia...
The stockholders' equity section of Veritas Corporation's balance sheet appeared as follows on December 31:
Common stock, $10 par value, 40,000 shares authorized and issued = $400,000
Retained earnings = $48,000...
Less than half of pediatric car passengers suffering injuries from motor vehicle crashes were restrained, with the lowest rates among blacks, Hispanics and Native Americans, according to a research abstract presented Saturday, Oct. 15, at the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) National...
Legally, Culturally, etc. (On Average)
Obviously a Homosexual from a minority Minority Race practicing a Minority Religion have it the hardest. Answer with statistics/facts if you can find them.
Explain how it is in your local area at the very least.
They make up less than one-hundredth of 1 percent of the microbes that live in the colon, but the bacteria and archaea that sop up hydrogen in the gut are fundamental to colon health. In a new study, researchers take a first look at these "hydrogenotrophic" microbes, mapping where they live and...
Ok, in the film, the old guy (cant remembe his name xD) wants to set u[p Tom Cruise because he found out about Anne Lively. To do so, he makes the pre-cogs vision that Tom will kill the fake killer of his son, Crow.
But, HOW? how did he make them vision that? i thought maybe just because 'it...
In US, which Christian denomination has the highest ratio of either female or minority pastors/ministers/priests/bishops, etc, to white male pastors/ministers/priests/bishops?
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Minority Health (OMH) announced $16.2 million in grants and cooperative agreements for demonstration projects aimed at eliminating health disparities among racial and ethnic minorities. Recipients include states, territories, national...
American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) is pleased to announce that five new Minority Nurse Faculty Scholars have been selected through a national scholarship program funded by the Johnson & Johnson Campaign for Nursing's Future. Launched to address the faculty shortage and enhance...
...zealots in your religion? How does it make you feel? What do you wish were different?
Thanks
TheGreatSeeker: Please explain what you mean. That doesn't really make sense as an answer. Thanks!
Drake: I don't know, why don't you ask that question yourself and have people answer it? Thanks.
Minority organ donations have more than doubled since the institution of grassroots awareness and education programs, according to a new retrospective study published in the May issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons. In 2010, the percentage of minority donors is expected to...
The University of Minnesota Medical School today announced the details of a $3.8 million grant by the National Institutes of Health's National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD) for research focused on minority recruitment and retention in cancer clinical trials. Although...
I got an impression that most of the advice out there on healthy diet is implicitly tailored for overweight people or at least those who have a tendency to gain fat. On the other hand what's usually suggested for the lean/skinny/high metabolism ones is usually.. well, in fact plain overeating...
TED Hype continues: a recent speech has gotten some people hoping that we’ll be seeing Minority Report style interfaces in the near future. Anyone remember Tom Cruise processing information by “gesturing wildly” in front of a huge curved display?Full 3D controls—which allow the user to directly...
The premiere issue of an aging-focused newsletter deals with two pressing societal concerns - the economic downturn and health care reform - from the perspective of older minority adults. WHAT'S HOT is the newest publication from The Gerontological Society of America (GSA), the country's largest...
The premiere issue of an aging-focused newsletter deals with two pressing societal concerns - the economic downturn and health care reform - from the perspective of older minority adults. WHAT'S HOT is the newest publication from The Gerontological Society of America (GSA), the country's largest...