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Children in non-English-speaking households face many health disparities, researcher concludes
... more likely than children in English-speaking households to be poor and Latino or Asian/Pacific Islander. The NEPL children are also more likely to be overweight, have only fair or poor dental health ...African-Americans twice as likely as Caucasians to die following a liver operation
... was 59 percent Caucasian, 6 percent African-American, 5 percent Hispanic, 7 percent Asian/Pacific Islander and 24 percent other or unknown, which included records with missing ...Gaps in colorectal cancer screening persist between whites and non-whites
... and ethnic groups: whites, blacks, Asians/Pacific Islanders and Hispanics. The data were compiled from a National ... ; 33 percent to 42 percent for Asians and Pacific Islanders; 29 percent to 38 percent ...Many faces of diabetes in American youth: The SEARCH for diabetes in youth study
... type 2 diabetes among Asian and Pacific Islanders are needed," said Lenna Liu, M.D., ... 's Hospital and lead author of "Diabetes in Asian and Pacific Islander Youth." "We also found that rates of type 1 ...M. D. Anderson study predicts dramatic growth in cancer rates among US elderly, minorities
... .3 to 1.7 million). The rates of cancer in blacks, American Indian-Alaska Native, multi-racial, Asian-Pacific Islanders and Hispanics will increase by 64 percent, 76 percent, ...Caucasians are at higher risk of developing Ewing's sarcoma than other races
... that Caucasians had the highest incidence of Ewing's sarcoma (155 cases per 100,000), followed by Asians/Pacific Islanders (82 cases per 100,000) and African Americans (17 ...Major study highlights weight differences among 3-19 year-olds with type 1 and 2 diabetes
... 1 diabetes were overweight, as were 24% of Asian/Pacific Islanders, 23% of African Americans, 21% ... 2 diabetes showed that 15% of Asian/Pacific Islanders were overweight, as were 14% of non-Hispanic ...UT multimedia program increases middle school interest in science
... 15.9 percent were awarded to Hispanics and 17.3 percent were awarded to American Indians/Alaska Natives. Asian/Pacific Islanders were awarded 30.5 percent of STEM degrees. ...Mayo researchers find race has role in incidence, survival of rare brain tumor
... The number of American Indians, Alaska Natives and Asian/Pacific Islanders diagnosed with PCNSL was too low to draw any conclusions about disease incidence. Patients with PCNSL ...1 disease, not 1 demographic
... many instances, cancer screenings have been shown to be relatively low across the "Asian/Pacific Islander" category, but there has yet to be a detailed comparison of rates across subgroups until Ma's ...
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