Science news articles about 'hispanics'

... . “This may be due to the fact that we simply are not looking enough because Hispanic men may not have access to screening or could be reluctant to undergo some of the screening procedures that are ...

... small, the findings suggest that thousands of black and Hispanic breast cancer patients may be undertreated following a ... versus 86.1 percent for whites). Hispanic women also had a lower rate, 83.2 ...

ATLANTA (AP) -- Hispanic high school students use drugs and attempt suicide at higher rates than their black and white classmates, according to a new federal survey that shows a continuation of a ...

... factor associated with falling beta cell function in Hispanic women, a condition that often leads to diabetes. ... We know that type 2 diabetes in young Hispanic women occurs when pancreatic beta cells, ...

... of the journal Diabetes, and is now available online. With a population of more than 35 million, Hispanics are the largest and fastest growing minority group in the United States. Despite the fact ...

Today is the first day of Latino/Hispanic Heritage Month. I encourage all eduactors to add a little history and perspective to your lessons this month. Highlight the contributions of Latino Science ...

A significant number of Hispanics appear to be getting Alzheimer’s earlier, according to recent medical studies.

... United States, little is known about their alcohol-beverage preferences. A new study of U.S. Hispanics belonging to four national groups - Mexican American, Puerto Rican, Cuban American, and South/ ...

... the U.S. population, and 40% are born outside the country. In the 2000 Census, 32% of Hispanic respondents who said they spoke Spanish at home also said they spoke English "not well" or "not at all." ...

Rosalee Montoya-Read had hoped fervently that Hispanic women would help propel Barack Obama to a decisive presidential victory. When it actually happened on Tuesday, all she could do was cry.

... surgery as commonly as Caucasians," Parikh said. "Or, there may be mediating factors intrinsic to the Hispanic patient that could be protective toward restenosis." Parikh advocates for increased ...

Leaders from around the state gathered in November to find ways to improve health care for Connecticut’s Hispanics.

The most effective treatment for hepatitis C fails in two-thirds of Hispanic patients but works for half of white patients, researchers reported Wednesday in a study that confirms ethnic disparities ...

CHICAGO (AP) -- Striking new research shows dying blacks and Hispanics have much steeper treatment costs than whites, sobering evidence that racial health-care differences continue right up until ...

... protective advantage, the researchers said. Black stroke patients were more likely than whites and Hispanics to have been diagnosed with high blood pressure, morbid obesity or drug abuse. White ...