RIT faculty earns award to study how to help more students become scientists, engineers
Study will assess how experiential learning improves interest, retention and career preparation A Rochester Institute of Technology professor has earned ...
Tag: Minorities
Discrimination, PTSD may lead to high preterm-birth rates among African-American women
African-American women are nearly twice as likely to give birth prematurely as white women. Such births often coincide with low ...
Restoring this enzyme’s function protects against heart disease in lupus and beyond
The enzyme that produces nitric oxide shows promise as a new therapeutic target for heart disease in lupus, report Medical ...
First African American neuroscience research initiative launched by Clergy Group and Brain Institute
Groups will address health and neuroscience research disparities Baltimore, MD - March 18, 2018 - The nation's first African-American Neuroscience ...
Drexel Report: Low-income and minority youth with autism face worse outcomes than peers
'The 2018 National Autism Indicators Report: High School Students on the Autism Spectrum' highlights the challenges facing minority youth and ...
Revamping science: Making room for more voices
How diversity in science is not just about representation but about enriching knowledge Science is known for being objective and ...
Disparities in access to trauma centers
Bottom Line: An analysis of census tract data for neighborhoods in America's three largest cities suggests black-majority neighborhoods are associated with disparities ...
Gay and lesbian spaces in the city becoming more diverse, not going away
Credit: Amin Ghaziani Gay and lesbian spaces in cities are dispersing and diversifying rather than disappearing, new University of British ...
Study reveals disparities in osteoporosis treatment by sex and race/ethnicity
New research indicates that elderly men are significantly undertreated for osteoporosis compared with elderly women, and blacks have the lowest ...
1 in 3 students with ADHD receive no school interventions, study finds
Largest national study of youth with ADHD reveals gaps between student needs and school services, particularly in secondary school and ...
Immigrant Asian American women may be at higher risk for breast cancer
Research highlights differences in breast cancer risk among Asian American women who immigrated versus their U.S.-born counterpartsCredit: University of California, ...
Health insurance is not assurance of healthcare
For subsidized Ohio health-exchange users, high out-of-pocket costs often mean bypassed care compared to Medicaid recipientsCredit: Case Western Reserve University ...
Study: Political parties sideline minority voters, leave other orgs to pick up the slack
Outreach by nonpartisan institutions increases nonwhite voter participation A vote is a vote is a vote, supposedly, with each citizen ...
Researchers find genetic vulnerability to menthol cigarette use
FDA- and NIH-funded study finds unexpected sensory variant exclusive to African-Americans A genetic variant found only in people of African ...
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