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DNA Mutation Boosts Heart Disease Risk In Whites
- Post AuthorBy Henry Wolff
- Post DateMon May 07 2007
And yet race is still a “social construct.”
- Post TagsRace and Health, Science and Genetics
And yet race is still a “social construct.”
Breast and colon cancers associated with genes more active in blacks than whites.
White children less likely to die as a result of accidents than blacks, Indians.
Racial groups differ in their attitudes to death.
Blacks and whites metabolize nicotine differently.
Black less likely to suffer major depression than whites, but more severely when they do.
They are genetically ill-fitted to deal with processed food.
Higher black premature birth rates probably due to genes, not environment.
Hispanic children more likely to be obese or overweight.
Fat is healthy.