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Surgeon General Calls for Health over Hair
- Post AuthorBy Henry Wolff
- Post DateTue Aug 30 2011
Exercise can mess up a fancy ‘do.
- Post TagsBlack Culture, Race and Health, Racial Differences
tag: Race and Health
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Neanderthal Sex ‘Boosted Health of Human Race’ by Improving Our Immune Systems Against Disease
- Post AuthorBy Henry Wolff
- Post DateFri Aug 26 2011
. . . at least for those humans who have the genes.
- Post TagsAncient History, Race and Health, Science and Genetics
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Why One Waist-Size Guide Doesn’t Fit All Ethnic Backgrounds
- Post AuthorBy Henry Wolff
- Post DateTue Aug 09 2011
Waist size has a different medical significance depending on your race.
- Post TagsRace and Health, Racial Differences
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Discovery May Explain Higher Asthma Risk in Blacks
- Post AuthorBy Henry Wolff
- Post DateMon Aug 01 2011
A genetic marker has been found that occurs only in blacks.
- Post TagsRace and Health, Science and Genetics
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Excess Protein in Urine Is Indicator of Heart Disease Risk in Whites, but Not Blacks, Study Suggests
- Post AuthorBy Henry Wolff
- Post DateMon Aug 01 2011
And among blacks and whites with diabetes, blacks face only half the risk of heart attack.
- Post TagsRace and Health, Science and Genetics
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Genome Maps May Spot Disease In African-Americans
- Post AuthorBy Henry Wolff
- Post DateThu Jul 21 2011
Researchers find 2,500 genetic “hot spots” unique to those of West African ancestry.
- Post TagsRace and Health, Science and Genetics
Anthropologists say “race has already become meaningless in medicine.” Doctors disagree.
- Post TagsRace and Health, Science and Genetics
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U.K. College Lecturer Under Fire for Blog Post Calling Black Women Ugly
- Post AuthorBy Henry Wolff
- Post DateTue May 24 2011
Author of study once “claimed that residents in sub-Saharan Africa were in poor health because of their low IQs.”
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Statists and the Racial “Health Gap”
- Post AuthorBy Robert Weissberg
- Post DateTue Apr 19 2011
The Obama administration’s latest initiative in pursuit of “equality.”
- Post TagsBarack Obama, Race and Health, Racial Differences
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African Americans Have Fewer Options for Donor Organs and Bone Marrow
- Post AuthorBy Henry Wolff
- Post DateFri Feb 11 2011
Retail chain offering to pay blacks to become marrow donors.