Pediculosis - louse (lice) infestation

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Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis NASH

Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis or NASH is a common, often “silent” liver disease. It resembles alcoholic liver disease, but occurs in people who drink little or no alcohol. The major featu...

Drug Development for Rare Diseases

The economics of any industry relies on a large demand for a particular product; this applies to the pharmaceutical industry where efforts are focused on big and relatively straight-forward diseases...

Hypertension

With hypertension affecting up to 75 million people in America alone, at a cost of $76 billion, it is one of the major medical issues facing us in the 21st century. The problems that hypertension pr...

Pediculosis - louse (lice) treatment

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Older US-born Mexican-Americans more physically limited than Mexican-American immigrants

New research indicates that Mexican-Americans born in the United States who are aged 55 and over are significantly more likely than Mexican-American immigrants to report that they have substantial lim...

Older US-born Mexican-Americans more physically limited than Mexican-American immigrants: Study

(University of Toronto) New research indicates that Mexican-Americans born in the United States who are aged 55 and over are significantly more likely than Mexican-American immigrants to report that t...

Study indicates Mexican-American immigrants have fewer health limitations than U.S.-born Mexican-Americans

New research indicates that Mexican-Americans born in the United States who are aged 55 and over are significantly more likely than Mexican-American immigrants to report that they have substantial lim...

Older U. S. -born Mexican-Americans have more physical limitations than Mexican American immigrants

New research indicates that Mexican-Americans born in the United States who are aged 55 and over are significantly more likely than Mexican-American immigrants to report that they have substantial lim...

Study finds Older U.S.-Born Mexican-Americans Have More Physical Limitations Than Mexican American Immigrants

New research indicates that Mexican-Americans born in the United States who are aged 55 and over are significantly more likely than Mexican-American immigrants to report that they have substantial lim...

Dementia-Type 2 DM Link Found in Mexican Americans

An analysis of participants of the Sacramento Area Latino Study on Aging shows a strong association between type 2 diabetes and dementia in older Mexican Americans. Medscape Medical News

Smoking trends among Mexicans, Mexican-Americans

(Medical Xpress)—Led by UC Davis researchers, the first-ever transnational study of Mexico-U.S. migration and smoking has found that U.S.-born Mexican Americans start smoking at an earlier age but a...

Ancestral link places Mexican-Americans at greater risk for metabolic disease

(University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston) Mexican-Americans with an ancestral link to Amerindian tribes were found to have higher insulin resistance levels, which is an indication of seve...

ADH and ALDH Polymorphisms and Alcohol Dependence in Mexican and Native Americans.

Background: Ethanol is primarily metabolized in the liver by two rate-limiting reactions: conversion of ethanol to acetaldehyde by alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) and subsequent conversion of acetaldehyde...

Depression and Help Seeking Among Mexican-Americans: The Mediating Role of Familism.

Increased depression symptomatology results in a reduced willingness to seek help from family. Focusing on Mexican-Americans, the current study hypothesized that the a reduction in favorable perceptio...

Religion and Health Among Older Mexican Americans: Exploring the Influence of Making Mandas.

A manda is a religious quid pro quo whereby an older Mexican American promises to perform a religious act if the Virgin or one of the saints grants a request. The purpose of this study is to see wheth...

Assessing environmental and occupational risk factors for lung cancer in Mexican-Americans.

BACKGROUND: We investigated environmental and occupational exposures and smoking history (while controlling for demographics) in a population of Mexican-American lung cancer cases and controls from th...

Undocumented Immigration Status and Diabetes Care Among Mexican Immigrants In Two Immigration "Sanctuary" Areas.

The objective of this study is to investigate the relationship between immigration status and the patient experience of health care, diabetes self-management, and clinical outcomes among Mexican immig...