Caucasians

Video: Cosmetic Procedures Up In All Ethnic Groups Except Caucasians In 2008

Largest Increase In Hispanics, Up 18%, New ASPS Plastic Surgery Statistics Show ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill., March 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Tough economic times may have caused a decline in some areas of cosmetic surgery, but procedures among ethnic patients are up. According to statistics released...

African Americans Show Facial Aging in Eyes Earlier Than Caucasians

Often a Decade Sooner, ASPS Study Says ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill., Feb. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- While it is no secret African Americans' skin may keep its youthful appearance longer than other ethnicities, many people don't know African Americans show facial aging in the outer corner of...

Gene Mutations Leave Caucasians Prone To Heart Diseases And Diabetes

A study of genes by American scientists has revealed a startling find. Around 75 percent of whites or those of European descent have DNA that is linked to the risks of developing heart diseases. And thats not all. These genes lie close to another set that is connected with diabetes. The f...

Gene Mutations Leave Caucasians Prone To Heart Diseases And Diabetes

A study of genes by American scientists has revealed a startling find. Around 75 percent of whites or those of European descent have DNA that is linked to// the risks of developing heart diseases. And that’s not all. These genes lie close to another set that is connected with diabetes. The ...

News briefs from the August issue of Chest

...chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) use fewer health services than caucasians with the condition. Researchers from the University of Maryland compared health services utilization and cost outcomes in 4,723 AA patients and 4,021 caucasians with COPD, asthma, or both. After controlling for age, gender, cohort alloc...

New Map of Genomic Variation Will Enable Disease Research

...ildren's Hospital health care network. Of the samples, 65 percent were from caucasians and 34 percent from African Americans. The number of subjects makes this CN...ength, added Shaikh. Because it analyzed large numbers of samples from both caucasians and African Americans, it measured CNV levels that differ between the two e...

Study finds survival rates from gastrointestinal tumors improving among African-Americans

...three-year disease specific survival was better in caucasians than African Americans (79.3 percent versus 75.1 p...underwent surgical procedures less frequently than caucasians (p=0.003). Multivariate analysis correcting for pa...se specific survival was nearly equivalent between caucasians and African Americans (82.1 percent versus 80.7 pe...

Daiichi Sankyo and Lilly Receive U.S. FDA Approval for Effient(TM)

.... Because both Effient and Plavix are "prodrugs", they require CYP450 enzymes to convert them to their active drug form. Approximately 30 percent of caucasians and 60 percent of Asians have reduced function in the CYP2C19 gene. Many drugs, including certain proton pump inhibitors such as omeprazole, also in...

Caucasians are at higher risk of developing Ewing's sarcoma than other races

... The largest analysis of its kind has found that caucasians are much more likely than people in other racial/e... cancer called Ewing's sarcoma. In addition, among caucasians with this cancer, men are more likely to die than ... characteristics. The investigators found that caucasians had the highest incidence of Ewing's sarcoma (155 ...

Researchers Spot Genes Linked to Testicular Cancer

..."In most studies, the increased risk of disease is associated with the less common variant of the gene. In this case, it is the more common variant in caucasians that is associated with risk. If you carry two copies of the less common variant you are probably at incredibly low risk." More information Th...

Caucasians in Medical Technology

New Analysis Evaluated Impact of Genetic Variation on Response to Prasugrel

...rel is a "prodrug" that requires the use of cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes to convert the drug into the active metabolite. Approximately 30 percent of caucasians and 60 percent of Asians have reduced function in the CYP2C19 gene, which is part of the CYP system and encodes the enzymes that are responsible for c...

Interleukin Genetics Presents Research Linking Vertebral Fractures to Gene Variations in Asian Women With Osteoporosis

...ainlessly until a bone breaks. More than 100 million Asian women are estimated to have osteoporosis. The prevalence of osteoporosis is similar between caucasians and Asian women. The prevalence of osteoporosis in the Japanese female population aged 50 to 79 years is estimated to be about 35 percent. In China, t...

Karmanos Researchers Study the Impact of Galectin-3 on Breast Cancer Disparity in Caucasian and Asian Women

...ast cancer patients showed that about 70% and 90% of the tumor samples from caucasians and Asians, respectively, harbor the H64 allele, of which approximately 35% of the caucasians and 70% of the Asians were homozygous for the H64 allele. "This study s...

Gene Hunters Fine-Tune Marker for Common Obesity Gene

.... They found the same gene variant among Caucasian children, but not among the African American children. Instead, a second variant, found in both caucasians and African Americans, was the only marker significantly linked to obesity among the African American children. Both variants were changes to a single...

Karmanos Physician-Scientists Examine Racial Disparities in Patients with Gynecologic Cancer

... Karmanos researchers conducted a study to determine whether the survival rates among African Americans with ovarian cancer are shorter than those of caucasians due to a less aggressive treatment plan. These treatment plans may be prescribed by the physician, chosen by the patient, or due to a lack of treatmen...

Hypertension Education Foundation Survey Results Announced At American Society For Hypertension Annual Meeting Suggests Improved Control Of High Blood Pressure, But Misconceptions Still Exist

... or anxious, compared to only 10% of Caucasian and 17% of Hispanic respondents. In addition, African-Americans were also more likely than Hispanics or caucasians to believe that hypertension is less of a problem among older adults. Other misperceptions cut across all demographic groups. For example, 25% of su...

DUSA Pharmaceuticals Receives Orphan Drug Desi gnation for Levulan PDT to Treat Esophage al Dysplasia

...phagus. Although the exact cause of Barrett's esophagus is unknown, people with chronic GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease), obese people, men, and caucasians are at increased risk of developing the disease. About Levulan PDT Photodynamic therapy is a photochemical process that involves the interaction o...

Caucasians in Medical Dictionary

Psoriatic arthritis

...c arthritis is a disease in which the immune system attacks normal cells ... In the United States, psoriatic arthritis is more prevalent in caucasians ... Psoriatic Arthritis Case Report by Johns Hopkins Arthritis ... Radiographically, psoriatic arthritis is a unique blend of bone destr...

Bladder Cancer

...about bladder cancer causes, symptoms, signs (hematuria), diagnosis (biopsy, cystoscopy), treatment (BCG, cystectomy) and prevention. Men, caucasians and smokers have twice the risk of bladder cancer than the general population. ... Smoking is the greatest risk factor for bladder cancer . ......

Acne rosacea

...s Acne .com - Rosacea . Your source for Acne information on the web. ... Frequently mistaken for acne , rosacea affects one in twenty adult caucasians ... ... skin condition, including the patient newsletter, Rosacea Review, disease management tools and reference material. ... its red-faced...

Caucasians in Biological News

Genes may play role in risk assessment for prostate cancer among Hispanics and caucasians

PHILADELPHIA Genetic differences may explain the greater risk for prostate cancer among Caucasian men compared with Hispanic men, which could help clinicians predict who is more likely to develop the disease, according to a paper published in the May 15, 2008, issue of Clinical Cancer Research, a...

Penn researchers discover genetic risk factor for testicular cancer

..."In most studies, the increased risk of disease is associated with the less common variant of the gene. In this case, it is the more common variant in caucasians that is associated with risk. If you carry two copies of the less common variant you are probably at incredibly low risk." Additionally, the magnit...

Difference in fat storage may explain lower rate of liver disease in African-Americans

...s or Caucasians, and this difference is maintained even when insulin resistance is present," Dr. Browning said. Differences in liver-fat content in caucasians seem to be based on gender. Caucasian males are at the highest risk for NAFLD, on par with the risk faced by Hispanics in general. Caucasian females a...

Many middle-aged and older Americans not getting adequate nutrition

...e the lowest dietary intakes, particularly in calcium where both Chinese and African Americans had significantly lower dietary intakes of calcium than caucasians and Hispanics. The study also evaluated differences between multivitamins and high-dose supplements. While high-dose calcium was associated with me...

UC Davis researchers exploring gene therapy to fight AIDS

...e surface of these cells and bringing on full-blown AIDS. What researchers discovered is that there is a natural mutation in less than 1 percent of caucasians that results in a lack of CCR5 receptors on any of their cells. "We also found that these people are naturally resistant to HIV," said Bauer. "So, ...

Researchers discover baldness gene: 1 in 7 men at risk

...so available in French . Researchers at McGill University, King's College London and GlaxoSmithKline Inc. have identified two genetic variants in caucasians that together produce an astounding sevenfold increase the risk of male pattern baldness. Their results will be published Oct. 12 in the journal Natu...

Children's gardening programs grow environmental stewards

... in formal school-based programs. Results from the study also found that there were gender and ethnicity differences among children, with girls and caucasians appearing to benefit more from the gardening curriculum. Researchers suggested that future research should focus on the development of gardening curri...

Known genetic risk for Alzheimer's in whites also places blacks at risk

...le who are at risk for Alzheimer's. We now know that African- Americans and caucasians alike need to be considered for such risk assessments." Sachs-Ericsson a...ing of what these factors are and whether they affect African Americans and caucasians equally." The researchers used data from the Duke Established Population...

Mapping the genetic locus for triglycerides

...f the variation in the population is due to genetics. To locate the genes contributing to increased TG levels, Qing Wang and colleagues scanned 714 caucasians from 388 families with premature heart disease. They identified a novel region on chromosome 1, 1p31-32. While this genetic locus does contain 375 ...

Many African-Americans have a gene that prolongs life after heart failure

...s each year. Beta blockers slow heart rate and lower blood pressure to decrease the heart's workload and prevent lethal cardiac arrhythmias. While caucasians with heart failure participating in clinical studies of beta blockers have shown clear benefit from the drugs, the evidence for benefit in African-Ame...

Caucasians in Biological Technology

Pilot Study Finds Adding Topical Imiquimod To Laser Therapy Improves The Response Of Port Wine Stain Birthmarks

...nic background.      "Generally, Asians and other patients with darker skin types do not respond as well to PDL therapy as caucasians and other patients with lighter skin types," said Dr. Nelson. "The fact that the Asian patients in this study experienced such favorable re...

Pigs bred with cystic fibrosis provide model to mimic human disease

...al disease for humans despite the identification of the problematic gene two decades ago. Many humans born with CF the most common genetic disease in caucasians - often die because of a lung disease developed later. Scientists have been unable to develop an animal model that develops the fatal lung disease. No...

More Evidence Published That Epidemics of Childhood Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome are Linked to Immunization

...s an global epidemic of type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome. Japanese children secrete large amounts of cortisol following immunization compared to caucasians and Japanese children also have a low risk of developing type 1 diabetes. "The picture is becoming clear. Not only are vaccines causing an epidemic ...

Data show a decline in cystic fibrosis since introduction of prenatal carrier screening

...r they may have decided to terminate affected pregnancies. CF affects all races, and is the most common autosomal recessively inherited disorder in caucasians (about 1/3000 births). Fifty years ago, most children with CF died before they reached school age, but today, with early diagnosis and improved treatm...

Cystic Fibrosis: License Agreement Boosts Development of Therapy Against Lung Infections

...re treated in a crossover fashion. About Cystic Fibrosis Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is the most common life-threatening inherited multi-organ disease in caucasians and is caused by a mutation in the CFTR-gene (cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator) on chromosome 7. The defective gene leads to viscou...

Third Wave Releases Gene Test

...olizing enzymes. These changes can cause a seven- to 10-fold decrease in the bodys ability to clear these and other drugs. Approximately 10 percent of caucasians lack any 2D6 activity due to genetic variation. The market for consumable pharmacogenetic tests that detect mutations in 2D6 and other drug-metabol...

SNPs Powerful Tools for Association Studies

...cate that LD patterns vary across the genome and differ among ethnic groups. For example, sample data from chromosome 22 demonstrate that LD blocks in caucasians extend an average 36 kb. The same study indicates that LD blocks in African- Americans are generally smaller, averaging approximately 29 kb. Based on ...