State to fund two minority-owned tech businesses
said Aristotle Ventures, Inc., and <a href="http...Angel fund to focus on women and minority businesses
The Wisconsin Women's Angel Fund, announced by members of the women-led <a href="http://www.phenomenelleang...Minority and inner-city entrepreneurs face challenges
MILWAUKEE Wisconsins inner-city and minority entrepreneurs face a unique set of challenges, and these obstacles as well as the resources designed to overcome them were the topic of a discussion Wednesday at the Entrepreneurs Conference in Milwaukee. A panel consisting of State Secretary of Commerce Cory Nettles...Joint Venture Trains Minority Students for IT Careers
MADISON Watch out baby boomers, those 8th graders can talk the talk. Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash are all on their curriculum at the tender age of 13, thanks to a program that prepares students for IT-related careers. The Information Technology Academy (ITA), a joint venture of UW-Madison Division of Information Technology (DoIT) and the universitys PEOPLE Program (Pre-college Enrichme...Help of Minority Leaders Needed to Curb Polio: Ramadoss
Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss Tuesday said the government was keen to interact with leaders of religious minorities to help curb the polio outbreak in India.// According to him, a sense of "complacency" in the polio immunisation campaigns in Uttar Pradesh last year had led to the growth of the disease in the state this year. "We had held a number of discussions with m...Telephone Outreach Boost CRC Screening In Urban Minority
The findings of a recent study suggest that - Telephone outreach can dramatically increase the incidence of screening for colorectal cancer (CRC) in an urban minority// population, constituting predominantly of black men and women. Previous studies have shown that black minority does not believe in getting regular CRC screening done. CRC screening, which when conducted regular...'Triple Negative' Breast Cancers Seem to Affect the Young, Minority
Breast cancers of the “triple negative” type are destructive and lethal, and tend to strike the young, poor minority women, according to a novel// study Published in the May 1, 2007 issue of CANCER. The study has indicated that these tumors occur commonly among women who are African American and Hispanic, below 40 years old, and who belong to the lower socioeconomic status (SES). The...Minority Women in LA County Have Higher Rates of Chronic Disease Than Whites
Minority women in Los Angeles County have disproportionately higher rates of chronic disease than others, according to a report released by the county Department of Public Health in conjunction with its Office of Women's Health, the Los Angeles Times reports. The report, which examined the relationship between ethnicity and women's health, compiled data from several sources. Most i...