In DNA Era, New Worries About Prejudice
Amy Harmon, writing for The New York Times, on In DNA Era, New Worries About Prejudice : At the same time, genetic information is slipping out of the laboratory and into everyday life, carrying...
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Study: High Blood Pressure in Blacks Not Genetic
Study: High Blood Pressure in Blacks Not Genetic Mon Jan 17, 2005 03:29 PM ET NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A number of studies have shown that African Americans are more likely than Caucasians...
In South Africa, Denial Is a Form of Protection
AIDS Unawareness: In South Africa, Denial Is a Form of Protection The New York Times November 28, 2004 By ROGER COHEN GUGULETU, South Africa – This is a poor and dust-blown place where love...
Race-Based Medicine Continued…
Race-Based Medicine Continued… The New York Times November 14, 2004 By NICHOLAS WADE RESEARCHERS last week described a new drug, called BiDil, that sharply reduces death from heart disease among African-Americans. That sounds like...
More on the Jim Crow drug
Heart drug for blacks hard to swallow Clarence Page November 10, 2004 WASHINGTON — At last, a drug of our own. That was my initial reaction to the big news earlier this week that...
A Dangerous Idea – Jim Crow Drugs?
Drug could become first for specific race By Marilynn Marchione New Heart Drug May Be Marketed to Blacks November 9, 2004 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Filed at 1:07 p.m. ET NEW ORLEANS (AP) —...
Scientists Debate Race, Genetics, and “Ethnic Medicine”
Scientists Debate Race, Genetics, and “Ethnic Medicine” By Kevin Davies Bio-IT World (online) (10/29/04)—A leading geneticist warned that approval of BiDil, which has been proclaimed as the first “ethnic medicine,†would be premature without...