We ask His Eminence about the role of nationalism and ethnicity in the Orthodox Church.

The post Rethinking Race and Ethnicity in Biomedical Research was curated by information for practice.

The post Rethinking Race and Ethnicity in Biomedical Research was curated by information for practice.

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry labels are often used in genomics and genetics research to describe human genetic differences, which is misleading and inaccurate. Researchers and scientists who utilize genetic and genomic data should rethink and justify how and why they use these descriptors in their work.

Perfectly designed traditional Indian attire to enhance the cuteness quotient of the little ones.

New York; Oxford : Berghahn Books, [2015]

York : York Medieval Press ; Suffolk : in association with the Bodell Press, 2021.

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This report analyzes prenatal behaviors and birth outcomes of Black immigrant mothers, and finds that Black immigrant mothers are less likely to give birth to preterm or low-birth-weight infants than U.S.-born Black women, but more likely to experience these birth outcomes than other immigrant and U.S.-born women.

Racial/ethnic differences in care for adult and pediatric patients in the emergency department have been documented.

This study reveals racial/ethnic differences in analgesic administration and prolonged length of stay for pediatric emergency department visits for abdominal pain. Documenting such disparities is an important first step needed to improve the equity of care for this and other conditions. (Read the full article)

Autism prevalence is reported to be highest among non-Hispanic white children, lower in Hispanic and African American/black children, and highly variable in Asian/Pacific Islanders. More comorbid intellectual disability and delays in expressive language have been observed among Hispanic and African American children.

Maternal nativity is a risk factor for childhood autism in US populations. We observed higher risk of severe autism phenotypes in children of foreign-born black, Central/South American, Filipino, and Vietnamese mothers and US-born African Americans and Hispanics compared with US-born whites. (Read the full article)

The Government is to launch a review into why people from black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds appear to be disproportionately affected by coronavirus.

Shadow justice secretary David Lammy responded to the figures by calling for an urgent investigation into the disproportionate number of deaths.

London's Pakistani-origin mayor fears it's not possible to understand the full extent of this disparity as, unlike in Scotland, ethnicity is not recorded on death certificates in England.

Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.

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Interview with Utibe R Essien, MD, and Daniel E. Singer, MD, authors of Association of Race/Ethnicity With Oral Anticoagulant Use in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: Findings From the Outcomes Registry for Better Informed Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation II

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